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Charleston Symphony cancels remainder of season
In Monday’s (3/29) Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina), Adam Parker reports, “A significant drop in fundraising dollars, exacerbated by the recession’s ‘strong headwind’ has forced the Charleston...
March 29, 2010
Boulez turns 85, still full of ideas for improving musical life
“Pierre Boulez, everyone says, has mellowed,” writes Mark Swed in Sunday’s (3/28) Los Angeles Times. “A half-century ago, he was famed as a maestro with a frighteningly formidable...
March 29, 2010
Detroit Symphony, city’s other arts groups hoping to stay afloat
In Sunday’s (3/28) Detroit Free Press, Mark Stryker writes, “Detroit arts groups have always struggled to make ends meet. But the depth of today’s economic crisis—compounded by real...
March 29, 2010
Met Opera gets $30 million unrestricted gift
In Saturday’s (3/27) New York Times, Robin Pogrebin reports, “The philanthropist Ann Ziff has given $30 million to the Metropolitan Opera, the largest single gift from an individual...
March 29, 2010
Green Bay Symphony to announce music director finalists
Sunday’s (3/28) Green Bay Press-Gazette (Wisconsin) reports, “The Green Bay Symphony Orchestra’s international search for a new music director has reached its final stages. The finalists and plans...
March 29, 2010
D.C. arts groups hoping to turn a corner on recovery
In Sunday’s (3/28) Washington Post, Jacqueline Trescott writes, “About two years ago, noting the signs of a crippling recession on the horizon, the Studio Theatre launched an unusual...
March 29, 2010
Rebelling with Beethoven
Friday (3/26) on the New York Times blog Opinionator, composer Daniel Felsenfeld writes, “Music may be the universal language, but those of us who spend our lives with...
March 29, 2010
Baltimore Symphony musicians agree to 16.6 percent salary cut
In Friday’s (3/26) Baltimore Sun, Tim Smith reports, “Musicians of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra have agreed to take yet another salary hit in an effort to help the...
March 26, 2010
Virginia Symphony names Borenstein executive director
Thursday’s (3/25) Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia) reports, “The Virginia Symphony has named a new executive director, Eric Borenstein, who will begin his new duties on June 1....
March 26, 2010
Vancouver Symphony cancels concerts due to budget woes
In Thursday’s (3/25) Columbian (Clark County, Washington), Mary Ann Albright writes, “The three teenage musicians tapped to play with the Vancouver Symphony in its April concerts will have...
March 26, 2010