RECENT NEWSBaltimore Symphony Orchestra to perform work inspired by music of Grateful DeadJuly 24, 2008 When the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra warms up a week from Friday, the musicians will be clad in their usual summer attire: White dinner jackets and bow ties for the men, white tops and black skirts or slacks for the women. Tie-dye might be more appropriate.
Opening Day With The Escher String Quartet July 24, 2008 
WNYC moved into new studios this month, after 84 years spent broadcasting from the Municipal Building in lower Manhattan. Not only does this mean more breathing room for staff and guests — with 40 percent more floor space and twice the number of recording studios and booths — but it also means the addition of a new, up-to-date performance studio. So after weeks of test runs and fine-tuning, Soundcheck christened the space on air when the up-and-coming Escher String Quartet stopped by to perform a couple of pieces.
Rare red piano on auction block July 18, 2008 
What's black and white and red all over?
The red Steinway grand piano used by Lang Lang at Tuesday night's New York Philharmonic concert in Central Park. It can be yours, but be prepared to open your wallet.
Piano Prodigy's Mantra: Practice Makes Perfect July 18, 2008
Musicians reject offer, dismissal of Hirokami July 16, 2008 Columbus Symphony musicians have rejected a contract offer from the symphony board that would have cut salaries and caused the firing of Music Director Junichi Hirokami.
Diva: Australian arts July 16, 2008 
Soprano Lisa Gasteen says the arts are being asphyxiated in Australia and she is not surprised by Adelaide's failure to restage the Ring Cycle.
Panned by reviewer, then told to go bankrupt July 15, 2008 A British composer was told to go bankrupt yesterday after he unsuccessfully tried to sue the London Evening Standard for libel. Keith Burstein ran up legal costs of £67,000 defending a test-case libel action against Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Standard, over a critical review of one of his operas.
Lancaster Festival Orchestra's music going worldwide July 13, 2008 The Lancaster Festival Orchestra will make its first commercial recording during the 24th installment of the festival this year.
Finnish theater troupe introduces novel form into opera July 13, 2008 
On a small island off southwest Finland, a new art form has enraptured audiences, bringing opera to those who might seem farthest beyond its reach: the deaf.
Alan Stone, founded Chicago Opera Theater July 12, 2008 Alan Stone adored singers and singing and was in the thick of opera practically all his life...the crowning achievement of his career was founding and directing Chicago Opera Theater, the city's second opera company and one of America's leading regional opera companies. Stone started the company (as Chicago Opera Studio Inc.) in 1974 and served as its artistic director until health complications following a 1984 stroke forced him to step down in 1993.
Conductor James Levine to have kidney removed July 09, 2008 
James Levine will have a kidney removed in surgery this week, causing the conductor to miss the remainder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood season.
Mma R's opera and couscous July 09, 2008 About 5km outside the central business district of Gaborone, set in the subdued tranquility of the relatively untouched countryside overlooking the Kgale Mountains, sits the new Number One Ladies Opera House.
La Scala strike cancels 'Boheme' July 08, 2008 A strike at La Scala has forced the opera house to cancel Monday’s opening performance of Puccini’s “La Boheme,” produced by Franco Zeffirelli. Perfs on Wednesday and Friday have also been called off.
Players, presenters found ways to stay in the black July 08, 2008 Almost all leading arts groups in central Ohio balanced their 2007-08 budgets despite a worsening economy.
Metropolitan Opera: The Art of Opera- Diva Inspiration July 06, 2008 Eight Met stars posed for renowned painter Francesco Clemente for a new exhibition in Gallery Met.
Stone Age Art Caves May Have Been Concert Halls July 03, 2008 Prehistoric peoples chose places of natural resonant sound to draw their famed cave sketches, according to new analyses of paleolithic caves in France. In at least ten locations, drawings of horses, bison, and mammoths seem to match locations that focus, amplify, and transform the sounds of human voices and musical instruments.
Unique twist for new Toronto opera company July 03, 2008 One of Toronto's newest opera companies has a unique twist. Not only does it take requests, but the people making the requests star in the production as well. Opera by Request, as it's called, will next produce Gluck's Orfeo ed Eurydice at the Heliconian Hall on Saturday, July 5, 8 p.m.
Beethoven Goes Digital July 02, 2008 Classical music is making money again, thanks largely to online downloads. It's a great example of how the 'long tail' theory is changing an industry.
Anger over halt to harp lessons June 30, 2008 Harp lessons at schools in the county where former royal harpist Catrin Finch learned her skills are to be stopped in order to save money.
Rich nations copy Venezuela's anti-gang music schools June 26, 2008 Venezuela's youth orchestras and choirs have helped thousands of children resist thug life in some of South America's most violent slums, and now wealthy countries are lining up to emulate the system.
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