The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra musicians have announced a vote of no confidence in the orchestra's managing director and president, warning that the community is at risk of losing the SPCO. Read more here.
The suggestion that the 45-year-old Abravanel Hall could be demolished or altered has led the Utah Symphony musicians to act! Click here to sign the online petition "Save Abravanel Hall,” which has attracted more than 3,400 signatures within the first 24 hours, and more than 10,000 people having signed it within days later.
Dallas Symphony leader Kim Noltemy has been named President/CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Read more here.
Philanthropist Mercedes Bass recently donated $5 million to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, to be allocated over the next five years. As part of her donation, Bass created the Campaign for Artistic Excellence Matching Gift Program in an effort to encourage others to support the symphony. Read more here.
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has announced that Cristian Macelaru will begin a four-year term as their new music director in the 2025-26 season. Read more here.
The $134 million renovation of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s historic home, Powell Hall, is essentially on-time, on-budget, and expected to open in 2025. Read more here.
Click here to read how the Charlotte Symphony quietly raised $41 million to help ensure a stable future.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra appoints Klaus Mäkelä as the youngest music director in the orchestra’s history. Read more here.
For the first time in thirty-five years, the Pacific Symphony is searching for a new Music Director. Read more here.
Lawrence Loh, music director for the Syracuse Orchestra, will conclude his tenure with the organization at the end of the 2024-25 season. Read more here.
Enrique Mazzola has extended his contract as music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago through 2030-31. Read more here.
The Kansas City Symphony announces its first-ever European concert tour in August 2024, led by the Symphony’s incoming Music Director, Matthias Pintscher. Read more here.
The San Francisco Ballet has received a $60 million donation, the largest in its history. Read more here.
Symphoria, a beacon of classical music in Central New York, has announced a pivotal change: it will henceforth be known as The Syracuse Orchestra. Read more here.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and its musicians have agreed to a new three-year contract that increases wages 10.9% over the previous contract by year three. Read more here.
The Columbus Symphony Orchestra is planning a $275 million new music hall with a 1600-seat main performance hall and an additional nine other multi-use performance and special event spaces. Read more here.
Conductor Robert Spano will be the Washington National Opera’s next music director. Read more here.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra has announced that conductor Jun Märkl will be the ISO’s eighth Music Director, beginning with the 2024-25 season. Read more here.
The Oregon Symphony Orchestra and its musicians have reached a three-year contract which includes a 6% wage increase in the 1st year, followed by increases of 3.5% in ensuing years. Read more here.
“I’m super grateful that scholarships like ICSOMs exist … it really opens up a path for musicians who may feel that they’re cornered by their finances … I can’t express how much this means to me and how much it will mean to future recipients of the scholarship as well.” Cameron Hall, 2023 ICSOM BU Tanglewood Institute Scholarship recipient. Click here to view his interview.
