ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) launches EarShot Publishing, an unprecedented music publishing initiative that will administer the rights for select orchestral works developed through its national EarShot composer advancement programs, which include Readings, CoLABoratory Fellowships, and other commissioning opportunities....

​​​​​​​Conductor Gemma New embarks on a global 2023/2024 season highlighted by multiple major debuts - plus her final season as Music Director of Canada's Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra....

Pamela Carter, Jamei Haswell, John M. Loder, and Mitch Menchaca have joined the League of American Orchestras' Board of Directors; each will serve a three-year term. Marian Godfrey and Jesse Rosen were elected to the League’s Emeritus Board. The board’s officers for 2023-24 are Douglas M. Hagerman, Chair; Aaron A. Flagg and Alan Mason, Co-Vice Chairs; Chris Doerr, Treasurer, and Melanie Clarke, Secretary....

Get the latest updates on the American Composers Orchestra's upcoming 2023/2024 season, featuring new works by renowned composers. Find out about the collaborations and concert series at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall....

An international cohort of thirty-six orchestra and arts professionals will participate in Essentials of Orchestra Management, the League of American Orchestras’ premier leadership development program. The ten-day program, running from July 26-August 4, 2023, is presented in collaboration with Juilliard Extension and will take place in New York at Juilliard’s Lincoln Center Campus....

 An international cohort of thirty-six orchestra and arts professionals will participate in Essentials of Orchestra Management, the League of American Orchestras’ premier leadership development program. The ten-day program, running from July 26-August 4, 2023, is presented in collaboration with Juilliard Extension and will take place in New York at Juilliard’s Lincoln Center Campus....

The band will once again be joined by The Wolfpack, a string and brass quintet which features Alex Kelly, Brian Switzer, Adam Theis, Mads Tolling and Sheldon Brown, along with Barry Sless on pedal steel performing the expansive catalogue of Grateful Dead, Bobby's solo albums and more. Check out upcoming tour dates!...

Kate Kammeyer, Executive Director of the Berkeley Symphony is one of only six women and non-binary orchestra professionals from across the country to join the first cohort of the League of American Orchestras' Anne Parsons Leadership Program, the League has announced....

Six women and non-binary orchestra professionals from across the country will comprise the first cohort of the League of American Orchestras' Anne Parsons Leadership Program, the League has announced. ...

Sphinx Organization, the largest and longest-standing organization dedicated to diversity and inclusion in classical music, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this season, anchored by the annual Sphinx Competition....

 American Composers Orchestra (ACO) continues its commitment to the creation and development of new orchestra music, and to the next generation of composers, through its spring 2023 EarShot Readings program. ...

The League of American Orchestras has launched the Anne Parsons Leadership Program, League President and CEO Simon Woods announced. Honoring Anne Parsons, the transformative orchestra field leader and mentor who passed away in 2022, the three-year pilot mentoring program aims to effect structural change by supporting women and non-binary orchestra professionals in their career progressions, and ultimately improving gender equity within the C-suite....

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) continues its commitment to the creation and development of new orchestra music, and to the next generation of composers, through its spring 2023 EarShot Readings program....

In his fourth appearance with the New York String Orchestra since making his Carnegie Hall debut with the ensemble 23 years ago to the day in 1999, Jonathan Biss joins conductor Jamie Laredo to perform Beethoven's Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major “Emperor” on Saturday, December 28 at 8:00 pm on the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage....

A select cohort of 35 orchestra and arts professionals have been chosen from the United States and Canada to participate in Essentials of Orchestra Management, the League of American Orchestras’ premier leadership development program. ...

New Music USA's Amplifying Voices program, which fosters collaboration toward racial and gender equity in new orchestral music, has over thirty orchestras from across the United States signed up to premiere new works co-commissioned from nine of today's leading composers: Valerie Coleman, Juan Pablo Contreras, Vijay Iyer, Tania León, Jessie Montgomery, Brian Raphael Nabors, Nina Shekhar, Tyshawn Sorey, and Shelley Washington. ...

Acclaimed soprano Maria Clark and award-winning pianist/composer Maria Thompson Corley have released a new album of spirituals and hymns called Soul Sanctuary. ...

Classical music performers and promoters, argues Jonathon Heyward, should bring palpable change to the communities they serve. The American conductor spent much time during successive lockdowns contemplating the artform's past, present and future....

The Grand Teton Music Festival Board of Directors has announced a five-year extension of Music Director Donald Runnicles' contract, effective through 2026, bringing his tenure with the Festival to 20 years....