Category: music

“The musicians have suggested that concerts resume while talks proceed. Management says that would result in losses of $500,000 a month. While the players say additional funds could be raised to cover those costs, management wants an independent analyst on whether those donors could be counted on for the long term.”

“The musicians are among the millions of people from the Philippines who work overseas and help power the country’s economy with remittances. … Japan remain[s] the top destination, followed by Malaysia, South Korea and China.”

“A battle between the world’s two biggest live music companies for control of London’s prime venues, including Hyde Park, Wembley Arena and the Olympic Stadium, has prompted an investigation by competition watchdogs concerned about music lovers potentially facing higher ticket prices and less choice of big name acts.”

“According to Nielsen SoundScan, 2012 was another record-breaking year as vinyl album sales rose 17.7 percent from the previous year.”

“Some locals question whether SF Jazz’s season, expanded from 100 to 200 shows, threatens a delicate ecosystem. Others expect a rising tide that lifts all boats.”

“Though it’s only a matter of two words, Opera Company of Philadelphia’s adoption of the simpler moniker ‘Opera Philadelphia’ in its 39th season is full of implications for 2013-14, right down to the cursive of the new logo.”

“The Florida Orchestra has run into the first real glitch in its cultural exchange with Cuba. On Friday, the orchestra learned it had to postpone plans to send concertmaster Jeffrey Multer to perform on Feb. 10 with the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba in Havana.” The reason: a snafu in the bureaucratic machinery governing the US’s embargo on Cuba.

“As the companies behind these digital services swell into multibillion-dollar enterprises, the relative trickle of money that has made its way to artists is causing anxiety at every level of the business.”

“What may be more surprising to the disgruntled concert-goer whose outings have been plagued by the coughs of others is that certain types of music appear to attract more coughs.”

“The financial stumble of Opera Colorado this month – resulting in the abrupt cancellation of the company’s highly touted premiere of The Scarlet Letter – leaves the city with just two major productions for the entire year. Next year, too. The company is still labeling its offerings a ‘season’, but that’s a stretch.”