Category: music

“House Bill 1254 would make symphony performers between orchestra seasons ineligible for unemployment between orchestra seasons if they performed during the last season and plan to perform in the upcoming season.”

“A Boston Symphony Orchestra audience had to evacuate Symphony Hall Tuesday night after a fire alarm went off inside … about 10 minutes before the end of the concert.”

“I composed the score for my first film Dark Star because I was cheap and fast. I talked to a couple of other composers but they all seemed weird. … For me scoring is all improvisational. After the movie is cut, I synch my synthesizer to the cut footage and just start playing.”

“La Scala general manager Stéphane Lissner’s first goal when he arrived at the renowned opera house in 2005 was to balance the budget, which he did that year and every year since. This year could be different, he warned Tuesday.”

“The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announced Monday it will go on its first European tour in 14 years, and the first under the leadership of music director David Robertson.”

The small but well-regarded company will henceforth call itself Skylight Music Theatre. Administrators said in a statement, “Skylight’s goal in the name change is to accurately capture the range of experiences patrons may have throughout each season and minimize the misconception that Skylight only produces opera.”

“The purchaser was a “patroness of the arts from Montreal,” who declined to be identified further, Mr. Reuning said. He said she has decided to lend the cello, known as Countess of Stainlein, ex-Paganini of 1707, to Stéphane Tétreault, an 18-year-old player from Montreal with a budding career.”

“The purchaser was a ‘patroness of the arts from Montreal,’ who declined to be identified further, Mr. Reuning said. He said she has decided to lend the cello, known as Countess of Stainlein, ex-Paganini of 1707, to Stéphane Tétreault, an 18-year-old player from Montreal with a budding career.”

“The practical applications of music for healing are irresistible. Cutting-edge music therapy can help Parkinson’s patients walk, enables the autistic to rehearse their emotions and provides opportunities for stroke victims to regain speech and motor movement. Music is usually the last thing Alzheimer’s sufferers recognize. It is our final way to communicate with them, and now it seems music can play a significant role in forestalling Alzheimer’s.”

Cities, bus stations and private businesses blast classical music in trouble spots. Does it calm troubled people, or does it simply drive people away – and is that what we want classical music to do?