El Sistema USA May Leave New England Conservatory
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“NEC says that it will honor its commitment to El Sistema USA’s central program … through the 2013-2014 academic year – but cannot support the program’s plan to expand at a cost of $125,000 to $400,000 a year. That leaves El Sistema USA’s leaders looking for a new home, potentially outside Bo
Read MoreDC’s American Opera Theater to Close
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“The American Opera Theater, one of the most intriguing of the many pocket opera companies in the Baltimore/Washington region, is shutting down at the end of this season.”…
Read MoreKansas City Symphony and Michael Stern: Five More Years
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“After six seasons preparing the Kansas City Symphony for a great leap forward in 2011, Michael Stern has signed on for another five years [as music director]. … The agreement comes on the verge of the Symphony’s move later this year to its new stage at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.”…
Read MoreLouisville Orchestra Pays Its Players Part of What It Owes Them
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“The Louisville Orchestra paid its musicians a partial salary last Friday, after a federal bankruptcy court ruled that the orchestra must abide by its contract with the musicians union. Orchestra CEO Robert Birman wouldn’t specify what percentage of the musicians’ salary was paid.”…
Read MoreJames Levine’s Four Decades Of Orchestra-Building
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“Mr. Levine is an American generalist, but that hardly means he’s just generally competent. What’s remarkable is how convincing he is in most styles, how idiomatically right they sound under his baton.”…
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