Though her movie fell to second at the box office, Swift still set a record over the weekend, as fans streamed her re-recorded 1989 like none before in Spotify's 15-year history. - Los Angeles Times
The state's cultural centers have "long encouraged new music, providing freedom and a sense of possibility that has made it the center of gravity for composers who work with a spirit of innovation." - The New York Times
"The Baltimore Choral Arts Society sings Amadou Diallo’s last words slowly and softly, as if they were a prayer or an invocation of a blessing." - Baltimore Sun
Presumably, Spotify will frame this as a way to combat fraud and to limit payments to ambient-noise generators, but it could also have a tremendous effect on the service’s role within the independent music world. - Stereogram
The plays have many passages marked as songs, but no indication of what the melodies were or who composed them. Identifying that music requires a lot of detective work, and scholar Ross Duffin has found art songs by composers such as Thomas Morley and popular ballads. - The New York Times
Fanny was still allowed to compose and perform, but only in private. And yet inconveniently, she turned out to have a talent so enormous it spilled over into everything she did. - The Guardian
"More than 300,000 people attended Eurovision-related events in Liverpool in May, giving the local economy a £54.8m boost. … In total, 306,000 people visited the city centre for Eurovision events, according to research commissioned by Liverpool City Council." - BBC
She will complete her seven-year term at the end of this season, though she will remain director of the company's Vanguard Initiative for emerging opera composers. - WFMT (Chicago)
Ita O'Brien, who helped launch the profession in Great Britain, is at the Gran Teatre del Liceu working on the European premiere of John Adams's Antony and Cleopatra. - The Guardian
The term dystonia is rooted in the Latin prefix dys, or difficulty, and tonus, meaning tone or tension. It refers to involuntary disruptions in muscle tone that cause spasms and shakes. It has been divided into many categories and subtypes, depending on the body parts affected and the age of the person when it began. - The Guardian
“We’ve received our ratings from Nielsen, and they said it is not even close,” said All Classical’s President and CEO Suzanne Nance. “We’ve been pulling a 6.5 market share, and the closest competitor is 3.0.” - The Oregonian
The key aim was to use music to connect young people from Catholic and Protestant backgrounds on both sides of the Irish border. Almost 30 years on, this remains the central goal of the 140-member orchestra. - BBC
The initiative by Opera America, described as a discount exchange for traveling audience members, has 85 participating companies across the US and Canada offering a 10% discount on tickets to subscribers of any other participating company. - Ludwig Van
Falletta has produced 54 recordings for Naxos – a rate of two per year. Two of those BPO recordings, and a third that Falletta recorded with the London Symphony, have won Grammy awards. - Buffalo News
