"(An administrator wrote that) 'the specific allegations against Carlos Kalmar did not violate the Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and Sex Non-Discrimination Policy Under Title IX.' About 30 students, faculty and staff were interviewed as part of the investigation by former U.S. Attorney Carole Rendon." - Ideastream Public Media (Cleveland)
Google and Universal Music are in talks to license artists’ melodies and voices for songs generated by artificial intelligence as the music business tries to monetize one of its biggest threats. - Ars Technica
"This highly specific medium morphs every which way, with new outspoken repertoire, an influx of vocal talent from the early-music community and liberated performance manner." David Patrick Stearns talks with singers, pianists, and composers about how song recitals are developing today. - Gramophone
"Brent Ottley ... says it became obvious two decades ago that Australia had begun 'running out' of piano tuners. He estimates there are just 250 left in the country and just 20 or so high-level technicians, with most of them close to retiring age." - The Guardian
"The big-city problems Aldean laments — violent crime, sedition, even fraying communal ties — are, in many cases, worse problems outside the cities than in them. This reality is a major driver of right-wing resentment — and music about it should, by all rights, have a hint of malaise." - MSN (The Atlantic)
"In June the opera company announced plans to slash its budget by about two-thirds and no longer put on full productions. After a transition year in 2024 with only a couple of scaled-down productions, the company would serve as an 'incubator' that hosts workshops of new operas in development." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Hailed by critics for its high standards and wide-ranging repertoire, which has included all eras but emphasized the 20th and 21st centuries, the organization has struggled financially for years. Its financial problems have been exacerbated by a drop-off in both ticket sales and donations following the pandemic." - San Francisco Classical Voice
As the Philly Pops' legal and financial difficulties drag on, the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc. will produce a holiday pops concert with the group of now-unemployed Philly Pops musicians who call themselves the No Name Pops. ("No excuses. No nonsense. No Name Pops.") - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
At 57, though her singing career is not yet over, she's becoming a top administrator: having been artistic director of Salzburg's Whitsun Festival for more than a decade, she took over this year as head of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in Monaco. - AP
Concerts have always been spaces where like-minded fans can gather to discover connection, but now this brand of togetherness has transformed concertgoing into an urgent pilgrimage, drawing the faithful in record numbers and providing near-ecstatic experiences. - The New York Times
Production music, aka commercial music, will likely be AI’s victim number one. Production music is rarely the music you’d choose to listen to all by itself (excluding great film scores). - Shelly Palmer
Musk yanked @music away without warning. Jeremy Vaught: "It’s been emotional. ... The idea that they’ll just take your account because they want it—I’ve always known that it’s possible. I know that on Twitter there’s nothing I own, they own it, I get it. It still sucks." - Slate
"Harry Styles was hit in the eye with a sweet in Vienna, Bebe Rexha received stitches after she was hit in the face with a mobile phone in New York, and Pink was left stunned when someone threw their mother’s ashes on stage in London." What is going on? - The Guardian (UK)
Netrebko, fired by the opera house for her support of Vladimir Putin, "accuses the Met of discriminating against her because she is Russian; of issuing 'defamatory' statements about her in the press; and of breaching contracts." - The New York Times
