"There is no relocation," Harry Brünjes told a group of MPs this week about Arts Council England's decision to defund the company unless it leaves the capital for a city such as Manchester. "This is closing ENO down. This is losing 600 jobs from London." - London Evening Standard
Performing arts spaces must be saturated with music by diverse composers and performers, but we cannot do this in a performative way. - I Care If You Listen
"Facing mounting vendor debt and depressed ticket sales since the pandemic shutdown ended, the group has decided to fold, says longtime pops president Frank Giordano, ... leaving the city without a stand-alone pops orchestra and the Kimmel Center with one fewer resident company." - The Philadelphia Inquirer
This year's ubiquitous musician in these categories is Yannick Nézet-Séguin, performing as conductor or pianist on five separate nominated recordings. - WRTI (Philadelphia)
"One of the main lessons we can learn ... is the ability to maintain musical traditions while also responding to the surrounding culture. While the primary goal of show-style bands is to put on a show, their point of departure is still first and foremost great musicianship." - I Care If You Listen
Seattle was a thriving, energizing, musical city. It was synonymous with Sub Pop and KEXP. It was home to literally hundreds of rock, pop, hip-hop, soul, hardcore, metal, and experimental acts. Now, venues are dark. Musicians are moving away. - The Stranger
Jonathan Cohen, a 44-year-old cellist, harpsichordist and conductor from Great Britain, begins his term next season. He currently leads his own London-based ensemble, called Arcangelo, as well as Les Violons du Roy in Quebec City. - MSN (The Boston Globe)
Parker brings more than 25 years of experience in leadership roles at a range of arts organizations. Most recently, he was the president of Decca Records US at Universal Music Group. - Louisville Courier Journal
The team found that all violins produced combination tones, but the oldest instruments produced the strongest ones. The magnitude of the most prominent combination tone for the oldest violin, made in Bologna in 1700, was about 75 per cent larger than the one from a modern mass-produced instrument. - New Scientist
Researchers in Japan played Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major (K. 448) for 10 rats, and tiny wireless accelerometers affixed to the animals’ heads revealed that the rodents subtly nodded in sync with the musical beat. - The Wall Street Journal
There was the case of the vanishing Beatles hit, the decision around "Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead" after Margaret Thatcher's death, and the whole question of a tie. - BBC
"Handel was a prolific composer of many other fine pieces, too: chamber music, organ works, 120 cantatas, 42 operas and 29 oratorios" - and a lot of them are in this interactive online crossword. - Oregon ArtsWatch
But she added that "she was pleased that contemporary artists seemed better equipped to express the feelings of loss and sorrow that she explored on landmark albums like Ladies of the Canyon (1970) and Blue (1971)." - BBC
During lockdowns, technical staff found other jobs. And "with so much current demand, venues are booked solid, gear is quickly rented out and tour buses are already reserved. Meanwhile, gas prices are exorbitant, nevermind plane tickets." - CBC
