Mankato Symphony outdoor park performance to include 9/11 tribute

D.C. arts commission reallocates grants to address equity, with cuts to larger groups

Fresno Philharmonic to require vaccination/negative COVID test to attend season performances

California Symphony 2021-22: Adès, Balch, Beethoven, Cuong, Elgar, Montgomery, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi, Walker

Putting women composers on the map

Obituary: Conductor Michael Morgan, 63

Handel and Haydn Society to perform Beethoven’s Ninth in free concert

City of Beethoven: Vienna, the composer’s home for decades

New radio program “Unmute the Voices,” highlighting BIPOC musicians and composers

Manhattan’s Time Spans festival returns with two-plus weeks of contemporary music

National Symphony to perform “Concert of Remembrance” to mark 20th anniversary of 9/11

What does the return of the Taliban mean for Afghanistan’s musicians and cultural heritage?

L.A. County adds mask requirement at outdoor concerts amid COVID-19 spike

Flute quartet and jazz ensemble to perform free concerts in Firelands Symphony’s summer series

Obituary: Longtime Petersburg Symphony Orchestra Music Director Ulysses Kirksey

New 15-CD set of contralto Marian Anderson’s recordings from 1923 to 1966

Multifaceted pianist Evgeny Kissin intensifies his focus on work as a composer

Sarasota music collective enSRQ to feature four world premieres in 2021-22 season

An eight-day festival of J.S. Bach in Twin Cities coffeehouses, churches, breweries, parks

In Williamsburg, Virginia, a vibrant cultural community but a shortage of large performance venues

Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra’s new music director: Heather Lofdahl

Dawn Posey named concertmaster at Bellingham Symphony

Pacific Symphony chamber series: Dorman premiere, music by Brahms, Cuong, Dohnányi, Ives, Montgomery, Ravel, Snider, and more

Obituary: Joanne Bernstein-Cohen, Little Orchestra Society executive director, 73

In print: English translation of Franz Welser-Möst’s “From Silence”

Vienna museum focuses on Salzburg Festival’s Jewish artists; also spotlights those who profited during Nazi era

Michigan’s Traverse Symphony receives $100K for summer concert series

Akron Symphony 2021-22: Beethoven, Dvořák, Haydn, Price, new tuba concerto

How Oregon Symphony, Chamber Music Northwest, and Portland musicians are weathering the pandemic

Wallace Foundation extends application deadline for $53 million initiative for arts groups of color