It's doubtful that anything will come of it, but the Metropolitan Opera unions's move to include the press (and thus the public) in contract talks is, at the very least, "interesting." As reported by Jennifer Maloney in The Wall Street Journal:
The World Pianist Invitational Foundation, with headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland, will have its next competition for classically trained pianists, ages 6 through 29, this summer. The finals will take place on July 12 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.
The San Francisco Bach Choir is near the selection of its fourth artistic director in a 78-year history, to succeed Corey Jamason, who stepped down from the position last month after a seven-year run.
Minnesota might have settled a long, destructive crisis (above), but another great calamity in the music world, the San Diego Opera facing extinction, is far from resolution, with stakes raised, as reported by The Los Angeles Times:
