Stories Tagged as
Orchestra
Performing arts innovate in desperate times
by
Lukas Southard
and Nova Safo
Jul 2, 2020
The show must go on — somehow — for theater and other live productions in order for their companies to survive financially.
Challenges to performing arts mount with fall season uncertain
Jun 10, 2020
Fall season is usually a big money-maker for nonprofit arts companies. The pandemic is threatening that crucial revenue stream.
To help diversify American orchestras, one group is helping to get players to auditions
by
Nadege Green
Aug 30, 2018
Gabrielle Skinner is in a coaching session for auditions at the New World Symphony in Miami Beach. She’s one of 18 musicians here, and she plays an excerpt from Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony on her viola. Skinner, who plays with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in New York, is Latina and said sometimes she’s treated like an […]
On stage with the CEO of the LA Philharmonic
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Daisy Palacios
Mar 9, 2016
Kai goes to the Walt Disney Concert Hall to talk to Deborah Borda, CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Is it time for orchestras to change their tune?
Oct 6, 2014
Between labor disputes and declining ticket sales, budget issues and contract disputes, classical music halls are having a tough time.
Orchestra 2.0: Symphonies beat cable to a la carte
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 5, 2014
How a business built on sitting still and listening to old music is adapting to the new market.
Dudamel conducts on 'Sesame Street'
Feb 6, 2012
Beethoven meets Big Bird as Gustavo Dudamel, who created youth orchestras in his native Venezuela, seeks to inspire listeners of "Sesame Street."