Peoria Symphony and Cleveland Orchestra co... The Hub On May 24 at 9 p.m. and May 26 at 4 p.m., the Peoria Symphony Orchestra’s world premiere of Edward Joseph Collins’s opera Daughter of the South will be broadcast on Illinois public-television station WTVP. ... 18 hours ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Artistic: American Composers Orchestra The Hub The American Composers Orchestra has announced the appointment of Derek Bermel as artistic director, effective with the 2013-14 season. In addition, George Manahan has extended his contract as ACO music director ... 18 hours ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Carnegie Mellon Hosts Americans for the Ar... The Hub Carnegie Mellon University will wrap up the yearlong 25th anniversary celebration of its Master of Arts Management (MAM) program by hosting the Americans for the Arts Convention Emerging Leaders Preconference ... 18 hours ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Obituary: American neoclassical composer H... The Hub In Friday’s (5/24) Boston Globe, Jeremy Eichler writes, “Harold Shapero, a composer whose series of elegantly inventive midcentury scores helped define the American neoclassical style, died May 17 ... 18 hours ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Are cassette tapes poised for a comeback? The Hub Sunday (5/19) on the BBC News website, Kate Dailey reports, “The humble cassette tape, a happy memory for many music fans of a certain age, has staged a comeback for one Canadian company. ... 18 hours ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

New iPhone/iPad app offers insights into B... The Hub In Thursday’s (5/23) Telegraph (London), Matt Warman writes, “Beethoven’s 9th Symphony is an undisputed masterpiece, recorded so many times that any would-be purchaser can quite reasonably be baffled ... 18 hours ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

YOLA makes dreams of social change through... The Hub In the May 23 L.A. Weekly, L.J. Williamson writes, “When her son Jacob was barely a year old, Teresa Esquivel noticed that music powerfully affected his demeanor. … Jacob’s parents live in South Central L.A. ... 18 hours ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Toronto Symphony to perform Glass score li... The Hub In Wednesday’s (5/22) Variety, Jennie Punter writes, “Godfrey Reggio’s ‘Visitors’ will world preem at the Toronto Film Festival, 30 years after the theatrical release of the helmer’s influential cult film ‘Koyaanisqatsi’ ... 18 hours ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra announces 2013-... The Hub In Friday’s (5/24) Star Tribune (Minneapolis), Graydon Royce writes, “The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra has announced a 2013-14 season that includes six world premieres, a Beethoven September and a celebration of Benjamin Britten’s centenary. The SPCO is in the midst of concluding a most-challenging 2012-13 season defined largely by a 191-day lockout of musicians in... 18 hours ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Boston Pops 2013 season underway The Hub The Boston Pops is in the midst of its 2013 season, which opened on May 8 at Symphony Hall with Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart leading songs with singer-songwriter Vince Gill, plus music from the films ... 1 day ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story