Industry Pro Newsletter: Grants and Government Spending Impact on Arts Budgets
This week, stories abound about the impact funding can have on the arts - from the UK, an editorial about how the collapse of funding for the creative industry was predictable. In the US, we have stories of large gifts making a huge impact - no-cost rentals at 59E59 - as well as changes to the way Florida is apportioning their arts budget.
Who Decides the Drama Desk and Drama League Awards?
It is award season. And every year newcomers to the industry ask what most of the awards are. In this series, I’ll hopefully explain that. I'll be looking at many of the major awards other than the Tony Awards. First up today: the Drama Desk Awards and the Drama League Awards.
Sir Stephen Hough Premieres His First Piano Concerto With Utah Symphony, January 12 & 13
Celebrated pianist, composer, and writer Sir Stephen Hough, performs the world premiere of his first Piano Concerto, “The World of Yesterday,” with the Utah Symphony conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles on Friday, January 12 and Saturday, January 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City. The program also includes Elgar's Cockaigne (In London Town) and Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 5.