Songbook Academy Holiday Concert Returns in December
by Stephi Wild
- October 23, 2025
The Great American Songbook Foundation invites audiences to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with the return of Songbook Academy Sings the Songs of the Season, a cabaret-style holiday concert featuring alumni of the Songbook Academy.
Vanessa Rose Named President & CEO of New Music USA
by A.A. Cristi
- August 05, 2025
New Music USA has announced the appointment of Vanessa Rose as its next President & CEO, beginning October 15, 2025. A seasoned arts administrator and advocate for living composers, Rose brings more than two decades of leadership experience to the national nonprofit, succeeding Vanessa Reed, who led the organization from 2019 to 2025.
2025 PMAY ARTISTS' INITIATIVE GRADUATION CONCERT To Take Place In June
by A.A. Cristi
- May 22, 2025
On June 7, 2025, the Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) Artists' Initiative will be hosting their 2025 PMAY Artists' Initiative Graduation Concert in Presser Hall at Settlement Music School's Mary Louise Curtis Branch (416 Queen St., Philadelphia) featuring Philadelphia's rising artists.
Review: Kevin Puts Has Georgia (and Alfred) on His Mind in BRIGHTNESS at NY Philharmonic
by Richard Sasanow
- May 20, 2025
This past weekend, composer Kevin Puts’s BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHT, based on the long, abundant correspondence of artist Georgia O’Keeffe and photographer/gallerist Alfred Stieglitz, had its long overdue New York premiere, with the New York Philharmonic under debuting conductor Brett Mitchell, and soprano Renee Fleming as O’Keeffe and baritone Rod Gilfry as Stieglitz, friends and lovers (marital and otherwise).