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Marin Alsop made history when she took the baton at Baltimore Symphony. She exits now with pride — and many frustrations. Baltimore Sun 1 hr ago Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun © Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s three-week Marin Festival, which wraps up June 19 with an online gala featuring soprano Renee Fleming, is classical music’s equivalent of a farewell tour. Marin Alsop is taking her victory lap. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s three-week Marin Festival, which wraps up June 19 with an online gala featuring soprano Rene...

By Fred Bronstein The Baltimore Sun (TNS) In August, the Brookings Institution published a study on the impact of the pandemic on the arts and culture industry across the United States. The study painted a devastating picture of the immediate loss of jobs, revenues and artistic talent. Since the Brookings study, there have been numerous other studies, articles and blogs written about the performing arts industry — its recovery, and the best ways to get from here to there. Clearly, it is essential for us to individually and collectively figure out how to help our institutions survive, first,...

norman lebrecht December 10, 2020 America’s oldest consevatory, the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, is wrestling with historic issues of slave ownership. Intensive research has just revealed – shock – that Hopkins was a slave owner. Now they’re looking into George Peabody. George Washington owned slaves all his life but no-one has yet got around to renaming the capital. Universities, though, are in the frontline of rewriting history. Here’s a note from the Peabody dean, Fred Bronstein: To Members of the Peabody Community: I am writing to follow up on ...