Oboist Lays Out the Path to a Professional Orchestra Career byMike Lawson July 19, 2012 0 Professional Oboist Rachel Seiden recently posted a great insider’s look at the long and complicated road to building a career...
Barry Manilow Donates Piano to Louisville School District byMike Lawson July 19, 2012 0 Famed singer Barry Manilow (and SBO cover artist) recently donated a new Yamaha piano to help launch a music instrument...
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Opens Program for Amateur Musicians byMike Lawson July 19, 2012 0 Music director Marin Alsop recently led an army of amateur musicians through a week-long immersive music program alongside members of...
British Violinist Decries Music Ed Funding Cuts byMike Lawson July 12, 2012 0 Famed 25-year-old violinist Nicola Benedetti, who is set to perform this year at the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms,...
National Philharmonic Teams with DC School Music Program byMike Lawson July 12, 2012 0 Washington DC orchestra The National Philharmonic recently announced that it will begin partnering with the William E. Doar Public Charter...
New Orchestra Chairs Promise Better Musical Results byMike Lawson July 12, 2012 0 Designer David Brothers has introduced a new orchestra chair designed to optimize musicians’ posture and breathing. Designer David Brothers has...
Nationwide Summer Symphony Festivals Round-Up byMike Lawson July 12, 2012 0 The Chicago Tribune has collected a comprehensive list of the country’s best summer classical music festivals that could be a...
Australia Pledges to Give Every Young Student Arts Education byMike Lawson July 12, 2012 0 The Sydney Morning Herald recently reported great news for Australian arts advocates – every student in the country’s school system...
Founder of the Choral Arts Society Retires bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 Norman Scribner, founder of the prestigious Choral Arts Society of Washington D.C., as well as its artistic director for the...
Choral Conductor Noble named Lowell Mason Fellow by NAfME bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 Weston Noble, internationally acclaimed choral conductor and music educator and Professor Emeritus at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, has been...
New Music Ed Standards & Assessment Site bySBO Staff June 30, 2012 0 MakeMusic, Inc., creators of SmartMusic learning and assessment software, has announced the launch of the Music Education Standards and Assessment...
INTERKULTUR launches ChoirTV.com bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 INTERKULTUR has recently launched ChoirTV.com, a new website that aims to create an international choir community in the virtual world...