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Lakota Music Project Merges Two Traditions for One Common Cause

For almost 20 years, the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra has been collaborating with Native artists, aiming to address a history of racial tension.

By Zachary Woolfe

Appointments and Executive Changes Chicago (Ill) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Classical Music Metropolitan Opera Opera Palumbo, Donald

Donald Palumbo Reinvigorated the Met Opera Chorus. Next Stop Chicago.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has hired Donald Palumbo, 76, the former chorus master of the Metropolitan Opera, to lead its chorus.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Artificial Intelligence Classical Music Computers and the Internet Cope, David (1941-2025) Creativity Deaths (Obituaries) Supercomputers

David Cope, Godfather of A.I. Music, Is Dead at 83

His EMI algorithm, an early form of artificial intelligence that he developed in the 1980s, prompted searching questions about the limits of human creativity.

By Miguel Salazar

Brant, George Gelb, Peter Kolomiiets, Maxim Metropolitan Opera Morley, Erin Music Opera Polish National Opera Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) The Mothers of Kherson (Opera) Wilson, Keri-Lynn

A New Opera Shines Light on Ukrainian Families Separated by War

The Metropolitan Opera, hoping to revive support for Kyiv, released an excerpt from “The Mothers of Kherson,” about abducted Ukrainian children and their relatives.

By Javier C. Hernandez