COVID-19: Concerts and Operas on the Web
August 9 Met Live Streams: Mozart’s Don Giovanni Starring Hibla Gerzmava, Malin Byström, Serena Malfi, Paul Appleby, Simon Keenlyside, and Adam Plachetka, conducted by Fabio Luisi. From…
Browsing: VIRUS2
What’s Next? Music Educators Weigh in on the Future of Teaching
With a new academic year looming, schools everywhere have had to shift gears in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Music programs face the challenge of…
Glimmers of hope
Fearing for the worst during the current crisis, our species yearns to see the light at the end of the tunnel. With the lockdowns now…
Blue moods
Gone but not forgotten If jazz is social music, as Miles Davis once put it, the current rule of social distancing has weighed heavily against…
If We Build It, Will They Come?
Field of Dreams, the deservedly classic 1989 film, generated my paraphrased title “If We Build It, Will They Come?” An Iowa farmer hears a voice…
Never Waste A Crisis Lixil, Japan’s Multinational Construction Giant
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a shadow boom in media variations on the “never waste a crisis” theme. When major crises arrive, a small army…
Making Do: Student Perspectives on Remote Learning
The pandemic has resulted in major changes for music schools and young artist programs, changes that are now being lived out by young singers. It…
COVID-19: A Concertgoer’s Guide
Although professional musicians and the music industry have followed workplace health and safety measures, people attending concerts and other activities need to follow them as…
Editorial from the editor
This edition of La Scena Musicale is unique in the history of the publication in offering no coverage of live performance with an audience. This…
Fear surrounding singing exaggerated, Canadian choir directors say
The following letter was written by a consortium of conductors and managing directors as a response to two articles published by the CBC: Canada is…
