News Coverage of Covid19 and Orchestras

PA Democrats: Democratic Lawmakers Host Hearing on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Arts, Cultural, and Historical Institutions of PA

NYTimes: Over Headphones and in a Truck, the Philharmonic Stays Alive

Inquirer: Listening through a summer of sounds for what lies ahead for arts and culture in the city

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Symphony announces more salary cuts, furloughs and layoffs

Night After Night: A New Normal

Musical America: Boston Symphony Musicians agree to 37% cut

Washington Post: Dallas Symphony among 1st US orchestras to return

NBC Dallas/Ft. Worth: Bass Hall Extends Closure, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra's Fall Series Moved to Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium

Adaptistration: After Five Months, Survey of Orchestra Employment Status

MPR News: Minnesota Orchestra will mount fall season without live audiences

Bloomberg: Investing in the Arts Will Speed Economic Recovery

Chicago Symphony: CSO Sessions, new streaming content available via CSOtv, launches this fall

TRG Arts: Who is booking now? Changes in ticket buyer demographics post COVID-19​

DW: The Salzburg Festival defies the coronavirus

Forbes: Aerosol Studies Are Helping The Vienna Philharmonic And Other Orchestras Stay Safe From Covid-19

​NY Times: With a Pickup Truck and an Open Mind, the Philharmonic Returns

​DW: The Berlin Philharmonic's pandemic plan 

Norman Lebrecht: If CAMI can fail, is anyone safe?
ABC News: Columbia Artists will shut down.

Norman Lebrecht: NY Phil starts outdoor recitals

NYTimes: Orchestras Looking to Broaden Horizons? Start Improvising

Vail Daily: Bravo! Vail reflects on a season that almost didn’t happen

LA Times: LA Phil filmed concerts in an empty Hollywood Bowl. You can stream them for free

Norman Lebrecht: UK scientists say singing is no riskier than ordering a drink

Classic FM: Research shows surge in young people streaming classical music

NYTimes: What's Your Risk Tolerance?

San Francisco Classical Voice: The Jigsaw Puzzle of Putting an Orchestra Onstage During Pandemic

International Musician: Wind Musician's Risk Assessment during Covid-19

Artnet: Cultural Institutions Spent a Whopping $7.9 Billion on New Buildings

​Atlanta Symphony Reimagines 20-21 Season
AJC: Atlanta Symphony plans for a different kind of season

Inquirer: Museum of Art to Open in September
 (NYTimes: Art Museum workers vote to unionize; and Inquirer story)

​Cleveland Orchestra offers revised vision for 20-21 season
  (Direct link to Cleveland Orchestra)

Early Music America: Lessons From a 17th-Century Bankrupt Opera House

The Daily Gazette: SPAC presents virtual Beethoven festival

Covid-19 Panel Discussion: Risk assessment for wind instrumentalists

Drew McManus: Not Everyone is Cancelling

Boston Globe: Boston Symphony cancels fall season

Inquirer: Opera Philadelphia Cancels O20 Festival​​

Houston Chronicle: Houston Symphony at the vanguard of live streaming

Arts Professional: How to get audiences to pay more for streamed content

Washington Post: Kennedy Center cuts staff

SF Chronicle: Critics debate pandemic's affects on the arts

Baltimore Sun: Baltimore Symphony cancels live performances through November

The Guardian: Finding out how dangerous blowing instruments and singing are

Michael Vincent: 12 Ways Pandemic Will Change Classical Music

David Maggs: Art, After Virus
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Crosscut: The Arts Need a New Deal to Survive

ICSOM: Orchestral Safety Plans: A First Look

​NYTimes: Met Opera Tries to Find Paying Customers

Chicago Tribune: Chicago Symphony Cancels 2020 Performances

Houston Chronicle: Do Orchestras Put Audiences at Risk?

Observer: Classical Music Reemerges in Asia and Europe