“What’s not going to happen is we are not going to give a Grammy or Grammy nomination to the AI portion.”

The announcement was made on the stage of Orchestra Hall on Friday night after a performance of Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis,” the start of Muti’s final subscription weekend as music director.

Harnick was born and raised in Chicago and earned a bachelor’s degree in music from the Northwestern University School of Music after serving in the army during World War II.

Says Paul McCartney, “We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI so then we could mix the record as you would do. It gives you some sort of leeway.”

More change is afoot at the Grammys. The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that three new categories will be added to the awards show in 2024.

Midori will succeed Miriam Fried, who’s led the program for the past 30 years.

Tony Awards history was made when J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell became the first nonbinary people to win Tonys for acting.

A 2021 report on diversity in Broadway teams showed that 100% of general managers and 94% of the producers were white. White actors were cast in 80% of the lead roles in musicals and 90% of the lead roles in plays.

“Why should anybody assume that just because an artist chooses not to give interviews, he/she is a recluse?” she said in 2002.

Saariaho’s compositions melded live performance and electronics, winning recognition and securing commissions from numerous leading organizations.

The orchestra’s 2022-2023 season saw seven finalists for its music director position presiding over once concert each.

Lawrence Edelson founded American Lyric Theater in 2005, building a model organization for presenting and fostering new opera.

Bumbry was among the winners of the 1958 Met National Council Auditions. She had a recital debut in Paris that same year and made her Paris Opéra debut in 1960.

“I simply write the songs about where I am and where I’m from,” Lightfoot once said. “I take situations and write poems about them.”

The message of self-acceptance and respect for all was echoed across Broadway, from the new musical take on Some Like It Hot to a Black actor-led Death of a Salesman to the new play Ain’t No Mo.

Belafonte stands as the model and the epitome of the celebrity activist. Few kept up with his time and commitment and none his stature as a meeting point among Hollywood, Washington and the civil rights movement.

The $30k grant is reserved for rising conductors and is given to further the recipient’s career and artistic development.

Three mainstage operas, three additional special events, and all six titles are Chicago premieres.

It was show No. 13,981 at the Majestic Theatre and it ended with a reprise of “The Music of the Night” performed by the current cast, previous actors in the show.

The Library of Congress selects the titles for preservation for their cultural and historic importance to the American soundscape.

Sakamoto was a pioneer in electronics music of the late 1970s.

The Grammy-nominated composer, record producer and eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber, died Saturday in England after a protracted battle with gastric cancer and pneumonia.

Charles Henry Pace was one of the first African American gospel music composers in the US and owned of one of the first independent, Black gospel music publishing companies.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2023 Ravinia residency features conductor Marin Alsop and a lineup of other leading conductors.

Next year’s lineup of six mainstage operas offers choices for traditional and contemporary opera fans alike.