“Seven alumni from Carnegie Mellon University took home Tonys in five categories, a glittery haul that was both a school record and a huge source of pride for a theater department that turns 100 next year.”
Tag: 06.14.13
Trying To Preserve China’s Heritage Through Slow Architecture
“By 2030 the mainland will be home to 13 megacities–those with a population of 10 million or more–up from six today, estimates a McKinsey report. That breakneck urbanization is fast obliterating 5,000 years of architecture and culture.”
The Jazz Opera
“What can you think, as a jazz musician, when somebody comes up and asks you to write an opera? For a little while, I was so intimidated I stayed away from it.”
Lawsuit Seeks To Free “Happy Birthday” From Copyright
The proposed class action asks a federal court to declare the song to be in the public domain and that Warner/Chappel Music Inc, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, return “millions of dollars of unlawful licensing fees” it has collected for reproductions and public performances of the song.
UK Arts Funding Cuts Will Be 5 Percent
“The extent of spending cuts had been expected to be much higher after the Treasury wrote to departments earlier in the year, warning most ministers they would have to cut up to 10 per cent of their budgets for the year 2015-16.”
Minnesota Orchestra Broke No Laws In Its Use Of Public Funds: Auditor
“The state Legislative Auditor’s Office has found no improprieties in how the Minnesota Orchestra Association used state money – both general operating funds and a $14 million bonding grant to help renovate Orchestra Hall.”