Brunet HICKORY — Mélisse Brunet is one of four candidates selected for the position of incoming music director and conductor of the Western Piedmont Symphony as part of the Maestro Challenge. The Women’s Resource Center has announced that Brunet will be the guest speaker at its next Inspiring Women luncheon …

André Previn, former musical director and principal conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, has died in Manhattan at the age of 89. His manager, Linda Petrikova, confirmed Previn’s death to The Associated Press. Beyond his talents as a conductor, Previn also brought to the symphony his “piano virtuosity and a …

After leading the Glendale Youth Orchestra for 19 years, Juilliard-trained Brad Keimach would hang up his stick, but he would not sit down. The young people he leads either. For the last performance Keimach will conduct before retiring on May 19, the orchestra will perform the majority of the pieces, …