The tale of Arturs Kaptainis’ resignation from the National (Com)Post has gone viral.

Now the Boston Globe has fired its entire music critic team, as reported by www.therestisnoise.com.

"Bad news for Boston criticism

The Boston Musical Intelligencer has a story about imminent cuts in free-lance classical criticism at the Boston Globe. Several people have confirmed it to me privately. This is a disheartening development, not least because the Globe has, aside from staff classical critic Jeremy Eichler and writer-editor Steve Smith, some of the sharpest critics in the country. I know particularly well the work of David Weininger and Matthew Guerrieri — the latter the author of The First Four Notes, one of the notable music books of recent years. What's more, the Globe had recently been publishing Zoë Madonna, to whom the jury of the most recent Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, myself included, unanimously awarded its first prize. All this comes in the wake of a widely publicized fiasco in Toronto, in the course of which an arts editor at the National Post said, “I really hate running reviews for performing arts." I will have more to say on this subject soon, but for the moment I'd like to join many voices in begging the Globe to reconsider what looks to be a major reduction in review coverage. One upbeat note: in September Jeremy will be taking a sabbatical to work on a book called Memorials in Sound, and Steve will be filling in for him. I'm very eager to see what both of them produce; the Globe should feel very lucky to have such brilliant writers on staff. But one or two critics cannot cover the entire teeming Boston scene, a bastion of music both early and new. Boston-area music organizations, the time to speak up is now."

Boston and Toronto-area music lovers, who may not have heard of this disheartening news, NOW is the time to ACT and PROTEST. Do not sit idly by. Else much will be lost.

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Disclaimer: My beloved {E} is an award-winning freelance music critic.

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