Music_Critics_Association_of_North_America
Music Critics Association of North America
Society of music critics (founded in 1956)
The Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA) is a society for music critics of classical music in the United States and Canada.[1] Founded in 1956, the MCANA is a member of the National Music Council and both publishes an annual newsletter and confers a Best New Opera award.
Numerous chief music critics have been associated with it; past presidents include Robert Commanday, Miles Kastendieck, Irving Lowens and Donald Rosenberg, while critics elected to lifetime memberships include Paul Hume, Paul Henry Lang, Harold C. Schonberg and Virgil Thomson.