San Francisco-based arts journalist and broadcaster Chloe Veltman has contributed articles and reviews to The New York Times, BBC Classical Music Magazine, Gramophone, the Los Angeles Times, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal and many other media outlets. She is the host and executive producer of VoiceBox, a weekly, syndicated public radio and podcast series about the human voice, and blogs at ArtsJournal.com.
Chloe is spending the 2012-2013 academic year as a Humanities Center Fellow at Stanford University where she is working on a book about singing. For kicks, she plays the oboe and sings in various Bay Area orchestras, chamber groups and vocal ensembles.
Follow Chloe on Twitter at @chloeveltman.
Chloe Veltman appears in the following:
What’s better for the climate: A paper book, or an e-reader?
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Books take a lot of resources to make. Digital readers do, too. What's the more sustainable option? The answer isn't straightforward.
The thriving market of crafty products inspired by Taylor Swift
Friday, April 26, 2024
Taylor Swift superfan makers are responding to the star's music and style with all manner of artsy creative merch, from Swift-inspired cookies to yarn.
Climate activist who defaced Edgar Degas' sculpture sentenced to 60 days in prison
Friday, April 26, 2024
A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art.
A.I. and the movies
Saturday, April 20, 2024
A look at some of the news and controversies surrounding several uses of generative AI in the movie industry this week, including a trailer for a nonexistent James Bond film starring Margot Robbie.
Filmmaker and Coppola family matriarch Eleanor Coppola dies at 87
Saturday, April 13, 2024
The documentarian was known for chronicling the movie-making process of family members Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola.
What's behind the so-called 'hologram' celebrity concerts
Sunday, March 17, 2024
The surprising tech behind buzzy so-called "hologram" concerts featuring the likes of Elvis Presley, Tupac Shakur and other absent popstars.
San Francisco Symphony music director Esa-Pekka Salonen resigns
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Citing creative differences with the orchestra's board, the famed Finnish conductor and composer plans to leave when his contract expires at the end of the 2025 season.
A look at this year's Razzies winners
Sunday, March 10, 2024
NPR takes a look at the "winners" of this year's Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies). Announced a day ahead of the Oscars, the Razzies honor the worst Hollywood movies of 2023.
Actor and former NFL player Carl Weathers has died at 76
Friday, February 02, 2024
Carl Weather was known for his role as Apollo Creed in the Rocky films, and contributions to The Mandalorian, Happy Gilmore, and other productions.
JoJo Siwa will replace Nigel Lythgoe as a judge on 'So You Think You Can Dance'
Saturday, January 27, 2024
The TV personality will join judges Allison Holker and Maksim Chmerkovskiy following sexual assault allegations against Lythgoe.
Justin Timberlake teases first new album in 5 years with single 'Selfish'
Thursday, January 25, 2024
The Grammy Award-winner's track comes in run up to the March 15 release of his new album, Everything I Thought It Was.
Billy Joel returns to the recording studio with first new song in nearly 20 years
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
The 74-year-old singer-songwriter's longtime label, Columbia Records, plans to drop 'Turn the Lights Back On' on Feb. 1st.
Nigel Lythgoe departs 'So You Think You Can Dance' amid sexual assault allegations
Saturday, January 06, 2024
The 74-year-old TV personality, producer and choreographer is facing a lawsuit launched by high-profile co-host Paula Abdul.
Paula Abdul accuses 'American Idol' producer of sexual assault
Saturday, December 30, 2023
The singer and actor's lawsuit against Nigel Lythgoe is the latest in a string of high-profile cases filed right before portions of California's Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act expire.
NPR staffers illustrate their love for graphic novels off the 2023 Books We Love list
Sunday, December 24, 2023
NPR staff suggest graphic novels and memoirs from our Books We Love list: "I Must Be Dreaming," "Mimosa," and "Artificial: A Love Story."
Laura Lynch, founding member of The Chicks, dies at 65 in Texas car crash
Saturday, December 23, 2023
The musician, who played bass and sang with the influential all-women country music band from 1989-93, was pronounced deceased on the scene.
Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hospitalized with broken hip
Saturday, December 16, 2023
The Basketball Hall of Famer, who is one of the NBA's all-time leading scorers, fell on Friday and broke his hip at a concert.
Kiss performs its final concert. But has the band truly reached the 'End of the Road'?
Saturday, December 02, 2023
The 50-year-old heavy rock group performs the final concert of its "End of the Road" tour Saturday in New York. But it's said farewell before.
The Vatican broadens public access to an ancient Roman necropolis
Saturday, November 18, 2023
In the past, tours of the ancient burial site were generally only granted to approved academics, students and other specialists.
Google's latest AI music tool creates tracks using famous singers' voice clones
Friday, November 17, 2023
Nine artists including T-Pain, Demi Lovato and Charlie Puth have granted Google permission to use their singing voices for the new tool, Dream Track.
