It co-sponsors the annual ABO/Rhinegold Awards for backstage work in music, held for the first time in January 2012, and has a network of correspondents worldwide.

The magazine published an account of the interruption by protesters of the Jerusalem Quartet's concert at London's Wigmore Hall on 29 March 2010.

Previous editions have been co-edited by industry experts, including Deborah Annetts (Incorporated Society of Musicians), Julian Lloyd-Webber and Bob Chilcott.

The second editor of the magazine, Robert Maycock, held the position from September 1977 to June 1986.

Past members of the magazine's editorial team include Richard Morrison, chief music critic at The Times, BBC Radio 3 presenter Graeme Kay, opera producer Mike Ashman and Fleet Street arts correspondent Dalya Alberge.