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Glasgow's Scottish Ensemble Names Chief Exec

November 6, 2024 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Scottish Ensemble, the Glasgow-based collective, has appointed James Hardie as its new chief executive, effective January of 2025. He follows Catherine Ferrell, who has been serving in an interim capacity since the departure of Jenny Jamison, who … » Read
 

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Hong Kong Phil CEO to Step Down

November 5, 2024 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Benedikt Fohr, CEO of the Hong Kong Philharmonic since April 2019 , will leave the orchestra in July 2025, following the current season. Fohr pointed to the orchestra’s return to live performance after the pandemic , the celebration of its … » Read
 

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Quincy Jones, Genius and Giant of the Biz, Dies at 91

November 4, 2024 | Hillil Italie, Associated Press
Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic Thriller album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, and … » Read
 

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NY Phil Fires Wang and Muckey; Union Agrees This Time

November 4, 2024 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Following the concluding report of independent investigator Tracey Levy, the New York Philharmonic has sent letters of non-reengagement to principal oboe Liang Wang and associate principal trumpet Matthew Muckey, effective as of Sept. 21, 2025. … » Read
 

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Four New Choral Directors: MN, CA, UK

November 1, 2024 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Cantus, a lower voice (TTBB), full-time, a cappella octet based in Minneapolis, has appointed Shelley Quiala as its next executive director. She has for the past four years held the same post with the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in … » Read
 

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New Artist of the Month: Cellist Sterling Elliott

November 1, 2024 | Thomas May, Musical America
Birth order is what initially led Sterling Elliott to the cello. His mother, Dannielle Weems-Elliott, began teaching his two older siblings at a young age, emulating the method she herself had learned as a Suzuki violin student. Sterling watched … » Read
 

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New Orchestra Execs: MD and ME

October 30, 2024 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Remember that “Unusual Hire in Annapolis” who took over as CEO of the city’s symphony orchestra last April? Well, it turns out that a former neurosurgeon and university president may not make the best orchestra CEO after all. … » Read
 

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Carl St. Clair on His 30-plus Years

October 30, 2024 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Carl St. Clair, who joined the Pacific Symphony in 1990 (and coyly suggests this will be his last year as music director ), can now lay claim to being the longest-tenured American-born conductor of a major U.S. orchestra. When he arrived, he … » Read
 

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Limor Tomer Exits Met Live Arts for California Job

October 30, 2024 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Limor Tomer, general manager of Live Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the last 13 years, is to be the new VP of programming and production at Orange County’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts as of January 2025. She succeeds Judy … » Read
 

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Celebrated Orchestra Chief Moves On and Up

October 29, 2024 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Blake-Anthony Johnson, who has brought the Chicago Sinfonietta to national prominence during his five years as president and CEO, is stepping down to be CEO of the 50-year-old New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation (NOJHF). He exits Chicago, … » Read
 
 

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