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Juilliard VP Exits for Lofty University Post

December 26, 2018 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Another top public relations staffer has left the Lincoln Center campus. Last week it was reported that Katherine Johnson had left the New York Philharmonic as VP of communications. Now Alexandra Day, the Juilliard School’s VP of public … » Read
 

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Key Last-minute Cast Changes at the Met: Flórez & Radvanovsky

December 24, 2018 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Juan Diego Flórez has left the role of Alfredo in the Met’s run of La Traviata earlier than scheduled. The company reports he is ill and so has withdrawn from the December 26 performance. Stephen Costello, already slated to sing … » Read
 

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Tan Dun Named Dean of Bard College Conservatory

December 21, 2018 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Composer/conductor Tan Dun will assume the newly created position of dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music next July. Dun, whose composing and conducting accolades include Grammy awards, Oscars, and the Grawemeyer, holds a masters degree … » Read
 

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Mirga Postpones New York Phil Debut

December 20, 2018 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla’s much anticipated New York Philharmonic debut, scheduled for concerts January 3-5, has been postponed, “due to maternity/family leave following the birth of her first child,” according … » Read
 

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New York Public Radio CEO Resigns

December 20, 2018 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Laura R. Walker, longtime president and CEO of New York Public Radio, announced yesterday that she would step down in March. Walker, 61, has been with WNYC since 1995; over time she has created a major non-profit, independent media company with … » Read
 

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The Washington Chorus Taps New Executive Director

December 21, 2018 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
Stephen Marc Beaudoin is a tenor in the 160-voice Washington Chorus. As of February 4, he is also the executive director. The group has been searching for a permanent exec since Dianne Peterson left in June of 2016 after over three decades in the … » Read
 

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The Banker Who Saved the Brooklyn Conservatory

December 21, 2018 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Two years ago, Chad Cooper turned his back on his 16-year Wall Street career as a managing director at Deutsche Bank to become executive director of the nearly insolvent Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (BCM). “I realized I could continue on … » Read
 

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Julia Wolfe Finds the Lost Voices in Fire in my mouth

December 21, 2018 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
For years composer Julia Wolfe walked by 23-29 Washington Place, between Greene Street and Washington Square East in Greenwich Village, on her way to teaching classes in music composition at New York University. A small plaque on the Brown … » Read
 

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RSNO Hires New Chief Exec

December 20, 2018 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Alistair Mackie, London Philharmonia’s interim managing director and joint principal trumpet, is to be the new CEO of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), starting in April. He succeeds Krishna Thiagarajan, who in June was named … » Read
 

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UMich Prof Accused of Misconduct to Retire

December 20, 2018 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
It can hardly be a coincidence that UMich violin professor Stephen Shipps will be retiring in May. Shipps, former chair of strings and faculty director of the school's Strings Preparatory Academy, has been accused of sexual misconduct. A Dec. 10 … » Read
 
 

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