In Thursday’s (7/14) American-Statesman (Austin, Texas), Jeanne Claire van Ryzin reports, “Jamie Grant, the general manager of a performing arts center in Kitchener, Ontario, has been hired as the new executive director of the Long Center for the Performing Arts, center officials will announce today. Grant, 50, will replace Cliff Redd, who left a year ago after six years on the job. Grant will assume his new post Sept. 13. He has been with the Centre in the Square in Kitchener for 13 years. … Grant said he planned to deepen the collaboration between the Long Center and its founding companies: Austin Lyric Opera, Austin Symphony Orchestra and Ballet Austin. ‘The unique collaboration with the (Long Center’s) founding resident companies is worth an important investment of time,’ he said. The Long Center opened in 2008. It has a $6 million annual budget and is the primary performance venue for the symphony, opera and ballet. … Grant’s experience also includes management positions with Imperial Theatre in St. John, New Brunswick; Heritage and Pearson theaters in Brampton, Ontario; Skylight Theatre in Toronto; and Arbor Theatre in Peterborough, Ontario.”
Posted July 14, 2011
