The League of American Orchestras announced that the participants in its Orchestra Management Fellowship Program for 2012-13 are Agnieszka (Eska) Laskus and Agnieszka Rakhmatullaev. Laskus and Rakhmatullaev will spend the year from June 2012 to June 2013 in the training program designed to launch executive careers in orchestra management. The two Fellows will spend a two-month residency at the Aspen Music Festival and School, followed by a seven- to eight-month placement with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (for Laskus) and the San Francisco Symphony (for Rakhmatullaev) that includes mentoring with the orchestra’s executive director; and a two- to three-month placement with California’s Pacific Symphony (for Laskus) and the North Carolina Symphony (for Rakhmatullaev). In addition, the Fellows will participate in other learning opportunities, attend the League’s 2013 National Conference, and receive a stipend, medical benefits, and professional-development funds. Laskus is currently director of admissions and recruitment for the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance. Rakhmatullaev is artistic operations manager of the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago. The League’s Orchestra Management Fellowship Program, founded in 1980, has graduated approximately 175 Fellows, many of whom hold leadership positions in U.S. orchestras. The program was redesigned in 2011 to train administrators with direct managerial experience and demonstrated potential to lead a professional orchestra within five to ten years. For more information on OMFP, visit http://www.americanorchestras.org/learning_and_leadership/omfp.html.
Posted March 28, 2012
