Friday (6/1) on the New Haven Independent website (Connecticut), David Brensilver reports, “William Boughton, who began his tenure as music director of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra five years ago, will remain in that position at least through the 2016-2017 season, the organization has announced. … Among the organization’s most significant accomplishments under Boughton was the release in 2010 of the orchestra’s first commercial recording in 30 years, a collection of works by William Walton. The NHSO’s press release points out that ‘Gramophone magazine named the NHSO’s Walton recording a ‘Critic’s Choice.’ In 2011, as the New Haven Independent reported, the organization was ‘recognized by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and the League of American Orchestras for its dedication to new music. … the New Haven Symphony was last recognized by ASCAP with an ‘Adventurous Programming’ award three decades ago.’ ”
Posted June 4, 2012
