In Monday’s (9/24) Charlotte Observer (North Carolina), Steve Brown writes, “The Charlotte Symphony has picked the 14-member hunting party that will look for its next executive director. The group is dominated by members of the Charlotte Symphony operation: present and past board members, plus one player. It also includes representatives of some of the orchestra’s main financial backers. For the first time in recent years, at least, the president of the Arts & Science Council will take part in a symphony committee. Scott Provancher not only leads the ASC, one of the main supporters of the arts in Charlotte, but he also has experience in orchestra management, search committee chair Richard Osborne said. Provancher was the executive director of the Louisville Orchestra in Kentucky before he moved to the arts-fund arena. … They’ll be looking for someone to help drive the orchestra’s years-long effort to gets its finances onto a stable foundation. The new leader will succeed Jonathan Martin, who left in August to become chief executive of the Dallas Symphony. … The committee will meet for the first time Tuesday, Sept. 24. Its first task will be to spell out the qualities it wants in a new leader, Osborne said.”
Posted September 25, 2012
