In Wednesday’s (1/15) Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia), Amy Smart reports, “Tania Miller will step down from the conductor’s podium at the end of the 2016-17 season, the Victoria Symphony announced Wednesday.… ‘This time period in Victoria has been such a rich and blessed time and I find it difficult to imagine leaving,’ Miller said. ‘And yet I feel very much at peace that it’s the right time.’ Miller will have led the Victoria Symphony for 14 years at the end of her term in August 2017. She will be named music director emeritus upon her departure. ‘It was a unanimous decision of the board to honour her in that way, and we hope to keep our association with her for a very long time,’ said executive director Mitchell Krieger. Miller became the first woman to lead a major orchestra in Canada when she was named music director in 2003. At 32, she was also one of the youngest.… Her strategy involved programming diverse styles of music, presenting them in a variety of venues and incorporating conversation with the audience into her concerts … A search committee has begun work to find a replacement for Miller, Krieger said.”
Posted January 17, 2014
