“Continuing to rebuild after a nine-week lockout that delayed the start of its 70th anniversary season last fall, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on Thursday announced its new executive director,” reports Howard Pousner in Friday’s ((/11) Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Jennifer Barlament, general manager of the Cleveland Orchestra since 2013, will assume her leadership role at the ASO in January. … As a member of Cleveland’s senior management team, Barlament, 42, has been responsible for all facilities, orchestra operations, touring, media, front of house operations and collective bargaining. She also served as executive director of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra (2009-13) and general manager of the Omaha Symphony (2002-09). The ASO position brings her back to Atlanta, where she received a bachelor’s degree in music from Emory University. She has a master’s in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New York. … Barlament will succeed retired Coca-Cola executive Terry Neal, who assumed an interim role in October 2014 after ASO president and CEO Stanley Romanstein resigned … In July, the Woodruff announced that the ASO finished the 2014-15 season with a surplus.” Barlament was the recipient of the League of American Orchestras’ Helen M. Thompson Award (2013), and is an alum of the League’s Orchestra Management Fellowship Program (1999).
Photo of Jennifer Barlament by Roger Mastroianni
Posted September 11, 2015
