California’s Stanford University and the Stanford Live Advisory Council have announced the appointment of CHRIS LORWAY as executive director of Stanford Live, the university’s presenting organization, and Bing Concert Hall on the Stanford campus. He will assume the position in late summer. Lorway was founding artistic director of the Luminato Festival in Toronto, and is currently director of programming and marketing at Toronto’s Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall. He was previously executive director of Soundstreams, a Toronto-based presenter that commissions, develops, and showcases the work of contemporary composers. Lorway holds a master’s degree in arts administration from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in music education from Western University.

Posted June 6, 2016