Musical America has released its annual list of Top 30 Professionals, this year subtitled “The Innovators.” Included on the list are Fred Bronstein, dean, Peabody Institute; Alan Fletcher, president and CEO, Aspen Music Festival and School; Adrian Fung, vice president, innovation, Toronto Symphony Orchestra and cellist/producer, the Afiara Quartet; Ed Harsh, president and CEO, New Music USA; Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid, founders, Luna Composition Lab (NYC); Benjamin Mitchell, founder and president, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra; Troy Peters, music director, Youth Orchestras of San Antonio; Chad Smith, chief operating officer, Los Angeles Philharmonic; Richard Scerbo, director, National Orchestral Institute and Festival (College Park, MD); Nick Squire, recording engineer, Boston Symphony Orchestra; Katie Wyatt, executive director, Kidznotes and executive director, El Sistema USA. Included are brief profiles of each of the 30 professionals on the list. To read the complete report, click here.

Posted December 9, 2016