“The Boston Symphony Orchestra has tapped Sue Elliott, a music educator with significant experience in community engagement, to serve as the inaugural director of the Tanglewood Learning Institute, a new center for adult education and enrichment that will open next year at the BSO’s summer home in Lenox,” writes Jeremy Eichler in Wednesday’s (7/18) Boston Globe. “The Tanglewood Learning Institute will be housed in a four-building Center for Music and Learning now under construction…. Elliott, a Toronto native who currently directs the Teacher Certification Program at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music, has previously worked on artistic projects and community engagement for both the Houston Grand Opera and the Seattle Opera.… The institute, set to launch next summer, will operate year-round … in part through online programs and partnerships with local cultural organizations. Its offerings are expected to include seminars on musical and cultural topics, panel discussions … and other related activities drawing on themes of weekend performances. According to Elliott, the institute’s programs will also have a presence in Boston during the orchestra’s subscription season. ‘It’s really both a playground and a laboratory,’ she said…. The BSO has also announced a $64 million ‘Tanglewood Forever’ fund-raising campaign [with] $54 million … already raised.”
Posted July 19, 2018
