“Reggie Mobley has been named the Handel and Haydn Society’s first-ever programming consultant, effective immediately,” writes Zoë Madonna in Friday’s (4/3) Boston Globe. “Mobley, a Boston-based countertenor who has long been a vocal advocate for ‘un-whitewashing’ classical music, will continue to direct the orchestra’s annual ‘Every Voice’ concert series, which celebrates music by underrepresented composers with free community concerts. In his new role, Mobley will help build diversity into H+H subscription concerts, starting with the 2021-22 season. ‘We want to start bringing this music into Symphony Hall,’ … Mobley said…. H+H president and CEO David Snead and vice president of artistic planning Ira Pedlikin recruited Mobley for the role after last fall’s Every Voice concert. … H+H mostly plays music from the Baroque through Brahms, but the group has already made encouraging first steps: It performed a piece by the Afro-French composer Chevalier de Saint-Georges in 2017. A piece by Clara Schumann is scheduled to open the 2020-21 season this fall. Mobley aims to reach even further beyond the Western European canon with his new role … ‘from the vantage points of these other composers who have been forgotten for so long,’ Mobley said.”
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