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Artistic and administrative personnel appointments in the orchestra field, plus key changes in orchestra board leadership. For more, visit the About the Hub.

Jungho Kim selected as music director of Cleveland Women’s Orchestra

The Cleveland Women’s Orchestra has appointed JUNGHO KIM as music director. He succeeds the orchestra’s music director of 28 years, Robert Cronquist, who died in 2018. John Thomas Dodson...

August 1, 2022

Samuel Lee and Daniel Wiley to join Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops as assistant conductors

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Cincinnati Pops have appointed SAMUEL LEE and DANIEL WILEY as assistant conductors for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and May Festival, beginning...

August 1, 2022

New development director for Carmel Symphony Orchestra: Tracy Barron

TRACY BARRON has joined Indiana’s Carmel Symphony Orchestra as director of development. A CSO board member from 2002 to 2006, Barron has over 30 years of experience in the...

July 26, 2022

Daniel Gee appointed music director of Santa Barbara Youth Symphony

California’s Santa Barbara Symphony has named DANIEL GEE as music director of the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony for the 2022-23 season. Gee is an assistant professor of music at...

July 26, 2022

Portland Columbia Symphony names Kevin Irving executive director

Oregon’s Portland Columbia Symphony has appointed KEVIN IRVING as executive director, effective July 1, 2022. Irving succeeds Interim Executive Director Jane Kenworthy. Irving was most recently artistic director of...

June 28, 2022

Steven Shaiman appointed director of Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra’s education and community engagement and Hilton Head International Piano Competition

Veteran arts administrator STEVEN SHAIMAN has been named the director of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra’s education and community engagement activities and the Hilton Head International Piano Competition. He...

June 28, 2022

Florida Orchestra appoints Chelsea Gallo as assistant conductor

CHELSEA GALLO has been named assistant conductor of the Florida Orchestra for the 2022-23 season. Gallo will lead the St. Petersburg-based orchestra’s youth and community concerts, conduct select pops...

June 17, 2022

Sameer Patel named artistic director of San Diego Youth Symphony

The San Diego Youth Symphony has appointed SAMEER PATEL as artistic director, effective on August 22, 2022. Patel was most recently associate conductor of the Sun Valley Music Festival...

June 17, 2022

Steven Hankle named chorus director at Dayton Philharmonic

The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra has appointed STEVEN HANKLE as chorus director. He succeeds Hank Dahlman, who retires at the end of the 2021‒22 season after 25 years at the...

June 2, 2022

Hilton Head Symphony names Susan Hartmann as development associate

SUSAN HARTMANN has been hired for the newly created position of development associate at the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina. She will be responsible for securing all...

June 2, 2022