“As president and CEO of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, Mary Briggs brings her intellect, her vibrancy, and her vision to everything she undertakes,” writes Nancy Wellard in Monday’s (10/21) Hilton Head Island Packet (Hilton Head, S.C.). “Briggs has announced her retirement after a storied 12-year tenure with the symphony, effective Dec. 31…. Alan Jordan, currently the executive director of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, will assume the role of president and CEO on Jan. 1, 2020…. Briggs has [elevated] the prestige, prominence and stature of the orchestra, building quality and diversity in musical programming. The outcome has been an impressive growth in subscribers…. Concert performances, under her leadership, have doubled…. Others Briggs influences include expansion of a series of educational and youth initiatives, particularly the Youth Bridges Program, providing musical instruction in Lowcountry schools. Then add SoundWaves, a combination of performance, meeting, and corporate space … which gives the orchestra a new outward and visible location…. Some of her goals are still on the drawing board, or are not fully met. Many involve more and more programs for the youth in the greater Lowcountry. Briggs was a 35-year educator … prior to accepting the job of orchestra executive director in 2008.”
Posted October 23, 2019
