TANYA BANNISTER is the new president of Concert Artists Guild, the New York-based arts management organization for early-career classical musicians.
Florida’s Jacksonville Symphony has appointed COURTNEY BRYAN composer in residence for the 2018-19 season.
CHARLES BONTRAGER is the new music director of the Civic Orchestra of Tucson. Music Director HERSCHEL KRELOFF will step down after leading the orchestra for 38 years.
The Cleveland Institute of Music has appointed TAMMIE BELTON director of human resources.
YU-AN CHANG has been named assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra has named BLAISE DÉJARDIN principal cellist.
New Jersey’s Wharton Institute of the Performing Arts has appointed HELEN CHA-PYO artistic director of the Wharton Institute and conductor of the New Jersey Youth Symphony.
JOHN DEVLIN is the new music director for the Hawaii Youth Symphony.
Canada’s Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has appointed ANGELA ELSTER vice president of the orchestra’s school of music and community programs.
The Minnesota Orchestra has appointed KATHRYN GREENBANK associate principal oboe, effective in September.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has appointed trumpeter MICHAEL GAUSE and flutist ADAM SADBERRY as its 2018-19 African-American Orchestra Fellows.
LORIBETH GREGORY-BECK is the Santa Barbara Symphony’s new director of education and community engagement.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has appointed EARL LEE associate conductor, and music director of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, effective in September.
The Charlotte Symphony in North Carolina has named CHRISTOPHER JAMES LEES resident conductor.
DEBRA NAGY has been named principal oboe of Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has appointed GRACE SIPUSIC vice president of development and SAMEED AFGHANI as general manager.
JULIE SORENSEN is the new artistic director of the Idaho State-Civic Symphony.
The InterSchool Orchestras of New York has named DAVID WECHSLER director of education.
The Windsor Symphony Orchestra in Canada has appointed DANIEL WILEY assistant conductor.
CALEB YOUNG will become associate conductor of Indiana’s Fort Wayne Philharmonic in September.
