Howard Herring. Photo courtesy of New World Symphony.
In Wednesday’s (3/4) Violin Channel, an unbylined article reports, “A premier orchestral academy based in [Miami Beach] Florida, the New World Symphony (NWS) has announced that its President and CEO, Howard Herring will retire on June 30, 2026. Appointed in 2001, Herring will have served in the role for over 25 years of the NWS’s 38. During his tenure, more than 900 NWS Fellows have completed the NWS fellowship program. Notably, alongside NWS Co-Founder and Artistic Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas and staff, Herring created a program that ultimately inspired the late Frank Gehry’s design for the New World Center, which opened in 2011…. Other highlights of Herring’s tenure include the appointment of Stéphane Denève as the NWS’s second Artistic Director, creating the Knight New Media Center, the launch of NWS Media, and the recent completion of a $150 million endowment campaign. Previously the Executive Director of the Caramoor Music Festival for 15 years, Herring is a pianist by training. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University and Manhattan School of Music … The search for Herring’s successor is currently underway. ‘We can be proud of our accomplishments as educators and dreamers who have envisioned a world where classical music speaks broadly through exceptional performance and through digital and community initiatives that have democratized our artform,” Herring reflected.’ ”
