In Friday’s (5/23) Salt Lake Tribune (Utah), Catherine Reese Newton reports on personnel news at the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera as well as on an address given by League of American Orchestras President and CEO Jesse Rosen in Utah. “Rosen addressed the US | UO’s annual general meeting in Abravanel Hall on Wednesday, two days before the orchestra’s season-closing concerts. It was a newsy week for Utah’s largest arts organization, as Utah Symphony music director Thierry Fischer extended his contract through the 2018-19 season. Stakeholders also were told that O.C. Tanner president and CEO Dave Peterson will succeed Pat Richards when she steps down as US | UO board chairwoman Sept. 1 after a trio of three-year terms. Richards recently was appointed as chairwoman of the League of American Orchestras board and will continue to serve on the Utah board. … Today’s orchestra executives are becoming aware that they need to adapt to a changed society, Rosen said. The health of arts organizations has reflected the world economy… ‘We’re now in a period of recovery… Contrary to what many would have you believe, orchestras are not shrinking or dying or anachronistic,’ said Rosen, noting that there are 1,200 professional and community orchestras in the United States now, compared with 1,100 a decade ago. ‘They remain a very robust part of the performing arts.’ ”
Posted May 27, 2014
