Rogue Valley Symphony Music Director Martin Majkut guest-conducted the Oregon Coast Music Festival orchestra last summer. Photo courtesy of OCMF.

In Monday’s (1/13) Ashland News (Oregon),  Jim Flint writes, “Popular orchestra conductor Martin Majkut has added another gig to his already busy schedule. Majkut, the music director of the Rogue Valley Symphony [Ashland, Oregon] and the Queens Symphony Orchestra in New York, has been appointed the new music director of the Oregon Coast Music Association’s festival orchestra. The Oregon Coast Music Festival has grown from a Coos Bay performance of music by Haydn in 1978 to a two-week annual summer event, with other musical activities scheduled year-round. The summer festival draws thousands to its jazz and pops concerts at several South Coast venues, culminating in the weeklong orchestral component of classical music at the end of July. Taking notice of Rogue Valley Symphony’s trajectory under Majkut’s tenure the last 15 years, the Oregon Coast festival reached out to him…. ‘Along with the appreciative audience, I found a wonderful orchestra that was honed to perfection by the retiring maestro, James Paul,’ Majkut said … Majkut found a board of directors composed of enthusiastic supporters with a passion for sharing the gift of music on the South Coast and a desire to expand the organization’s reach.”