Genevieve Twomey is the newly named executive director of the Meadowmount School of Music in New York.
Genevieve Twomey has been appointed executive director of the Meadowmount School of Music, the summer program for young string players founded in 1944 by violin teacher Ivan Galamian in Westport, N.Y. A native of Melbourne, Australia, Twomey is currently vice president and general manager of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Twomey played cello as a youth and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. Her career in orchestra management began in 1996 as an Orchestra Management Fellow with the League of American Orchestras, and includes positions at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. At the Pittsburgh Symphony, she launched the Paul J. Ross Fellowship for African American Musicians. Under her leadership, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony transformed from near bankruptcy to being recognized as one of Canada’s most innovative orchestras. She has been at the NSO since 2018. At Meadowmount, Twomey will work alongside Artistic Director Janet Sung.
