“Earlier this summer, Marie-Hélène Bernard began her tenure as president and CEO of the second-oldest professional orchestra in the United States, the St. Louis Symphony,” writes Kelly Morritt on Tuesday (9/15) on the website of St. Louis Public Radio station KWMU in a preview of an interview with Bernard to be broadcast on Wednesday. Bernard “replaced Fred Bronstein, who left the organization to become the dean of Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. Hailing from Québec, Bernard comes to the orchestra from her role as executive director and CEO of Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society. What does Bernard plan to do differently at the symphony? And how is she finding life here? ‘St. Louis on the Air’ host Don Marsh will talk with Bernard about these things and more [on Wednesday] at noon.” On Saturday (9/12) Arts America, a program of St. Louis Public Broadcasting television station Nine News Network, televised an interview with Bernard in which she and host Patrick Murphy discussed her work as head of the Handel and Haydn Society, her views of the St. Louis Symphony, and plans for the future.
Posted September 16, 2015
