American Composers Forum and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians have selected ELIZABETH A. BAKER, ADEGOKE STEVE COLSON, and RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA to participate in the ACF | connect program. Each composer will receive a $7,500 commission to write a work for Chicago’s Great Black Music Ensemble.
AUBREY BERGAUER, former executive director of the California Symphony, has been named to the newly created position at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music of founding executive director and vice president of strategic communications.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has appointed RAINER EUDEIKIS as principal cello and ZHENWEI SHI as principal viola.
Celebrity Series of Boston, the performing arts presenter, has named EMILY BORABABY as chief advancement officer.
Indiana’s Evansville Philharmonic has appointed KIMBERLY BREDEMEIER as executive director.
The Music Academy of the West has chosen JAMIE BROUMAS for the newly created position of chief artistic officer.
BEN CADWALLADER, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s executive director since 2015, has been named executive director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, effective in March.
The Las Vegas Philharmonic has appointed CHRISTINA CASTELLANOS as principal flute.
LISA DELL has been selected as the California Symphony’s executive director.
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra has appointed JOSEPH DUBAS as principal trombone, ANNA KOLOTYLINA as principal viola, and NIKOLETTE La BONTE as principal horn.
KATHRYN EBERLE has been named concertmaster of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, which appears under the auspices of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association.
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has appointed DEREK FENSTERMACHER as principal tuba.
PRISCILLA B. GEESLIN will become board president of the San Francisco Symphony in December 2020, when Sakurako Fisher steps down.
Silkroad, the music nonprofit founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, has named KATHY FLETCHER executive director.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has appointed LINA GONZALEZ-GRANADOS as its Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprentice, February 2020 through June 2021. DALE HEDDING has been appointed the orchestra’s vice president of development.
ARA GUZELIMIAN has been named artistic director of California’s Ojai Music Festival, effective in 2021. He replaces Chad Smith, who was recently named executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Arizona’s Tucson Symphony Orchestra has selected STEVEN P. HAINES as president and chief executive officer.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has named HANNAH HAMMEL principal flute and SARAH LEWIS assistant principal oboe.
PAUL HEGLAND has been selected as executive director of North Dakota’s Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra.
California’s Santa Rosa Symphony has appointed JENNIFER HUANG as conductor of its Aspirante Youth Orchestra.
LEAH C. JOHNSON has been named chief communications and marketing officer at Lincoln Center in New York City.
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s in New York City has appointed ALEX JOHNSTON as director of the DiMenna Center for Classical Music.
ALAN JORDAN has been named president and CEO of South Carolina’s Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra.
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra has named HA YOUNG JUNG as principal bass, GREGORY LaROSA as principal timpani, and ERIN VANDER WYST as principal librarian.
The Oregon Symphony has appointed composer and singer-songwriter GABRIEL KAHANE to the newly created post of creative chair, through the 2021-22 season.
MIMI KRUGER has been selected as acting CEO of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, replacing James Boyd, who stepped down on December 31.
Florida’s Venice Symphony has named ASHLEY LIGHT director of development.
The Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts, parent organization of the Toledo Symphony and Toledo Ballet, has appointed BRETT LONEY director of development.
CRISTIAN MACELARU will become music director of the Orchestre National de France, effective September 2021. He will retain his post as music director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music.
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has named STEFANI MATSUO concertmaster.
ANTHONY McGILL, principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, has been named to the additional post of artistic director of the Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program.
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has named HAMISH McKEICH principal conductor in residence.
RALPH W. MULLER has been named chairman of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s board of directors.
KYLE MUSTAIN has been selected as principal English horn of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
MELISSA OUSLEY has been chosen as host of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Friday live concert broadcasts on Minnesota’s Classical MPR station. Pianist JON KIMURA PARKER has been appointed as the Minnesota Orchestra’s creative partner for summer programming, a newly created position.
The Maryland Symphony Orchestra has named JONATHAN PARRISH executive director.
Kentucky’s Owensboro Symphony Orchestra has appointed GWYN PAYNE as deputy chief executive officer, working alongside Dan Griffith, who will retire as executive director later in 2020.
Canada’s Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra has promoted JULIAN PELLICANO from resident conductor to associate conductor.
TYLER RAND has been appointed executive director of Michigan’s Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra.
California’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts has named CASEY REITZ as president.
PATRICIA A. RICHARDS is serving as the Utah Symphony’s interim president and CEO, after Paul Meecham stepped down in September.
The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra has appointed JOHN ROMMEL as principal trumpet and JUSTIN GINGRICH as principal timpani/percussion.
Carnegie Hall has selected ABHIJIT SENGUPTA as director of artistic planning.
Connecticut’s Stamford Symphony has named MICHAEL STERN music director. Stern will retain his posts at the Kansas City Symphony, where is he music director, and the IRIS Orchestra in Germantown, Tennessee, of which he is founder and artistic director.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has appointed conductor and trumpeter BYRON STRIPLING principal pops conductor, effective in October 2020.
BRANDON VANWAEYENBERGHE has been chosen as executive director of Minnesota’s Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra.
Louisiana’s Shreveport Symphony Orchestra has named KIRSTEN YON as concertmaster.
SIMONE YOUNG will become chief conductor of Australia’s Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 2022.
Indiana’s South Bend Symphony Orchestra has appointed JUSTUS ZIMMERMAN as executive director.
