DAVID CHARLES ABELL has been named principal guest conductor of the Philly Pops.
The Philadelphia Orchestra has appointed MICHAEL ALBAUGH director of collaborative learning.
The San Diego Symphony has named MARIA CECILIA ARAUJO vice president of education and community engagement, and CLEMENT SO as director of artistic planning.
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has added an additional title for JENNIFER BARBEE, currently director of development. She will also serve in the new position of associate director.
SUSAN BEAUDRY has been named executive director of the Springfield (Mass.) Symphony Orchestra.
CELESTE GOLDEN BOYER is the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra’s new concertmaster. She will retain her post as second associate concertmaster of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Early Music America, a nonprofit service organization for the field of historical performance in North America, has appointed KARIN BROOKES executive director.
The West Michigan Symphony has named ANDY BUELOW executive director.
STUART CHAFETZ has been appointed principal conductor of the Columbus Symphony in Ohio.
DAVID CHAMBERS has been appointed vice president for development at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
North Carolina’s Charlotte Symphony has named JOHN CLAPP general manager.
The Cleveland Institute of Music has named DAN COLEMAN director of development. LISA WHITFIELD is the school’s talent development officer, a new position supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives.
ADAM CRANE has been named the New York Philharmonic’s vice president of external affairs, a newly created post. SUSAN MADDEN is the orchestra’s new vice president for development.
DENNIS RUSSELL DAVIES has been named artistic director and principal conductor of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra in the Czech Republic, effective in 2018-19.
JENNIFER DRAKE, a member of the viola section of the Boise Philharmonic, has been named interim music director of the Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra for the 2017-18 season.
The Chelsea Symphony, based in New York City, has added NELL FLANDERS to its conducting staff.
The Philadelphia Orchestra has appointed RYAN FLEUR and MATTHEW LODEN interim co-presidents. Allison B. Vulgamore stepped down as president and CEO in December. Loden is the orchestra’s executive vice president for institutional advancement, and Fleur is executive vice president for orchestra advancement.
Pennsylvania’s Reading Symphony Orchestra has hired DAVID GROSS as executive director.
The Stamford (Conn.) Symphony has named RUSSELL JONES executive director.
Cape Arts and Entertainment, the parent organization of the Cape Symphony and Conservatory in Massachusetts, has appointed JONATHAN KALEDIN president and CEO.
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has appointed EARL LEE artistic director of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Ohio’s Mansfield Symphony Orchestra has named OCTAVIO MÁS-AROCAS music director. Más-Arocas is also the new director of orchestras at Ithaca College in New York.
Indiana’s Evansville Philharmonic has appointed BRIAN ONDERDONK director of education and community programs.
IAN PASSMORE has been named assistant conductor of the Omaha Symphony.
Ohio’s Columbus Symphony Orchestra has appointed DENISE REHG to the newly created position of executive director.
ROBERT SULLIVAN has been named the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s principal trumpet, effective July 2018. The orchestra’s new principal clarinetist is RALPH SKIANO.
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS will step down as music director of the San Francisco Symphony at the end of the 2019-20 season. That season will mark his 75th birthday and 25th year leading the orchestra.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has appointed LIZA PRIJATEL THORS vice president of communications.
BRAMWELL TOVEY has been named director of orchestral activities at the Boston University School of Music, and principal conductor of the U.K.’s BBC Concert Orchestra. He ends his tenure as music director of Canada’s Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in 2018, when he will become music director emeritus.
The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra has named TARN TRAVERS concertmaster.
Boosey & Hawkes, the classical music publishing company, has appointed JUDE VACLAVIK director of promotion in its New York office.
The Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and Awards, based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, has named PIERRE VAN DER WESTHUIZEN director.
ROGER WIGHT is the new vice president and general manager of Florida’s Jacksonville Symphony.
