“Nine months after taking the top job with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, President and CEO Steven Haines has left, the orchestra announced on Tuesday,” writes Cathalena E. Burch in Tuesday’s (10/6) Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ). “Haines is leaving ‘to pursue other interests,’ the orchestra said in a news release.… The announcement comes days after the TSO opened its 2020-21 ‘Up Close’ digital season, a series of virtual performances and online content featuring TSO Music Director José Luis Gomez…. Haines joined the TSO early last December, leaving his job as CEO of The Young Americans College of the Performing Arts in San Francisco to fill the vacancy left when Thomas McKinney departed the TSO in March 2018 for Interfaith Community Services.… Less than three months into his new role, Haines found himself dealing with the coronavirus pandemic that put live music on indefinite hold. The orchestra had to cancel the end of its 2019-20 season and shift gears to the virtual world to put on a 2020-21 season… ‘I have thoroughly loved my time here…. I feel really confident with TSO and its position with the digital stage …,’ Haines said…. The orchestra has tapped several people inside the organization to fill critical management roles … Karen Sivert, vice chair of the TSO board, was named interim president and CEO.”
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