Warren Hyer retires as executive director of the Central Ohio Symphony this summer.
In Monday’s (4/15) Delaware Gazette (Ohio), an unsigned article states, “Warren W. Hyer, the executive director of the Central Ohio Symphony, is retiring effective July 31 after 33 years in that role…. Hyer’s accomplishments over the decades are significant. From a small town-gown ensemble when it first began, Hyer has overseen its transformation into a separate nonprofit and recognized regional orchestra of professional musicians. During Hyer’s tenure, his goal was to take the Symphony to newer and higher levels of community engagement. Some of those initiatives include Carnegie Hall’s Link Up educational program, the Ford Made in America project, Benefit in the Barn concerts, and … the groundbreaking ‘Reconnecting’ therapeutic drumming program with the Delaware County Courts…. Hyer made numerous presentations before the League of American Orchestras, the Percussive Arts Society International Conference, and the Ohio Supreme Court. He wrote and received numerous grants to help underwrite Symphony initiatives, including several each from the National Endowment of the Arts, both the League of American Orchestra’s Getty Fund and Futures Fund, PNC Arts Alive, and the Ohio Arts Council. Hyer has especially enjoyed the opportunity to be creative with programming…. Hyer will continue to be the orchestra’s timpanist.”
