Esa-Pekka Salonen will leave the San Francisco Symphony following the 2024-25 season, announcing his departure with a statement critical of the orchestra’s leadership. Read more here.
Enrique Mazzola has extended his contract as music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago through 2030-31. Read more here.
The Kansas City Symphony announces its first-ever European concert tour in August 2024, led by the Symphony’s incoming Music Director, Matthias Pintscher. Read more here.
The 2024 ICSOM conference will be held at The Benson Hotel in Portland, OR, August 21-24. Check back here for more details in the spring of 2024.
Cleveland Orchestra
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North Carolina Symphony
Bassist Bruce Ridge and community outreach
Oregon Symphony Orchestra
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Kansas City Symphony
Kinder Konzert: The Science of Sound and Music
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Steven Copes and Ruggero Allifranchini, violinists
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra
ICSOM's monthly video series Musician Profiles: Celebrating Racial Diversity features one-on-one interviews with our ICSOM Musicians of Color, their experiences, and how they view the need for racial diversity within our orchestras. Read more here.
Pension Fund Information:
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