Issue: April 2010
The San Antonio Symphony announced that Sebastian Lang-Lessing will become their eighth music director, bringing a three-year search to an end. According to San Antonio delegate Stephanie Teply Westney, Lang-Lessing’s four-year contract will start later this year with an October 2 concert featuring Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. In all, he will direct 10 programs during the 2010–2011 subscription … [Read more...]
Issue: October 2007
Newslets are compiled with the help of ICSOM delegates and ICSOM Members at Large from sources that include direct submissions, member orchestra websites, and topical news items. The editor encourages input and submissions. The musicians of the Utah Symphony performed a free concert on September 24 at Emery High School in Castledale, Utah, to honor the memory of the miners and rescuers who … [Read more...]
Issue: October 2007
[Editor's Note: Watch for ICSOM settlement bulletins to learn the details of these settlements. Those bulletins are sent to each delegate and can also be found on the ICSOM website at www.icsom.org.] In the spring of 2007, members of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra voted in a contract renewal team (Brad Buckley, Erik Harris, Susan Slaughter, Bjorn Ranheim, and David DeRiso) in preparation … [Read more...]
Issue: March 2007
Newslets are compiled with the help of ICSOM delegates and ICSOM Members at Large from sources that include direct submissions, member orchestra websites, and topical news items. The editor encourages input and submissions. Atlanta Symphony delegate Michael Moore reports that the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors and Players’ Association jointly announced the ratification of a new … [Read more...]
Issue: December 2005
The Alabama Symphony was named “Nonprofit Organization of the Year” at the Birmingham Business Journal’s ninth annual Best In Business Awards banquet. The Alabama Symphony was the first winner in a new awards category recognizing nonprofits. An independent panel headed by Robert Holmes, dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Business, did the judging. The orchestra … [Read more...]
