Drew McManus

The musicians of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra released the following statement on Sunday, July 17, 2005 with regard to their organization’s current music director search, The musicians of the Baltimore Symphony are asking Philip English, Chairman of the Board of Directors, to postpone any vote on the appointment of a new Music Director. The musicians

There is a great article by Tim Smith in the 7/16/05 Baltimore Sun which includes some quotes from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra players committee chair, Jane Marvine, many of which also appeared here yesterday. In addition to those quotes there is some additional information from Jane which touches on the process behind the music director

I just read two articles from the New York Times about the apparent appointment of Marin Alsop as the new Music Director for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. In order to head off some of the email I expect to receive regarding whether or not Ms. Alsop should or shouldn’t be the new music director based

I received a several unexpected telephone calls at the tail end of my vacation from inside sources at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Each one was about the same issue; the music director search currently underway to replace Yuri Temirkanov. I immediately realized something was up because I don’t usually receive several phone calls from different