BSO appoints new director - Democratic Underground

GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue Jul-19-05 10:58 PM
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BSO appoints new director

Despite pleas by its musicians that it consider other candidates, the board of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Tuesday formally offered the post of music director to Marin Alsop, the principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in England, who will become the first woman to head a major American orchestra.

The dispute between the BSO's administrators and musicians poses an immediate challenge to Alsop, 48, who is scheduled to sign a contract here Wednesday but faces daunting problems in winning the loyalty of the roughly 90-member orchestra. The appointment will be effective in 2007.

more here: http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/arts/bal-artslife-bsoappoint19,1,6779408.story?coll=bal-home-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true

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Thu Jul-28-05 01:39 AM
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1. This is a story to follow.

..had a chance to see Ms. Alsop conduct this spring. Her NPR interview indicated she expected the outcome from the orchestra and is willing to deal with it.

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