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January 14, 2022
Terry Teachout, biographer, playwright, journalist, blogger, director, and longtime theater critic for the Wall Street Journal, died January 13.  He was 65. His death was first reported in the Journal; no cause of death has been specified.

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New President and CEO Gail Samuel has named Asadour Santourian (pictured) as VP of the Tanglewood Music Center & Learning. Ellen Highstein, longtime director of Tanglewood, and Sue Elliott director of the Tanglewood Learning Institute, will exit. A new development officer is also in place.
Mark Williams, chief artistic and operations officer of the Cleveland Orchestra, is to be the new CEO of the Toronto Symphony. He succeeds Matthew Loden, who took over as dean of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music in October.  

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Susan Loris, executive VP of institutional advancement, died of an apparent heart attack on January 7 at age 52. She had been acting president since November, when Mark Niehaus suffered a mild stroke. "To know Susan was to love Susan,” said Niehaus in a statement.

The conductor--Musical America’s 2017 Conductor of the Year, principal guest conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and music director of the Helsinki Philharmonic—is said to be among the contenders to succeed Jaap van Zweden. The occasion marked her Carnegie Hall debut.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“Right is right, even if no one else does it."

—Juliette Gordon Low
Latest Roster Changes 

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New This Week
Kizart-Thomas, Takesha Meshé, soprano, added, Quintana Artist Management (General Management)
López, Cecilia Violetta, soprano, added, Quintana Artist Management (General Management)
Shea-Kim Duo, ensemble, added, Parker Artists
Yankevych, Sasha, conductor, added, IMG Artist Management (General Management)
100+ YEARS AGO IN MUSICAL AMERICA
6 August 1921

ENRICO CARUSO, the greatest tenor of his day and one of the greatest singers of all time, was born in Naples, Feb. 25, 1873. His father, Marcellino Caruso, was a well-to-do mechanic who knew nothing about music. He was persuaded by the parish priest, however, to let Enrico sing in the choir, which he did until his alto voice began to change into a tenor. It was when about eighteen years of age that the celebrity to be really discovered his voice. 


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