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Jonathon Heyward, The ‘Converse Conductor,’ Is The Youngest And The First Black Music Conductor For...
Blavity via Yahoo News· 6 months agoJonathon Heyward, known as the “Converse Conductor,” became the youngest and the first Black music...
Marin Alsop to become Philadelphia Orchestra's principal guest conductor next season
Associated Press via AOL· 5 months agoMarin Alsop will become principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra next season,...
The first weeks have been wild for new Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conductor Ryan Tani
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNo easing into the new job for Ryan Tani, who joined the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra this season as...
‘There is always hope’: How a childhood dream became a reality for Jonathon Heyward, the Baltimore...
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBALTIMORE -- In the June 2010 issue of Applause, his high school magazine, senior Jonathon Heyward wrote that by 2020 his “huge overall dream is to become music director of a major symphony ...
Indianapolis Symphony pops conductor Jack Everly will shift to emeritus role in fall 2026
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's longtime principal pops conductor, who's especially known to...
Charlotte Symphony makes history, names a Black conductor as its new music director
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFor the first time in its nearly century-long history, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra will be led...
New symphony director breaks ground in Baltimore in signature Chuck Taylors
NBC News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoJonathon Heyward’s career is full of accomplishments, but it has also been marked by what he...
Rhapsody in Blue highlights Wooster Symphony’s first concerts
The Daily Record via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Wooster Symphony Orchestra (WSO) will perform its first concert of the 2023-24 season on 7:30...
5 things to know about Jonathon Heyward, the BSO’s newly appointed music director
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBALTIMORE — Jonathon Heyward, who will take the top baton at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in the fall of 2023, is a charismatic 29-year-old with long, loose curls. As befits a conductor, ...
Jonathon Heyward named BSO music director, replacing Marin Alsop and becoming only Black conductor...
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJonathon Heyward, the 29-year-old classical music phenom whose skill on the conductor’s podium has generated international headlines, was named Thursday as the next music director of the Baltimore ...