Orchestra starts second music director search in 50 years
mainScott Terrell has just told the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra that he’s leaving after ten years.
His predecessor, George Zack, stayed for 37.
Terrell recently joined IMG Artists who think he can get a better gig outside of Kentucky.
Sign of the times.
I don’t really get it! Isn’t Johnathan McPhee the current Music Director?
Clearly not:
https://lexphil.org/music-director/
Jonathan McPhee’s website says he’s ‘currently Music Director for the Lexington Symphony’, which could be different from the Lexington Philharmonic (cf. London Symphony and London Philharmonic, Berlin Symphony and Berlin Philharmonic … ). Lucky Lexington to have two professional symphony orchestras!
The Lexington Symphony is located in Lexington, Massachusetts, not Lexington Kentucky. The one in Kentucky is a much larger organization.
Takes a special person to stick around for 5 years after a no-confidence vote.
https://internationalmusician.org/lexington-philharmonic-avoids-strike/
The next music director will be a woman conductor.