Gabriel van Aalst, President & CEO of the New Jersey Symphony since 2016, is leaving in September to run a performing arts centre in Dayton, Ohio.
An Australian who studied in London and was CEO of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, van Aalst formed a vibrant partnership at NJSO with its music director Xian Zhang.
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Assuming “Dayron” is Dayton, it would not be me that gave up NJ — a pretty respectable symphony orchestra — and its proximity to New York to run a performing arts centre in the midwest.
But, hey, he’s young, and his short CV sounds impressive. Maybe he will put “Dayron” on the artistic map. If it is indeed Dayton, they produce concerts, operas and ballet. Lots of scope.
He will be running “Dayton Live,” which is a presenting organizations using 3 or 4 venues in that city. V. Lind may be thinking of the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, which is indeed the umbrella organization for Dayton Philharmonic, Dayton Opera and Dayton Ballet.
First reducing the number of concerts. Then canning a huge chunk of staff. Now the CEO quits to work in scenic Dayton Ohio? New Jersey Symphony sounds like they’re in huge trouble.
He is the WORST CEO New Jersey Symphony ORCHESTRA has ever had. He has had no vision for the orchestra and I bet he doesn’t even know the majority of the musicians names. He’s never at any rehearsals, BARLEY at any of the concerts, he has never shown real support for the orchestra. ANYONE would be better than him at this point