How long will the symphony use guest conductors?
Well, not forever, but at least for the first two years. Because we’re coming back into a marketplace that had many more symphonic services than we’re offering, we want the marketplace to tell us a little bit more–we want to build a trust base. And when we get a little into that second season, we’ll look around and say, OK, we think this is going to be five programs a year forever, or it’s going to be eight programs. Then we’ll know what kind of program shape we’ll have to offer a music director. And that will determine what kind of candidate will come forward to seek that position. Who’s doing the music programming? We have a bit of a programming by committee this year. In large part, the initial issue was the selection of the conductor pool. Then the conductors were asked for their recommendations programwise. From the suggestions, we distilled what would make up an interesting and balanced season. And there is a whole series of people who participated in it: musicians have looked a
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