{"id":120741,"date":"2025-03-08T20:46:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T20:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/african-music\/africlassical-sergio-a-mims-the-baltimore-sun-jonathon-heyward-named-bso-music-director-replacing-marin-alsop\/"},"modified":"2025-03-08T20:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T20:46:59","slug":"africlassical-sergio-a-mims-the-baltimore-sun-jonathon-heyward-named-bso-music-director-replacing-marin-alsop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=120741","title":{"rendered":"AfriClassical: Sergio A. Mims &#8211; The Baltimore Sun: Jonathon Heyward named BSO music director, replacing Marin Alsop&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgMq6AkIWWtw6BTHLDhF5n5I99R9QWwdtHPc-c5SSE6YWsnE6cXGK-23X9mHqLLitiqyF7DSc6TH4gLGo9Y0V-jfOrvcPdetIbOzwMpADQBdBvNF4wnht_Z-Aao56OqBUBn33w28JVhNtycnyl7qJgaONh5JCsnLOA6om6uisAMVBSVxu5-9x9T4E-n\/s604\/NewBSOMusicDirector.PNG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"270\" data-original-width=\"604\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgMq6AkIWWtw6BTHLDhF5n5I99R9QWwdtHPc-c5SSE6YWsnE6cXGK-23X9mHqLLitiqyF7DSc6TH4gLGo9Y0V-jfOrvcPdetIbOzwMpADQBdBvNF4wnht_Z-Aao56OqBUBn33w28JVhNtycnyl7qJgaONh5JCsnLOA6om6uisAMVBSVxu5-9x9T4E-n\/w400-h179\/NewBSOMusicDirector.PNG\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana;\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Jonathon Heyward<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: left;\">(Laura Thiesbrummel\/Laura Thiesbrummel)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana;\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Sergio A. Mims forwards:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1wxyvyl-0 hmCZCB body-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana;\">Jonathon<br \/>\n Heyward, the 29-year-old classical music phenom whose skill on the<br \/>\nconductor\u2019s podium has generated international headlines, was named<br \/>\nThursday as the next music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1wxyvyl-0 hmCZCB body-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana;\">When<br \/>\n Heyward begins his five-year contract in the fall of 2023, he will be<br \/>\nthe only Black American conductor leading a major U.S. symphony<br \/>\norchestra and just the second in history. He will be the BSO\u2019s 13th<br \/>\nmusic director.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1wxyvyl-0 hmCZCB body-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana;\">\u201cI<br \/>\n think we are poised for great things at this moment,\u201d said Brian<br \/>\nPrechtl, chairman of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Players Committee<br \/>\nand a member of the search committee seeking a successor for former<br \/>\nmusic director Marin Alsop. \u201cThe hiring of Jonathon Heyward is going to<br \/>\nbe a marquee moment for The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1wxyvyl-0 hmCZCB body-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana;\">Heyward\u2019s<br \/>\n appointment occurred at warp speed in classical music terms, where the<br \/>\nsearch for a new music director frequently can take two or three years.<br \/>\nInitially, symphony officials said that a successor to Alsop, the first<br \/>\nwoman to helm a major American symphony, might not be appointed until<br \/>\nthe spring of 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathon Heyward (Laura Thiesbrummel\/Laura Thiesbrummel) Sergio A. 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