The St. Cloud Times reports that conductor Andrew Altenbach gives his last concert Saturday with the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra. After two seasons, he's headed for a job at the Boston Conservatory. Seems like only yesterday that Andrew started the job; he and I talked about his plans in October of 2009.
BTW, this puts the St. Cloud Symphony, the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, and the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra all in the hunt -- and competing, in some respects -- for new conductors!
Elsewhere in the Comings-and-Goings Dept:
-JoAnn Falletta, conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic, will also take over the Ulster Orchestra in Northern Ireland.
-Gianandrea Noseda just gave his last concert with the BBC Philharmonic after 9 years.
-Paavo Jarvi gives his last concerts Saturday with the Cincinnati Symphony after 10 years.
And in the pubic broadcasting world:
-Audie Cornish, NPR News' Congressional correspondent, will be the new host of "Weekend Edition Sunday," replacing Liane Hanson.
-Jim Lehrer of PBS is stepping down from a regular anchor role on the "PBS NewsHour"
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