This week, Marin Alsop was appointed musical director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. This makes her the first woman to be appointed musical director of a major orchestra in the United States. ("Major" refers to orchestras in the top thirty U.S. orchestras in terms of annual budget.)
My alma mater, Peabody, is in Baltimore, and many Peabody faculty members play in the orchestra; so I'm proud that it was the Baltimore Symphony that took this historic step. I'm also glad to know that Marin Alsop believes in investing more time in her orchestra and its city than the average jet-setting conductor does.
For more on Marin Alsop see www.marinalsop.com.
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