(Tucson, AZ) The Board of Trustees at Tucson Symphony Orchestra announce that Santa Barbara-based transition expert and veteran arts leader Kathryn R. Martin has been appointed as Interim President & CEO, effective March 29, 2019.
“Kathryn’s appointment comes at a very exciting time for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra,” said TSO Board Chair Autumn van den Berg. “This season the Board signed a three-year contract with our extraordinary professional musicians, we are thrilled to have extended Music Director José Luis Gomez’s contract through 2024, and moved by the outpouring of community support during our 90th Anniversary season – all making it possible to envision new ways to engage and impact our community.”
Martin will be onsite beginning March 29, and will build upon the organization’s momentum as she leads the organization forward.
“The Tucson Symphony Orchestra is dedicated to serving and transforming its community through music, and I look forward to partnering with TSO Trustees, Maestro Gomez, staff, symphony musicians, and members of the community, to leverage this leadership transition into opportunities for continued growth and success.”
At 91 years old and with an annual operating budget of $5.5M, the TSO is the longest continuously performing professional arts organization in Arizona, and was the first professional symphony orchestra in the Southwest. With a diverse season of classics, pops and award-winning music education programs, TSO impacts more than 120,000 lives each year, infuses millions into the economy of Southern Arizona annually, and attracts over 75 professional musicians from across the country to live, perform and teach in Tucson and throughout the state.