{"id":43751,"date":"2017-03-17T16:34:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T20:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=43751"},"modified":"2017-03-17T16:38:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T20:38:39","slug":"the-scoop-orchestra-toronto-welcomes-new-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/03\/17\/the-scoop-orchestra-toronto-welcomes-new-executive-director\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Orchestra Toronto Welcomes New Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43753\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43753\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Jennie_Worden.jpg\" alt=\"Jennie Worden, incoming Executive Director of Orchestra Toronto\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Jennie_Worden.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Jennie_Worden-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Jennie_Worden-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennie Worden, named incoming Executive Director of Orchestra Toronto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/directory\/orchestra-toronto2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Orchestra Toronto<\/a> has named singer and former Marketing &amp; Development Coordinator with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Jennie Worden, as Executive Director beginning at the end of the 2016\u201317 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am over the moon to be joining the organization,\u201d Worden said. \u201cCommunity classical music is a passion of mine and Orchestra Toronto is a great organization, and I\u2019m really excited to be joining them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Worden will be taking over from Samantha Little, who announced in late January 2017 that she would be stepping down. &#8220;My plans for the future are to make a full-time return to the film industry, Little said in a statement. That return was to join the much anticipated high-profile CBC\/Netflix series based on Anne of Green Gables titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/arts\/television\/breaking-bad-writer-brings-dark-sensibility-to-anne-of-green-gables\/article34336503\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Anne the Series<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0which premieres on March 19 at 8 p.m. on CBC.<\/p>\n<p>Since leaving the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir last year, Worden was encouraged to apply for the newly opened position as a means to utilize her skills as a community builder, marketer, and communications leader.<\/p>\n<p>As a singer and flautist, Worden emphasized her musical background for giving her a strong appreciation for where the musicians in the organization are coming from. \u201cIt has really instilled in me a love of community classical music and high-level performance,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Worden will be working closely with Little over the summer to ensure a smooth transition towards the\u00a0orchestra&#8217;s 63rd season in 2017\u201318, which has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>Orchestra Toronto, founded in 1954, is the Orchestra in Residence at the beautifully appointed, state of the art George Weston Recital Hall in the Toronto Centre for the Arts.<\/p>\n<h3>For more CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS, visit\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/category\/scoop\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>HERE<\/u><\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n<h3><b><i>#LUDWIGVAN<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orchestra Toronto names replacement for outgoing Executive Director Samantha Little, starting at the end of the 2016\u201317 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":43753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6439,39,63],"tags":[3927],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Jennie_Worden.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-bnF","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43751"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43756,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43751\/revisions\/43756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43751"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=43751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}