{"id":54058,"date":"2018-05-17T08:49:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T12:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=54058"},"modified":"2018-05-17T08:49:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T12:49:04","slug":"the-scoop-orchestra-torontos-music-director-kevin-mallon-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2018\/05\/17\/the-scoop-orchestra-torontos-music-director-kevin-mallon-to-step-down\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Orchestra Toronto\u2019s Music Director Kevin Mallon To Step Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_54059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54059\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/Kevin-Mallon.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Mallon\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/Kevin-Mallon.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/Kevin-Mallon-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/Kevin-Mallon-768x819.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/Kevin-Mallon-960x1024.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conductor Kevin Mallon will be stepping down and a new interim conductor hired to for the 2018-19 season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After five years at the helm of Orchestra Toronto, Belfast-born conductor Kevin Mallon will be stepping down following the close of the 2017-18 season on June 10.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Orchestra did not mention the reason behind the departure, other than to say they express their \u201cdeep gratitude and respect\u201d for Mallon, and wished him \u201cwell in future pursuits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mallon was first appointed during the Orchestra Toronto\u2019s 60th-anniversary season in December 2013. Highlights include the premieres of\u00a0<em>Recall the Eden<\/em>\u00a0by ICOT, Iranian Composers of Toronto with soprano Miriam Khalil and <em>The Newfie Bullet<\/em>\u00a0by Richard Herriott; a focus on French music programming including Debussy\u2019s La Mer, and an in-concert performance of Gianni Schicchi.<\/p>\n<p>The Orchestra Toronto Board of Directors has confirmed they have hired conductor Michael Newnham as Acting Music Director for the upcoming 2018-19 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The orchestra\u2019s commitment to excellence, willingness to try different ideas and their sense of fun won me over completely and make me look forward to a very exciting season with them next year,\u201d said Newnham in a press release statement.<\/p>\n<p>Newnham has introduced to the orchestra this past March, to lead the orchestra in a program of American music by\u00a0Copland, Gershwin, and\u00a0Danny Elfman, from which the orchestra described him as \u201ca born communicator.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mallon will remain on as Artistic Director of two other arts groups: Thirteen Strings\u00a0Chamber Orchestra and Aradia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After five years at the helm of Orchestra Toronto, Belfast-born conductor Kevin Mallon will be stepping down and a new interim conductor hired to for the 2018-19 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":54059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14761,39,63],"tags":[3926,19758,3927],"yst_prominent_words":[19665,15999,6807,19756,19749,6985,19757,17249,16550,19740,6616,19739,16549,7552,17870,6741],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/Kevin-Mallon.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-e3U","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54058"}],"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=54058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54062,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54058\/revisions\/54062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54058"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=54058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}