{"id":71340,"date":"2021-06-10T12:47:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T16:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=71340"},"modified":"2021-06-10T14:41:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T18:41:46","slug":"scoop-kitchener-waterloo-symphony-recommits-young-baton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/06\/10\/scoop-kitchener-waterloo-symphony-recommits-young-baton\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony\u00a0Recommits To Young Baton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Kitchener-Waterloo_Symphony_.jpg\" alt=\"Kitchener-Waterloo_Symphony_\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony (KWS) has announced Andrei Feher\u2019s contract as Music Director will be extended through the 2026\/27 season.<\/p>\n<p>Feher, at just 26-years-old, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/03\/31\/the-scoop-the-kitchener-waterloo-symphony-announces-new-music-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">initially appointed<\/a> to a four-year appointment with the orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the beginning, I\u2019ve felt so welcomed and it has been a pleasure to build relationships with the musicians, the audience, and the community, said Feher in a statement. \u201cOur journey together is well underway, and I\u2019m grateful and eager to have the opportunity to continue building on the foundation we\u2019ve established.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Going against the trend of large arts organizations reimagining themselves as media companies (looking at you TSO and COC), the KWS has not lost sight of their mandate.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>It seems to be paying off:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The KWS also staged 12 full-orchestra online programs, selling over 3,500 tickets representing 7,000+ audience members tuning in to the paid streams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What the KWS are doing differently<\/strong>: With its own venue, the orchestra could fit a larger orchestra on stage with two metre spacing between all musicians and plexiglass barriers between the wind players.<\/p>\n<p>The KWS has also offered three Kinderconcerts for young children, one Family Series concert, two Community Outreach concerts, and one concert designed for schools, garnering tens of thousands of views.<\/p>\n<p>The Connecting Through Music program offered complimentary online concerts to local retirement residences, enabling hundreds of residents to experience the joy of music while been isolated.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony has announced Andrei Feher\u2019s contract as Music Director will be extended through the 2026\/27 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":71341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[38476,19,39],"tags":[9519,1872],"yst_prominent_words":[10459,7200,8347,7202,8858,8399,38940,38733,6616,6796,29617,8503,6613],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Kitchener-Waterloo_Symphony_.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-iyE","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71340"}],"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=71340"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71345,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71340\/revisions\/71345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71340"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=71340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}