{"id":82556,"date":"2022-10-11T13:11:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T17:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=82556"},"modified":"2022-10-11T13:11:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T17:11:45","slug":"scoop-national-youth-orchestra-nyo-announces-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2022\/10\/11\/scoop-national-youth-orchestra-nyo-announces-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | The National Youth Orchestra (NYO) Announces A New CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_82558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82558\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/NYO-NEWS.jpg\" alt=\"The National Youth Orchestra at Koerner Hall (Image courtesy of the NYO)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The National Youth Orchestra at Koerner Hall (Image courtesy of the NYO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/06\/11\/feature-the-national-youth-orchestra-of-canada-canadas-orchestra-career-launch-pad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Youth Orchestra (NYO) Canada<\/a> has announced the appointment of Christie Gray as its new CEO. Gray will take up the position November 10, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In spring 2022, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2022\/08\/04\/scrutiny-high-spirits-bold-sounds-national-youth-orchestra-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYO Canada<\/a> announced the retirement of Barbara Smith, who had guided the organization for two decades as CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Christie comes to the NYO from Sistema Toronto, where she currently serves as Executive Director. The non-profit group is dedicated to bringing music education to kids in under-served communities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She&#8217;s served as Executive Director of Sistema Toronto since 2016, after an 11-month stint at Managing Director;<\/li>\n<li>She held a variety of positions in the Royal Conservatory of Music, including Senior Manager, Market Development, from 2003 to 2009, and 2010 to 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Reactions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cChristie\u2019s passion and expertise for music education were evident from our first interview. While we attracted interest from across the country, Christie stood out for her commitment to youth, her ability to build NYO\u2019s fundraising capacity, and her track record of introducing diverse communities to classical music,\u201d said Kevin Latimer, NYO\u2019s Chair of the Board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m incredibly excited about the opportunity to lead Canada\u2019s leading youth training orchestra and look forward to working with staff, the Board, students and faculty to carry out Barbara\u2019s legacy,\u201d said Christie. \u201cI see incredible potential to engage under-represented groups in the performance and enjoyment of classical music. NYO is well positioned to be a leader in inspiring greater diversity and removing barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart will always be with NYO and it\u2019s a true honour to leave the organization in Christie\u2019s most capable hands. I\u2019ll be a keen audience member for many years to come,\u201d says <strong>Barbara Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Gray was chosen after a national search process.<\/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 National Youth Orchestra (NYO) Canada has announced the appointment of Christie Gray as its new CEO, taking over from the retiring Barbara Smith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":82558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[39907,22,39,9570],"tags":[30253,5652,3033],"yst_prominent_words":[30058,7070,10465,34694,6767,6715,6985,6979,29657,6616,8473,10457,20775,19765,19737,6613,21949,10543,7487],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/NYO-NEWS.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-lty","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82556"}],"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\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82556"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82559,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82556\/revisions\/82559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82556"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=82556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}