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Polish Conductor Named New CSO Music Director

Polish Conductor Will Take Podium As CSO Conductor After Three Auditions, Musicians Choose Maciej By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Maciej Żółtowski, the former managing and artistic director of the Radom Chamber Orchestra in Poland, has been named the Music Director designee of the Catskill Symphony Orchestra, search committee chair Laurie Zimniewicz announced. “We think Maciej has a great vision for growing the orchestra in style and skill,” said Zimniewicz. “The musicians had great things to say…

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Conductor Search: What A Treat, Opportunity

EDITORIAL Conductor Search: What A Treat, Opportunity Now, THAT’S marketing – in the nicest possible light. On learning its venerable founding conductor, Chuck Schneider, was retiring after 46 years, The Catskill Symphony Orchestra Governing Board could have simply advertised for a new one, sorted the resumes, interviewed top prospects and made a decision. Instead of handling matters in-house, the search committee threw open the decision-making to the public; not exclusively, of course, but it encouraged attendees at three concerts this…

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CSO Conductor Candidate #1 Is Here

CSO Conductor Candidate #1 Is Here Silas Huff Rehearsing With CSO; ‘Firebird’ Planned This Weekend By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To ALLOTSEGO.COM ONEONTA – From the time he was seven, Silas Nathaniel Huff knew he was going to be in music. “I was a guitarist, so I thought I was going to be a rock star,” he said. “Then I got into college and discovered classical music. I thought I’d be the next John Williams.” But fate – or rather,…

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