DEAN ARTISTS MANAGEMENT WELCOMES ROSEMARY THOMSON (CONDUCTOR)

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME CONDUCTOR ROSEmary THOMSON TO THE DEAN ARTISTS MANAGEMENT ROSTER!

Conductor Rosemary Thomson has proven herself as a highly skilled musician with experience in conducting a wide variety of repertoire and programming innovative audience-centred presentations. Rosemary is currently in her sixteenth season as Music Director of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO). Under her leadership, the orchestra has blossomed and seen unprecedented audience growth. In 2020, Rosemary was appointed the Artistic Director for Opera Kelowna, where she recently conducted Berlioz’s rarely performed opera Béatrice et Bénédict (2022).

Equally at home conducting orchestral, choral, contemporary, or operatic repertoire, Rose has enjoyed an over thirty year career at the podium. Prior to her time at the OSO, Thomson was the Resident Conductor and Chorus Master at the Calgary Philharmonic and the Conductor in Residence for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

In the operatic field, she was, for four seasons, the Assistant Conductor to Richard Bradshaw for the Canadian Opera Company. She has guest conducted for numerous opera companies, including Tapestry Opera where she was nominated for a 2019 Dora Award for Music Direction of the world premiere of Shanawdithit by Yvette Nolan and Dean Burry. Thomson recently made her Vancouver Opera debut, conducting Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore and will conduct the premiere of Pomegranate by Amanda Hale and Kye Marshall for the Canadian Opera Company in 2023.

Rosemary is a national mentor and integral part of the Women in Musical Leadership initiative, a program run by Tapestry Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

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ANDREW CRUST APPOINTED MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VSO) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Andrew Crust for a four-year term as its fifth Music Director, effective March 2023. Crust succeeds Jaime Laredo, who stepped down from the position in 2021 after a twenty-year tenure leading the orchestra. Crust’s first concert as the VSO’s Music Director will take place on September 30, 2023 at the Flynn in Burlington. Curst is currently in his third year as Music Director of the Lima Symphony Orchestra where he will continue to conduct the Grand Series, Pops, and Education programs.

“I am overjoyed and deeply grateful to the musicians, staff, and Board of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra for choosing me to be the orchestra’s next musical leader in its 89th season. I want to also recognize the immense impact of outgoing Music Director Jaime Laredo, whose artistic vision shaped this orchestra over two decades and paved the way for exciting new growth in the future. When I performed for the first time with the VSO in February 2023, I was immediately struck by not only the orchestra’s extremely high artistic quality and sense of pride, but also their desire to explore new repertoire, and to continue to evolve and adapt as the modern world continues to change. I am very much looking forward to the impactful and transformative work we will do together in the coming seasons.” - Andrew Crust

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