We have to collect and analyze all the information we've gathered from the audience and advisory committee. We don't yet have the final assessment of the orchestra. And he must be able to relate to volunteers, and work with them. . . . It's a hard job. Nobody anticipates the Philharmonic will have an exclusive on the services of the next music director.
Most conductors worth their salt commute between two or three orchestras.
William Eddins, the resident conductor of the Chicago Symphony and gifted avocational chef who opened the season last September, already has a full plate. Daniel Lipton of Opera Hamilton, Canada. Jack Everly, longtime music director of the American Ballet Theatre. Theodore Kuchar, music director of the Boulder Philharmonic and Laureate conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine. Douglas Sanford of Canada's Okanagan Symphony and Orchestra Toronto.