Mark Williams arrived in Toronto earlier this year to become CEO of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra – the first Black CEO of a major orchestra in North America. StarTogether
Looking back on his school band days in Ohio – when he shifted to that instrument from the clarinet – Mark Williams goes
In retrospect, though, he loved it. For Williams, who arrived in Toronto earlier this year to become CEO of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra – the first Black CEO of a major orchestra in North America – it seeded an interest that would only bloom with time. “When you are making chamber music together, and you look into someone else’s eyes, there is nothing like that. It is that kind of communication. Beautiful.
held senior positions at the San Francisco Symphony, where he co-produced operas and led casting, and at IMG Artists in New York, where he wrangled such artists as Cecilia Bartoli, before heading up the Cleveland Orchestra. He clearly loves helping others make music. A facilitator of melody. Having settled here with his husband, a consultant, in a place near the AGO, Williams has big aspirations for the TSO – especially for what is its centennial season. As he oversees everything from operations to facilities, plus marketing and communications, he says, “I would like the orchestra to be more visible. This city has just grown and grown and grown. I would like to see the orchestra taking up more space, not just in its own arts and culture silo.
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