Selya named maestro of Cave Run Symphony Orchestra
For the second time in its 13-year history, the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra has appointed a new principal conductor.
Dr. Craig Burrows, board chair, and Dr. Lori Baruth, search committee chair, today jointly announced the appointment of Dr. Isaac Selya of Cincinnati.
He succeeds Dr. Terry Durbin of Louisville who held the part-time post for nearly seven years before taking medical retirement last year.
“We are pleased and excited to welcome Maestro Selya to the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra following a 10-month search process in which he emerged as the overwhelming choice of our audience and musicians,” Burrows and Baruth said in a joint statement.
Selya said of his appointment:
“I so enjoyed working with the wonderful musicians of the Cave Run Symphony in my audition concert last month and now I am even more excited about this great opportunity to share music with the community going forward.”
Burrows and Baruth commented further on the new conductor’s qualifications:
“This young man is highly sought after as a conductor, entrepreneur, scholar, and educator. He currently is music director of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, staff conductor at the Dayton Philharmonic, and founder and artistic director of Queen City Opera in Cincinnati.”
Selya holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale where he was principal cellist of the Yale Symphony and sang in Yale’s Schola Cantorum. He completed a master’s degree in music conducting at the Mannes School of Music and a doctorate from the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Dr. Selya and his wife, Pin-Hsuan, a violinist, are based in Cincinnati.
He will make his official debut as the new Cave Run maestro at the season-opening concert on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 3 p.m. at the Morehead Conference Center. He also will be guest of honor at a public reception in connection with the Orchestra’s Annual Membership Meeting in September.
Morehead and Rowan County are the smallest city and county in Kentucky with their own community-supported symphony orchestra. The CRSO is a 60-piece ensemble comprised of professional and semi-professional musicians, music professors and teachers, and highly qualified, auditioned student musicians.
The Orchestra is a federally tax-exempt 501 © 3 charitable organization and a non-profit Kentucky corporation.
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For the second time in its 13-year history, the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra has appointed a new principal conductor.
Dr. Craig Burrows, board chair, and Dr. Lori Baruth, search committee chair, today jointly announced the appointment of Dr. Isaac Selya of Cincinnati.
He succeeds Dr. Terry Durbin of Louisville who held the part-time post for nearly seven years before taking medical retirement last year.
“We are pleased and excited to welcome Maestro Selya to the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra following a 10-month search process in which he emerged as the overwhelming choice of our audience and musicians,” Burrows and Baruth said in a joint statement.
Selya said of his appointment:
“I so enjoyed working with the wonderful musicians of the Cave Run Symphony in my audition concert last month and now I am even more excited about this great opportunity to share music with the community going forward.”
Burrows and Baruth commented further on the new conductor’s qualifications:
“This young man is highly sought after as a conductor, entrepreneur, scholar, and educator. He currently is music director of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, staff conductor at the Dayton Philharmonic, and founder and artistic director of Queen City Opera in Cincinnati.”
Selya holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale where he was principal cellist of the Yale Symphony and sang in Yale’s Schola Cantorum. He completed a master’s degree in music conducting at the Mannes School of Music and a doctorate from the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Dr. Selya and his wife, Pin-Hsuan, a violinist, are based in Cincinnati.
He will make his official debut as the new Cave Run maestro at the season-opening concert on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 3 p.m. at the Morehead Conference Center. He also will be guest of honor at a public reception in connection with the Orchestra’s Annual Membership Meeting in September.
Morehead and Rowan County are the smallest city and county in Kentucky with their own community-supported symphony orchestra. The CRSO is a 60-piece ensemble comprised of professional and semi-professional musicians, music professors and teachers, and highly qualified, auditioned student musicians.
The Orchestra is a federally tax-exempt 501 © 3 charitable organization and a non-profit Kentucky corporation.
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Orchestral Music in the Hills
Based in Morehead, the smallest city in Kentucky with a community-supported symphony orchestra, the Cave Run Symphony was founded in 2013.
It is a 60-piece musical ensemble comprised of professional and semi-professional musicians, music professors and teachers, and highly qualified, auditioned student musicians.
The Orchestra is operated by the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc., a non-profit, tax-exempt organization under Section 501 ©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Gifts to the CRSO are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
The CRSO is funded by gifts, grants, sponsorships, program book advertising, branded merchandise marketing and ticket sales. We welcome support at any time of the year.
Bringing Orchestral Music to the Hills
Based in Morehead, the smallest city in Kentucky with a community-supported symphony orchestra, the Cave Run Symphony was founded in 2013.
It is a 60-piece musical ensemble comprised of professional and semi-professional musicians, music professors and teachers, and highly qualified, auditioned student musicians.
The Orchestra is operated by the Cave Run Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc., a non-profit, tax-exempt organization under Section 501 ©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Gifts to the CRSO are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
The CRSO is funded by gifts, grants, sponsorships, program book advertising, branded merchandise marketing and ticket sales. We welcome support at any time of the year.