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Monday, August 31, 2009
Austin Symphony Orchestra loses executive director
Galen Wixson, executive director of the Austin Symphony Orchestra, has left the organization, a call to the orchestra’s office Monday morning confirmed.
A person answering the phone at the orchestra office told the American-Statesman that Wixson no longer works there. Wixson is also no longer listed on the organization’s Web site as executive director.
Wixson had been on the job only since mid-March.
Jane Sibley, chairman of the board of directors, declined to comment. Edward Z. Safady, executive vice president of the board of directors, said that he was unaware of Wixson’s departure until told this afternoon by a reporter.
Calls to other board members, to symphony staff and to Wixson have not been returned.
Wixson was previously executive director of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra as well as executive director for the Symphony of Southeast Texas, Reno Philharmonic, Manhattan Center for the Arts and the American String Teachers Association.
Wixson has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in cello performance from Wichita State University in addition a master’s in arts management from the Carnegie Mellon Heinz School of Public Policy.
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