Thomas Wilkins
(Omaha Symphony)
Omaha Symphony Music Director Thomas Wilkins has been appointed a professor of music at Indiana University in Bloomington.
He will assume the Henry A. Upper Chair of Orchestral Conducting on Aug. 1 if the university's trustees approve the appointment.
Wilkins
and Omaha Symphony officials recently announced that he would retire as
music director after the 2020-21 season. Until then, he will work both
for the orchestra and the university. He also is principal conductor of
the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and holds the Germeshausen Family and Youth
Concert Chair with the Boston Symphony.
Indiana
University officials praised the conductor as a master of communicating
and connecting with audiences of all ages.
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