CEO Mark Hanson: The new era for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has been recognized for more than a century as one of America’s premier orchestras and one of Maryland’s most important cultural institutions. The orchestra is internationally renowned and locally admired for its performances and recordings and its community and youth-oriented educational programs. (photo courtesy BSO)

We open this segment of Midday with music by Antonin Dvorak, from his Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World") performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Joining Tom now is Mark Hanson. Last spring, he was appointed the President and CEO of the BSO, and job number one for him was hiring a new music director.

In July, the BSO announced it has signed a five year contract withJonathon Heyward, a 30 year-old African American musician who grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. He will become the first Black maestro to lead a major symphony in the United States.

Mark C. Hanson is the new president and CEO of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He comes to the BSO following successful tenures at the helm of the San Francisco Symphony and Houston Symphony Orchestras. (photo by Mike Morgan)

Mark Hanson joins Tom in Studio A…