New symphony director breaks ground in Baltimore in signature Chuck Taylors
By Sydney Haywood and Joe Fryer Jonathon Heyward’s career is full of accomplishments, but it has also been marked by what he describes as “serendipitous moments.” Heyward, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s new musical director, said he started playing the cello at age 10 because there were too many students at his performing arts school in Charleston, South Carolina, who wanted to play violin. “The violin line was completely out the door and no one was in the cello line,” Heyward said. “I was ready to go home.” Heyward said this brief moment of childhood impatience expanded into a love of the instrument, setting The post New symphony director breaks ground in Baltimore in signature Chuck Taylors appeared first on HBCU News.
By Sydney Haywood and Joe Fryer Jonathon Heyward’s career is full of accomplishments, but it has also been marked by what he describes as “serendipitous moments.” Heyward, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s new musical director, said he started playing the cello at age 10 because there were too many students at his performing arts school in Charleston, South Carolina, who wanted to play violin. “The violin line was completely out the door and no one was in the cello line,” Heyward said. “I was ready to go home.” Heyward said this brief moment of childhood impatience expanded into a love of the instrument, setting
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