Article: Syracuse Symphony hires new leader

SYRACUSE - The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra (SSO) looked outside and Downstate to find a new executive director. Central New York's largest cultural organization, with an annual budget of over $6 million, has hired Karen Gahl-Mills, executive director of the $1.3 million Westchester Philharmonic in White Plains, to be its new leader.

She takes over July 31, replacing Jeffry J. Comanici, who became assistant dean for advancement for the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University in early April. Comanici was an inside hire when he was tapped to be the SSO's executive director in the summer of 2002, having served as its director of development for nearly three years before ...

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