THE FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD A MAJOR AMERICAN ORCHESTRA

my thoughts about steps in the right direction

Elim Chan has been named the Music Director Designate of the San Francisco Symphony. She will start in September 2027. She is already being hailed as “the first woman to lead a major American orchestra:”

It’s funny how things like this work. I remember twenty-one years ago, in July 2005, when I was also a member of the Baltimore Symphony. Musicians of th…