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Raise the baton: Inside a pivotal week for new Charlotte Symphony conductor Kwamé Ryan

Amy Carleton, The Charlotte Observer -- 

This is a big weekend for Kwamé Ryan, on top of an already big week. The weekend, the conductor leads The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra for the first time as its new music director designate, taking the podium for performances in a program that includes Brahms and Tchaikovsky. In December, the symphony named Ryan its next music director -- the 12th maestro in its 92-year history, a role he formally starts in October. And Ryan's arrival in Charlotte this week came just as the orchestra unveiled plans for an ambitious $50 million capital campaign to finally help solidify its financial future. That effort already has raised $41 million towards that goal, and expects to complete the campaign by the end of the year.

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