Aspen Music Festival and School Appoints Meghan Umber as President and CEO – symphony.org

Meghan Umber. Photo by Sam Comen.
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In Wednesday’s (6/10) Aspen Daily News, Geoff Hanson writes, “Meghan Martineau Umber has been announced as the seventh president and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School and the first woman to hold the position. Umber is currently president of the Hollywood Bowl and chief programming officer for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She will assume the role Oct. 1, succeeding longtime president and CEO Alan Fletcher, who is stepping down after 21 years and will transition to the position of president emeritus of AMFS…. Umber grew up in Minnesota playing classical piano. She received a degree from the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California in 2006…. After graduating from USC in 2006, Umber landed an internship with the LA Phil. Over a 20-year career, she went from the mailroom to the boardroom…. Umber has spent more than two decades helping shape the artistic identity of both Walt Disney Concert Hall and the iconic Hollywood Bowl….  Umber oversees programming for the LA Phil, which presents more than 300 events annually, serves approximately 1.7 million audience members and operates with a budget of roughly $210 million. AMFS leaders say that experience makes her uniquely qualified for managing the 38-acre Bucksbaum Campus and the AMFS venues.”
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