LO names Robert Massey as CEO

Photo Credit: Renee Parenteau.

The Louisville Orchestra is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Massey as Chief Executive Officer. He will start his new position in March 2019. Robert Massey follows Andrew Kipe in this leadership role. Kipe took a position with The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in August 2018.

Mr. Massey has built a reputation as one of classical music’s most innovative, dynamic, visionary, and entrepreneurial leaders.
As the head of the Jacksonville Symphony (2014 – 2019), Orchestra Iowa (2008 – 2014), and the Washington Bach
Consort (2004 – 2008), he led remarkable transformations at each, developing and implementing innovative strategies that
enhanced and diversified program offerings, increased accessibility, extended reach, deepened impact and ensured
financial sustainability.

Find the full press release and Mr. Massey’s bio here:  https://louisvilleorchestra.org/robert-massey/