But don’t worry!\u00a0 <\/strong>Brendan will continue to be a big part of the BCO family, and will officially remain with BCO in an artistic capacity.<\/p>\nTony Winchester, president of OperaDelaware\u2019s board of directors, remarked, \u201cBrendan\u2019s rich experience in administration, operations, fundraising and leadership \u2013 combined with his creativity and passion for \u00a0the art form \u2013 made him a standout candidate for OperaDelaware.\u00a0 We predict he\u2019ll do great things for our opera company, and we are eager and excited to have Brendan join the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
We at the BCO are thrilled for Brendan — it is a testament to the fine work he has done in building BCO from the ground floor in the past three years into a vital and exciting part of Baltimore\u2019s operatic landscape, and we have no doubt that his talents will be an excellent match for a fine company like OperaDelaware.\u00a0 We hope that you will join us in congratulating Brendan on his new endeavour.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nSo what will happen at BCO?\u00a0 <\/strong>Glad you asked!\u00a0 Taking over leadership at BCO will be co-founder and board member Julia Cooke, who will assume the role of Executive Director.\u00a0 Julia has been intricately involved in BCO\u2019s operations since its founding, and is well known to the company\u2019s patron and donor base.\u00a0 Julia’s appointment assures a seamless transition and continued stability for the company.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This just in… Baltimore-favorite Brendan Cooke has accepted a position with OperaDelaware as their new General Director. Cooke has been the General Director of Baltimore Concert Opera and has appeared many times on stage with the Baltimore Opera and many other Mid-Atlantic companies. We here at The Sybaritic Singer wish him well and are happy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[262,1],"tags":[240,342,689,248,690],"class_list":{"0":"post-2771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-quick-news","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-opera","10":"tag-general-director","11":"tag-opera","12":"tag-operadelaware","13":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sybariticsinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sybariticsinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sybariticsinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sybariticsinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sybariticsinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sybariticsinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sybariticsinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sybariticsinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sybariticsinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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