About Jesse Rosen

Jesse Rosen, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, American Symphony Orchestra League, joined the League staff in November, 1998, after serving as general manager of the Seattle Symphony, where he was responsible for orchestra operations, electronic media, touring, and special projects. Prior to his position at the Seattle Symphony, Mr. Rosen served as executive vice president and managing director of the American Composers Orchestra in New York City. He also served as orchestra manager of the New York Philharmonic and as vice president of programs for Affiliate Artists, Inc. were he developed and launched the Seaver/NEA Conducting Award and managed the Exxon/Arts Endowment Conductors Program. Mr. Rosen received his bachelor’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, and pursued graduate studies at The Julliard School. He was a former free-lance bass trombonist who has performed with a variety of ensembles in New York including the American Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Mr. Rosen oversees all League program output in the areas of Learning and Leadership Development, Advocacy, Communications, Research and Information, and Marketing and Membership Development. He leads the League’s strategic planning process and is currently developing the implementation phase of the plan.

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TAFTO 2007 Contribution: Jesse Rosen

By on April 6, 2007 in Managers, TAFTO 2007

When I took my seat at a recent performance of Tom Stoppard’s Coast of Utopia my friend seated next to me immediately said “you better read the program if you want to understand what’s going on.” At intermission I ran into another friend whose fist words were “I downloaded all the information about the 19th century Russian socialists from the website before coming – did you?” This was starting to feel an awful like the frantic comments exchanged between students before a lecture or an exam – not a pleasant feeling.

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