AMFS ANNOUNCES PATRICK CHAMBERLAIN AS VP FOR ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2022

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ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL ANNOUNCES
PATRICK CHAMBERLAIN AS
VP FOR ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION

The Cornell graduate comes to the AMFS after six years as vice president of artistic planning at
the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. He assumes his new AMFS role April 12.
 

ASPEN, CO—Aspen Music Festival and School President and CEO Alan Fletcher has announced Patrick Chamberlain as the next vice president for artistic administration. Mr. Chamberlain will join the senior management and work closely with that team, Mr. Fletcher, Music Director Robert Spano, Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Co-Artistic Directors Patrick Summers and Renée Fleming and the artist-faculty on all aspects of programming for the 73-year-old institution.

A graduate of Cornell University, Mr. Chamberlain is currently the vice president of artistic planning at the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra , where he has been for almost six years, working closely with Music Director Xian Zhang. Highlights of his tenure include commissions from Wynton Marsalis, Paquito D’Rivera, Steven Mackey and Chen Yi, artistic partnerships with Daniil Trifonov and Daniel Bernard Roumain, and an industry-leading commitment to an institution-wide embrace of diversity, equity and inclusion. Before that he was with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra where he went immediately after his summer working in the artistic department at the AMFS. “While at Aspen as an artist liaison, I fell in love with the work of Artistic Administration and have never looked back,” he says.

He continues, “While the AMFS has an incredible history and prestige, it is its commitment to the future of our art form that is most attractive about this opportunity for me. From commissioning initiatives, multi-disciplinary events, an embrace of the digital transformation facing our industry, and an inspirational commitment to nurturing the next generation of great artists, this truly is a special moment for the AMFS and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to add my voice to the team as it continues to set the course for presenting and teaching great music in this country and our world. And on a personal note, the opportunity to return to the place where my career began and give back some of what I’ve learned along the way is a dream come true.”

Says Mr. Fletcher, “I have known Patrick since his undergraduate days, when, as president of the Cornell Glee Club, he was already a talented artistic administrator. He combines a profound intellectual grasp of the repertoire with a great emotional understanding of how music matters, and a deep engagement with the educational process. We are excited to have him join us!”

Mr. Chamberlain currently lives in West Orange, New Jersey with his wife Erin, a high-school mathematics teacher. He will begin his new position on April 12.

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