Heath's upcoming transition to NEC

After a terrific career with CMW that dates back to teaching cello lessons at the West End Community Center in 1999, Heath Marlow will be leaving this fall to become Program Director of the Sistema Fellows Program at the New England Conservatory. As you may know, CMW has enjoyed a partnership with NEC as it has developed this fellowship program over the past three years, including a year of "cross-training" for CMW's and NEC's Fellows this past year. The important common theme in our respective work is creating careers for musicians that combine music and social action in the USA.


Pretending to listen intently during a recent Fellowship Seminar (June 2012)

We are thrilled for Heath that the next phase of his career will still find him working on the important question of how musicians can have significant social impact. Needless to say, we'll be sad to lose him as a daily colleague and indefatigable leader. During Heath's tenure at CMW, he has established many critical partnerships that have brought CMW press, funding opportunities, guest musicians, and public acclaim, to say nothing of his work producing and performing in inspired concerts during CMW's growth over the last decade.


Discussing logistics during the Borromeo String Quartet's residency (May 2003)

The work of preparing a new generation of musicians for entrepreneurial careers will be nothing new for Heath, since he has already been an important mentor to CMW's Fellows as they have planned new programs, to colleague organizations (such as Music Haven and musiConnects) in their early years of organization-building, and to participants in our Institutes for Musicianship and Public Service.


Presenting about CMW's development practices at an IMPS (November 2009)

In dreaming, planning, and executing all manner of innovations and projects at CMW, Heath has been an invaluable partner to me. I am glad that we will be able to continue to work together over the next three months as this transition unfolds.

-Sebastian Ruth, Founder & Artistic Director

[Editor: View the press release regarding Heath's new position at NEC's website.]

Comments

[Barbara Cervone]

Bravo Heath on your new job! Your incredible talent, enthusiasm, vision, commitment, mirth, and warmth will be sorely missed at CMW. All the best,
Barbara Cervone

[Barbara Field]

Heath, I'm sure that CMW will miss you dearly, but it seems so apt for you to move on and take over as program director of NEC's Sistema Fellows Program. Congratulations! I am so pleased for you.

Barbara Field

Now I'll have to bone up on NEC's program...

[Stefanie Bester]

Congratulations, Heath! Best wishes, Stef (Riego) Bester

[Linda Kushner]

Heath congratulations. So sorry to lose you, but I expect that you will come down from time to time to celebrate music with CMW
All the best
Linda

[Shirley Brice Heath]

Heath, CMW will surely miss you, but Julia will follow in your footsteps with your inspiration. Please let us know how to keep up with you. I'd love to know when you begin at NEC and try to catch up with you there. My email is sbheath@stanford.edu, so please let me know how to reach you!