The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra announced on Thursday
that it had chosen Jonathon Heyward, a rising African American conductor, as its next music director. He will begin a five-year contract in Baltimore at the start of the 2023-24 season.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/arts/music/jonathon-heyward-baltimore-symphony-orchestra.html
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a dinner in his honor at Dr. Hannibal Lector's home.
Sorry, couldn't resist the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra reference. 
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