Orchestra Board Elects New Chairman

His involvement with the orchestra goes back a decade, "He clearly is someone who has spent a lot of time at the organization, he has spent a lot of money on the organization and he clearly loves the organization," said interim president Frank P. Slattery Jr.

The immediate agenda for Worley is formidable. He must work to stanch the red ink threatening the orchestra's balance sheet this season and next; hire a permanent president to lead the administration; oversee a music director search; and manage a dialogue between the board and musicians over scheduled raises that some board members feel the orchestra cannot afford at this time.