Hawaii Opera Theatre announces the appointment of Andrew Morgan as new Executive Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Hawaii Opera Theatre (HOT) is pleased to announce, following an extensive national search, the appointment of Andrew Morgan as Executive Director, effective May 1, 2019. A seasoned arts administrator, Andrew brings over 25 years of comprehensive, hands-on experience as a manager, performer and stage director to the company.

Andrew has spent the last eleven years at San Francisco Opera in roles of increasing importance that culminated in his assuming the position of Director of Development in March 2018 where he managed a staff of 25. Among his accomplishments during that tenure was leading that company’s largest-ever single year of operations fundraising, with the department achieving over $40 million in contributed revenue.

Prior to that, he served as Executive Director for American Bach Soloists in San Francisco where he oversaw the areas of Development, Marketing, Public Relations, Box Office, Union Relations and Administration, leading the company through an era of tremendous growth. He also worked for ten years with the famed men’s a capella ensemble Chanticleer, first as a tenor and subsequently as Artistic Assistant with duties that included education program coordinator, contracts and schedule manager, music librarian and program book editor.

HOT Board President Jim McCoy states: “We are excited that Andrew will be leading the company and that our search efforts found such an excellent candidate. The community will soon have the opportunity to become familiar with the candidate’s appealing attributes that HOT’s search committee identified during the interview process.”

“I am very much looking forward to working with Andrew”, said Emmanuel Plasson, HOT’s Artistic Director. “He brings a wealth of experience from prestigious San Francisco Opera, and I know that he is excited to begin working and living in Honolulu. He is an accomplished musician himself and advocates passionately for the arts and artists”.

Andrew states: “It is an honor to have been chosen as the new Executive Director of Hawaii Opera Theatre. In the coming weeks and months, I look forward to working with Maestro Plasson, the Board of Directors, my fellow staff members and our extraordinary league of volunteers to complete this year’s production of La Traviata (May 17th, 19th and 21st), and to make the 2019/2020 season a resounding success.”