MSO names new executive director

The Madison Symphony Orchestra has named Robert Reed as its new executive director, according to a release from the organization. Reed, 57, will join the staff on June 6. He comes to MSO most recently as executive director of Plano Symphony Orchestra in Plano, Texas, and has previously worked in orchestra administration in Tucson, Arizona; Kansas City, Missouri; Jackson, Mississippi; San Francisco; Buffalo, New York; Nashville, Tennessee; and elsewhere. Reed succeeds Richard Mackie, who retired from MSO last summer after 22 years.