Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra President and CEO announces retirement

CALGARY – The President and CEO of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra will be retiring at the end of the 2014/2015 concert season.

Ann Lewis-Luppino made the announcement at the Annual General Meeting of the Calgary Philharmonic Society on Tuesday night.

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“Working at the CPO with this wonderful Orchestra has been the best job in my life,” says Lewis-Luppino. “It has been a great opportunity and a great way to end an exciting career.”

Lewis-Luppino took over as President and CEO of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006.

Since she took then, the CPO has grown concert ticket sales to an all-time high and is one of the only orchestras in Canada to operate without debt.

Lewis-Luppino will serve as President and CEO until the end of June 2015.