Emil Kang, New Directors for Association of Performing Arts Presenters

North Carolina's own Emil Kang has been been submitted, along with six others, to be a new Director of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. The slate will be presented for ratification at the association's annual meeting in January. Congratulations Emil!

Emil serves as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's
Executive Director for the Arts, a senior administrative post created
to help unify and elevate the performing arts at the University. In his
first season, Emil Kang introduced the University's first major
performing arts series, inaugurated in conjunction with the grand
re-opening of the University's main performing arts venue, Memorial
Hall. Kang also coteaches courses in artistic entrepreneurship and
performance theory. Prior to coming to Chapel Hill, Emil Kang served as
President and Executive Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
(DSO). Kang has also held positions of Vice President of Operations for
the DSO, Orchestra Manager for the Seattle Symphony, and Orchestra
Management Fellow with the American Symphony Orchestra League (ASOL).
As an Orchestra Management Fellow, Kang worked with symphony orchestras
in San Francisco, Houston, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Kang is a
frequent speaker and has led numerous local, state and national
outreach efforts. He has also chaired panels for the National Endowment
for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Full Frame International
Documentary Film Festival, and the Michigan Council for Arts and
Cultural Affairs, among others. Emil Kang was the youngest and first
Asian-American to hold the top administrative post of a major symphony
orchestra. Kang was selected by Crain's Detroit Business “40 under 40,”
is a graduate of Leadership Detroit, and has served on national boards
including Henry Ford Hospital and United Neighborhood Centers of
America. Kang has also been a member of Young Presidents' Organization
(YPO) and completed the Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management
program at Harvard Business School. He holds a degree in Economics from
the University of Rochester in New York.