N.C. Symphony CEO resigns, takes Texas job
RALEIGH (AP) — The man who has led the North Carolina Symphony for the past 11 years says he's leaving to head the Van Cliburn Foundation in Texas and its world-famous piano competition.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that 42-year-old David Chambless Worters will step down Nov. 15 as president and CEO of the symphony and head to Fort Worth, Texas.
Worters is a former pianist and says the Van Cliburn job was too good to pass up.
He leaves as the symphony continues to reduce its debt, although the symphony remains almost $3 million in the red. The symphony did break even this past season by cutting costs and increasing fundraising.
Symphony chairman William Cavanaugh III says the orchestra's executive committee will meet Tuesday to discuss the process for finding a successor to Worters.
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