SAM PARIS, COO AND CREATIVE STRATEGIST

Sam Paris joins as COO and Creative Strategist after five years of working as an advisor for Salon Séance. He has worked in a variety of roles in the classical music industry including as a presenter, agent, critic, and producer. Currently he is the Manager, Learning Initiatives, Tanglewood Learning Institute - an experimental, interdisciplinary, and participatory presentation branch of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Before moving to Boston, Sam was the Associate Artistic Administrator of the Aspen Music Festival. Sam previously reviewed upwards of 120 concerts a year in venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to the Park Avenue Armory to the Chicago Symphony. Contemporaneously, Sam also worked for Colbert Artists Management. He is an advocate for new music and interdisciplinary performances.