Indeed, the A.N.C. is celebrating its centenary this year, but to many South Africans the venerable organization's commemorative slogan — "100 Years of Selfless Struggle" — seems more like a punch line to a cruel joke.
With the impending arrival of Francesca Zambello, the seasoned opera and musical theater director who will take over in September, comes the promise of fresh energy and change that extends even to the name of this venerable organization.
By New Year's Day, every magazine, radio and television critic comes out with a Top 10 list, as does the National Board of Review (a venerable organization that everyone has heard of, though no one knows why).
That plan was brokered by another moving force at the school: Ken Fischer, president of the University Musical Society, which at 120 years old claims to be the most venerable organization of its kind in the United States.
But a week ago, after several years of modest success followed by three seasons of minimal activity, the collegium gave up all but the ghost, quietly folding itself into the Clarion Music Society, a venerable organization that is itself emerging from a near-death experience.
(Allan Kozinn) Concert Artists Guild (Wednesday) This venerable organization, devoted to molding the careers of emerging classical performers, celebrates its 60th anniversary with a season-opening concert featuring performances by alumni and currently represented artists, including the Afiara String Quartet, the harpist Bridget Kibbey, the violinist Hye-Jin Kim and the baritone Thomas Meglioranza.
More than 30 African leaders gathered today in this balmy port city to bury the Organization of African Unity, the venerable organization that championed the continent's long and successful struggle against white oppressors but stood mostly silent when black autocrats emerged in their wake.
The venerable organization traces its origins back to a joint fundraising effort by Denver clergymen in 1887 that brought in $21,700.
He was undersecretary of science at the Smithsonian Institution during the tumultuous tenure of Lawrence Small, but resigned when Small was removed in 2007 after deciding that "I couldn't see a future for myself" at the venerable organization.
