David Hyslop's 50-year career
in arts management includes 32 years serving as
Chief Executive Officer for three of the
nation’s top symphony
orchestras—Minnesota Orchestra (1991-2003),
St. Louis Symphony (1978-1991), and Oregon Symphony
(1972-1978).
During his long tenures in
Minnesota and St. Louis, Hyslop was also
responsible for the operation of Orchestra Hall in
Minneapolis and Powell Hall in St. Louis.
Since 2004, Hyslop has
spearheaded consulting projects throughout the
country, drawing on his vast experience in the arts
to help clients achieve their goals. His many
consulting projects have included successful
executive searches for the Canton Symphony, the Sun
Valley Summer Symphony and the Sun Valley Center
for the Arts, strategic planning for the Santa Fe
Opera and the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra,
executive coaching for the Houston Symphony, and
development feasibility studies for the West
Virginia Symphony Orchestra endowment campaign and
the Wheaton Grand Theater (Illinois) redevelopment
and business planning project.
Hyslop has served on the boards
of the Greater Minneapolis Convention and Visitors
Association,
Minneapolis Downtown Council,
American Symphony Orchestra League, and the
Minnesota State Fair Foundation. He has also
been brought in as an “expert in the
field” on consulting projects with CH Johnson
Consulting in Chicago, Illinois, and WolfBrown in
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Hyslop’s illustrious
career has brought him many honors. Among these, a
Minnesota Orchestra Subscription Concert was
dedicated to him in his final season with the
Orchestra. The David J. Hyslop Trumpet Chair was
Endowed in Perpetuity by the St. Louis
Symphony in 1991. Fanfare for D.H. was composed for
Mr. Hyslop’s 10th Anniversary with the
Symphony by Pulitzer-winning composer Joseph
Schwantner. He was awarded the Martha Baird
Rockefeller Grant by the American Symphony
Orchestra League in 1966.
Mr. Hyslop received his B.S. in
Music Education from Ithaca College.