Symphomy hires new manager

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

The Florence Symphony has announced the hiring of Roger Malfatti as its General Manager. Mr. Malfatti has many years experience as a concert manager in New York, and symphony manager in Long Island, NY; Des Moines, Iowa and Savannah, Ga. He has recently retired from Central United Methodist Church where he supervised their buildings for the past 6 years. Mr. Malfatti has always been active in the arts and currently serves on several boards including the South Carolina Pecan Festival, the Masterworks Choir, the Art Trail Gallery Camber Series and Photograph Exhibits, the City Parks and Beautification Commission and South Carolina Festival and Events Association. Over his career he has participated in many activities of the American Symphony Orchestra League, the US Institute for Theatre Technology and the NY State Parks and Recreation Association. He has served on the Iowa and Georgia State Arts Council grant panels and has taught Arts Administration at Drake University in Des Moines.

Mr. Malfatti succeeds Wesley Ann Wakeman. We thank Wesley for all her contributions to the symphony and wish her well as she grows her new business.