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A veteran artistic administrator with over 30 years’ experience, General Director William Powers has a proven track record of steady leadership, artistic vision, young artist development, and fiscal acuity.
Mr. Powers was the Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra (PYSO) from 2021-2026. Prior to that, he worked at Pittsburgh Opera for 14 years, starting as Director of Artistic Administration, then being promoted to Director of Administration and Artistic Operations, and then to Managing Director. He has held posts with The Juilliard School’s Department of Vocal Arts, in the Artistic Department at The Metropolitan Opera and The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, as General Director of the Berkshire Opera Company, and seasonal positions with the Aspen Music Festival and The Music Academy of the West.
Mr. Powers earned his Bachelor of Arts in Music from Hamilton College, and an MBA in Finance from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business Administration. He and his wife, an accomplished opera singer who serves on the Voice Faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, live in Mt. Lebanon; their daughter attends his alma mater Hamilton College.
