Since 2001, Howard Herring has been the president of the New World Symphony Orchestra and continues to aspire and develop the world’s top musicians and find ways to immerse the community in classical music and education.
A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Herring started his musical career as a pianist by training. After his academic work at Southern Methodist University and Manhattan School of Music, he formed part of the Claremont Trio, a winner of the Artists International Competition, and was an active musician and teacher in New York City.
In 1986, he became the executive director of the Caramoor Music Festival, where he led that institution’s development of the Rising Stars program for young instrumentalists, Bel Canto at Caramoor for young singers, and a curriculum-based arts program integrating music and visual art into K-12 studies.
In 2001, Mr. Herring took on the role of president of the New World Symphony. He was given the great responsibility of energizing the institution’s national and international profile and in 2011, launching its new campus at 500 17th St. in Miami Beach.
The New World Center, designed by Frank Gehry, enables New World Symphony to capitalize on the global reach of broadband technology for education and digital capabilities for artistic expression, he said.
Beyond traditional training, New World Fellows are exploring the establishment of an online music education community, integration of music and video, and engagement of new audiences through alternate performance formats, Mr. Herring added.
Dynamic partnerships with professional orchestras and distinguished music schools have been formed around these experiments, he said. The New World Symphony places a high priority on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The results of this initiative are being felt in the Miami community and in music schools and orchestras across the US. 
“NWS is a unique gathering of forces; talented young musicians pursuing excellence in a fellowship program rooted in the traditions of classical music but stretching boundaries,” says Mr. Herring. “New World and its fellows are taking advantage of digital freedoms, engaging beyond traditional audiences and education systems, crafting a new relationship between music, musicians and communities – local and global.”
Mr. Herring spoke with Miami Today reporter Abraham Galvan.
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