Maryland Opera has promoted Jason Buckwalter to General Director. He has worked for the company for six years.
From the press release: Jason also works as the Building Administrator at the Roland Park Community Center in North Baltimore and as a Kung Fu teacher at Goh’s Kung Fu.
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