Biography

Evans Mirageas is currently The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director of Cincinnati Opera and the Vice-President for Artistic Planning for The Atlanta Symphony.  Evans Mirageas Consulting clients at present include l‘Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, The Mann Center for the Performing Arts (summer home of the Philadelphia Orchestra) and the Memphis Symphony. Individuals include conductor Sir Roger Norrington and violinist Alexandre da Costa.

Evans' thirty-five year plus experience in the arts has also included symphony administration with The Boston Symphony, radio production with WFMT, Chicago. Evans is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Evans and his partner Thomas Dreeze founded Evans Mirageas Consulting in 1999 following a seven-year appointment as Senior Vice-President of Artists and Repertoire for Decca Records in London, England. Evans offers:

  • Strategic and artistic planning for arts organizations and individuals. This can include short term consultancies while vacancies are being filled and longer term relationships to boost organizational profiles both nationally and internationally
  • Vocal casting
  • Media strategy including - audio and video recording production and distribution, internet presence
  • Conductor and Executive Director searches
  • General career counseling
  • Lectures, pre and post-concert talks, podcasts and program book writing
Evans has been a presenter and lecturer at New York's Mostly Mozart, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, St. Louis and Milwaukee. His record production credits include releases on Decca, Innova, AVIE and Warner Classics. His executive and artistic search activities have included the Cincinnati Symphony, The Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Chicago Sinfonietta.

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Clients and Activities

Affiliations

  • Atlanta Symphony

    www.Atlantasymphony.org


  • Cincinnati Opera

    Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director


  • American Composers Forum

    Board Member


  • Sullivan Foundation

    Board Member


  • Metropolitan Opera

    Regional and District Judge


  • League of American Orchestras

    Adjudicator National Preview


  • First International Victor de Sabata Conducting Competition

    Judge


  • Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition

    Judge


  • Gilmore Artists Award

    Advisory committee


  • Avery Fisher Artists Award

    Advisory committee

Clients

  • Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

    www.osm.ca


  • Memphis Symphony

    www.memphissymphony.org


  • Peter Nero and the Philly Pops

    www.PhillyPops.com


  • Mann Center for the Arts

    www.manncenter.org


  • Sir Roger Norrington

  • Alexandre da Costa, violinist

  • Past Clients Include:


    Los Angeles Opera

    Lincoln Center Festival

    Classical Public Radio Network

    WDR Orchestra, Cologne

    Cincinnati Symphony

    Brooklyn Philharmonic

    Milwaukee Symphony

    Handel and Haydn Society, Boston

    Kansas City Symphony

    Pasadena Pops

    Fort Worth Symphony

    Conductors:  Semyon Bychkov, Andreas Delfs, Robert Spano, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, David Abell and David Hill

    Composers: Peter Boyer, Mark Grey

    Singers: Eric Owens, bass-baritone

    Instrumentalists: Marcus Groh, pianist

Resumé

  • 2007-Present

    Vice President for Artistic Planning, The Atlanta Symphony


  • 2005 - Present

    The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director, Cincinnati Opera


  • 1999 - Present

    Evans Mirageas Consulting


  • 1994 - 2000

    Senior Vice-President for Artists and Repertoire, The Decca Record Company Ltd.


  • 1989 - 1994

    Artistic Administrator, The Boston Symphony


  • 1982 - 1989

    Producer, radio station WFMT, Chicago


  • 1973 - 1982

    Producer, engineer, host, radio station WUOM, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI


  • 1967 - 1975

    Sales, The Liberty Music Shop, Ann Arbor, Michigan


  • 1976

    Education: B.A. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor