Former Ravinia CEO Welz Kauffman named head of Old Town School of Folk Music
CHICAGO -- Former Ravinia Festival chief executive officer Welz Kauffman has been named the executive director and chief executive officer of Chicago's renowned Old Town School of Folk Music. Kauffman was appointed to the position following a national search. 'We are thrilled to have Welz as the next Executive Director & CEO of the Old Town School,' Kate Tomford, chair of the board of directors of the Old Town School of Folk Music, said in a news release.
The Old Town School of Folk Music: 67 years of music and cultureThe Old Town School of Folk Music was founded in 1957 by folk musicians Win Stracke and Frank Hamilton. The first location for the music school was for the Old Town neighborhood at 333 W. North Ave., and the school noted that Studs Terkel was among those in attendance for the school's first night in operation.
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