Pierre Ruhe, former AJC music critic and founder of the blog ArtsCriticATL.com, has accepted a position as artistic administrator of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.   The ASO – conducted by Justin Brown and based in Birmingham – is Alabama’s only professional orchestra and was recently awarded ASCAP’s highest honor for adventurous programming, the John S. Edwards Award for Strongest Commitment to New American Music. 

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