The Cleveland Orchestra promotes Daniel Reith to the position of Associate Conductor with immediate effect. Reith, who also serves as the Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO), will assume this role through the end of the 2024/25 season following a one-year contract extension.

Reith was appointed by Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and joined the Orchestra’s conducting staff at the beginning of the 2022/23 season at Severance Music Center. Since then, he has conducted The Cleveland Orchestra in dozens of performances, including education concerts in Cleveland and Miami, the Family Concert series, the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert, and the Orchestra’s very first sensory-friendly concerts.

​“Building on the success of the last two seasons, Franz Welser-Möst has offered Daniel a contract extension to remain with The Cleveland Orchestra as Associate Conductor for one more season,” said Ilya Gidalevich, the Orchestra’s Vice President of Artistic Planning. ​“Daniel has become an invaluable asset to our conducting staff, and we’re looking forward to his continued work with the musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra as well as his leadership of The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra.”

As music director of COYO, Reith oversees artistic planning and coaching sessions, selects musicians, and leads rehearsals and performances for the ensemble, which consists of about 100 middle and high-school-aged musicians. 

​“I’m honoured to extend my time in Cleveland with the tremendously brilliant musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of acclaimed Music Director Franz Welser-Möst,” Reith said. ​“It’s also been a pleasure and an enriching experience working with The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. I’ve enjoyed introducing these students to new classical works, helping them refine their skills and understanding of playing in a large ensemble, and deepening their connection to this wonderful music we perform.

COYO wrapped up its three-concert 2023/24 season with a performance on May 3 featuring Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4, Lalo’s Cello Concerto, and Valerie Coleman’s Umoja, and has recently returned from a music exchange and side-by-side performance with the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Reith occupies the Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Endowed Chair.