By Pepper Parr
May 20, 2015
BURLINGTON, ON
The notice that the Burlington Performing Arts Centre (BPAC) s looking for a new Executive Director was brought to our attention by an observant reader.
The several hundred word notice published on the BPAC web site mentions the building and the amount of space and who the designer was and then gets to the meat of the media release.
The position of Executive Director is open
Brian McCurdy improved the quality of the performances brought to Burlington and made a huge dent in the losses that were being incurred. His position as Executive Director of the Burlington Performing Arts Centre is being advertised as open.
The release doesn’t say if Brian McCurdy resigned or if he was asked to leave or if he is suffering from poor health and has to slow down.
No one was available at this early hour – 8:00 am, to comment. The last media release on the BPAC web site was September 19, 2014.
The event to announce the fall line-up is scheduled for later this month – will McCurdy be on hand?
Did he resign, was he asked to move on? Nothing in the way of information.
McCurdy has done a fabulous job of getting the BPAC out of the financial slump it was in – the place was bleeding deficits and costing the public very close to $1 million in subsidy
He made big improvements in involving community groups – BPAC was a healthier place because of McCurdy.
McCurdy took over at BPAC in August of 2013
Losing Brian McCurdy is not good news for Burlington.
Anyone interested in the job has to get their application in no later than Friday, June 26th in confidence to: bpacjobs@burlington.ca
More when there is more to tell
I agree, losing Brian McCurdy is not good news. He brought in an eclectic choice of quality entertainment to appeal to a wide audience. We were at several sold out shows but also saw some lesser known acts like Sarah Slean who was amazing. Like the AGB, is this another case of Board mismanagement?