retirement – Encore Atlanta

Maestro Spano, 56, will leave his full-time commitment but take on the title of conductor laureate, appearing regularly with the ASO.

Principal cellist Christopher Rex and principal violist Reid Harris both joined the ASO in 1979. Rex steps away Feb. 3, Harris in June.

Time marches on, no matter how badly we want it to slow down. The 76 million baby boomers who attempted to set the world on fire in the 1960s began …