Jonathan Carney

Jonathan Carney is an American violinist and conductor. He is the concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra has announced his intention to retire at the end of its 2026-2027 season. Mr. Carney is the longest serving concertmaster in the history of the orchestra and in recognition of his outstanding service to the orchestra, he will be named the BSO’s first concertmaster laureate in its 109-year history in 2027.

Career

Carney grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey[https://www.bsfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/14_11_14-Jonathan-Carney-PR.pdf "BSO Concertmaster, Jonathan Carney, joins the faculty of Baltimore School for the Arts, will teach exceptional violin students in BSA’s music program beginning in the 2015-16 school year."], Baltimore School of the Arts, press released dated November 14, 2014. Accessed October 9, 2018. "He grew up in Tenafly, NJ in a family of six musicians, all of whom attended Juilliard." and graduated from Tenafly High School.Rohan, Virginia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140809165931/http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/theater/stars-who-went-to-tenafly-high-school-come-home-to-raise-money-for-their-alma-mater-1.613941 "Stars who went to Tenafly High School come home to raise money for their alma mater"], The Record (Bergen County), June 5, 2013, backed up by the Internet Archive as of August 9, 2014. Accessed October 9, 2018. He studied at the Juilliard School with Christine Dethier and Ivan Galamian.Biographical note in leaflet accompanying Naxos CD 8.554189 (2000)

He moved to London on a Leverhulme Fellowship Award to study at the Royal College of Music with Trevor Williams.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jonathan-carney-a-concertmaster-steps-forward|title=Jonathan Carney: A concertmaster steps forward|date=2006-06-01|work=Washington Examiner|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/music/mc-classical-pa-sinfonia-baltimore-symphony-1119-20151118-story.html|title=Classical: Pennsylvania Sinfonia guest conductor Jonathan Carney also will solo on violin|work=The Morning Call|first=Steve |last=Siegel

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In 1991 he became leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and appeared as soloist with them in the UK and beyond. In 1994 he was appointed Concertmaster of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, having been joint leader on its American tour;Quarter Note: the magazine of the Bournemouth Orchestras. No.20 Autumn 1994, p4. he recorded the Nielsen concerto with them in 1997 (on a Domenico Montagnana instrument). As a member of the Michael Nyman Band he played on the soundtrack of several Peter Greenaway films.

Carney is the concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.{{cite web |title=Bio |url=https://www.bsomusic.org/bio/jonathan-carney/ |website=Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |access-date=20 May 2024}} The orchestra has announced his intention to retire at the end of its 2026-2027 season.Ritzel, Rebecca. [https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/music/bso-jonathan-carney-retirement-UJH4DBQJLVH5TEEVPV4WBVZDZI/ "Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s longtime concertmaster to retire"] The Baltimore Banner, January 22, 2025. In 2018, Katherine Needleman, principal oboist of the Baltimore Symphony, filed a harassment complaint against the orchestra with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), accusing Carney of harassment and retaliation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/baltimore-symphony-musician-makes-harrassment-complaint-against-concertmaster/8197.article|title=Baltimore Symphony musician makes harassment complaint against concertmaster|website=The Strad}}{{cite news |last1=Midgette |first1=Anne |last2=McGlone |first2=Peggy |title=BSO musician files EEOC complaint against the orchestra |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/bso-musician-files-eeoc-complaint-against-the-orchestra/2018/09/17/04b29bc4-bab2-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.html |access-date=20 May 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{cite news |last1=Ritzel |first1=Rebecca |title=BSO’s top oboist leads the charge in classical music’s #MeToo fight |url=https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/music/katherine-needleman-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-bso-WZSQ4AULPZHXDNWTBFRJCOUKVI/?schk=YES&rchk=YES&utm_source=The+Baltimore+Banner&utm_campaign=13487d2745-NL_AMSC_20241120_0700&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-13487d2745-615102836&mc_cid=13487d2745&mc_eid=f739270171 |access-date=20 November 2024 |work=The Baltimore Banner |date=20 November 2024 |language=en}} The orchestra hired an independent investigator, and the investigation concluded there was no hostile work environment so Carney was not disciplined. Carney was later suspended after additional allegations of “inappropriate behavior” toward a musician with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony were reported.{{cite news |title=Concertmaster suspended after peace order filed against him |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/concertmaster-suspended-after-peace-order-filed-against-him/ |access-date=20 May 2024 |work=Seattle Times |date=November 9, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=McCauley |first1=Mary Carole |title=One year after a BSO oboist alleged sexual harassment by the concertmaster, case remains unresolved |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2019/11/05/one-year-after-a-bso-oboist-alleged-sexual-harassment-by-the-concertmaster-case-remains-unresolved/ |access-date=20 May 2024 |work=Baltimore Sun |date=5 November 2019}}

Needleman closed out her EEOC complaint in 2023, saying it had been several years since she heard anything from the agency, and filed a Freedom of Information Act to obtain all the documentation from her filing. Carney remains with the orchestra.

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