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Request review at WP:AFC David J. Hyslop
David J. Hyslop David J. Hyslop (www.davidhyslop.com) is a Minneapolis (Minnesota) based arts consultant. His is the owner and founder of Hyslop & Associates, an executive arts consultancy group, serving clients in the performing arts nation-wide. Client projects have included executive search, endowment and capital campaign feasibility studies and drives, executive and organizational coaching, strategic planning and interim management services.

Hyslop has collaborated with CH Johnson Consulting of Chicago (Illinois) and WolfBrown of Cambridge (Massachusetts) as an outside consultant on various client projects.

Prior to launching Hyslop & Associates, Hyslop had a long career in symphony orchestra management. He served as CEO of three of the nation's top symphony orchestras: Minnesota Orchestra (1991 - 2003), St. Louis Symphony (1978 - 1991), and Oregon Symphony (1972 - 1978). Hyslop also served as Interim CEO and President of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (May 2011 - September 2012) and the Louisville Orchestra (February - October 2013). He continues to work with the Louisville Orchestra in an advisory role.

As CEO of both the Minnesota Orchestra and St. Louis Symphony, Hyslop was also responsible for the operation of Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis and Powell Hall in St. Louis.

Hyslop has served as a board member on numerous civic and non-profit boards including the Greater Minneapolis Convention and Visitors Association, Minneapolis Downtown Council, League of American Orchestras (formerly the American Symphony Orchestra League), Minnesota State Fair Foundation and JazzMN, a Minneapolis non-profit jazz orchestra.

Over the span of his 49 year career, Hyslop has received numerous awards and honors. Among these are endowment of the David J. Hyslop Trumpet Chair by the St. Louis Symphony; composition by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Joseph Schwanter "Fanfare for D.H.," in honor of his 10th Anniversary with the St. Louis Symphony; dedication of a Minnesota Orchestra concert in honor of his final season with the orchestra. Hyslop was awarded the Martha Baird Rockefeller Grant by the American Symphony Orchestra League, now the League of American Orchestras.

Hyslop is a graduate of Ithaca College (Ithaca, New York) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education. Upon graduation, he held the position of Elementary School Music Supervisor for the Elmira Heights School System in Elmira (New York) before beginning his career in arts management.

Born and raised in upstate New York, Hyslop resides in Minneapolis (Minnesota) with his wife Sally Fefercorn Hyslop.