As Donald Trump and Elon Musk run rampant over Washington, lots of people have been fired or resigned. That quantity now contains Ben Folds. The piano man had been serving because the inventive advisor to the Nationwide Symphony Orchestra, however per The Hollywood Reporter, he’s out of there now that Trump is taking on the John F. Kennedy Heart For The Performing Arts.
“Given the developments on the Kennedy Heart, efficient at this time I’m resigning as inventive advisor to the NSO,” Folds wrote on social media. “Not for me.” He continued, “It’s been a beautiful 8 years working with Kennedy Heart President Deb Rutter, fellow inventive advisor Renee Fleming, NSO inventive administrator Justin Ellis, and your complete NSO workers, encouraging 1000’s of contemporary new audiences to understand the symphonic music. Principally, and above all, I’ll miss the musicians of our nation’s symphony orchestra – simply the most effective!”
The NSO’s dwelling base is within the Kennedy Heart, the nationwide cultural middle of the USA, which hosts performances of many varieties year-round and holds the Kennedy Heart Honors every December. Folds deleted his assertion from Instagram, nevertheless it stays posted in a thread on Bluesky.
Deborah F. Rutter, who has served because the Kennedy Heart’s president since 2014 and was planning to retire on the finish of this 12 months, additionally introduced her departure. In line with the New York Occasions, she was fired. “The purpose of the Kennedy Heart has been to dwell as much as our namesake, serving as a beacon for the world and guaranteeing our work displays America,” Rutter mentioned in a press release. “I depart my place pleased with all we achieved to satisfy that ambition. From the artwork on our phases to the scholars we now have impacted in lecture rooms throughout America, every thing we now have finished on the Kennedy Heart has been about uplifting the human spirit in service of strengthening the tradition of our nice nation.”
On Monday, Trump appointed Richard Grenell, his former ambassador to Germany and appearing Director of Nationwide Intelligence, as the middle’s interim govt director. Per Trump, Grenell “shares my Imaginative and prescient for a GOLDEN AGE of American Arts and Tradition” and promising that the middle would now not present a showcase for “ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA.” At present Trump introduced on his social media community Fact Social that he had been elected chair of the Kennedy Heart.
As many have already famous, these developments bode extraordinarily nicely for Ted Nugent and Child Rock.
Given developments on the Kennedy Heart, efficient at this time I’m resigning as inventive advisor to the NSO.
Not for me.
It’s been a beautiful 8 years working with Kennedy Heart President Deb Rutter, fellow inventive advisor Renee Fleming, NSO inventive administrator Justin Ellis, and your complete NSO— Ben Folds (@actualbenfolds.bsky.social) February 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
workers, encouraging 1000’s of contemporary new audiences to understand symphonic music. Principally, and above all, I’ll miss the musicians of our nation symphony orchestra – simply the most effective!”
— Ben Folds (@actualbenfolds.bsky.social) February 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
