Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced the promotion of Christopher Shiley, formerly SPAC’s Senior Vice President of Artistic Planning, to President. Building off of his leadership at SPAC for the past seven years, he will now oversee SPAC’s programming and day-to-day operations in alignment with the organization’s goals for the future. Since joining SPAC in 2018, Christopher Shiley has been instrumental in helping to shape the creative vision and direction of SPAC’s programming, in collaboration with Elizabeth Sobol.
“Chris has become an invaluable asset to SPAC and to our leadership team over the past seven years,” said Sobol, Chief Executive Officer of Saratoga Performing Arts Center. “Elevating his role to become SPAC’s President is an important step as we plan for the organization’s future and will allow me, for the first time in my tenure, to focus almost exclusively on strategic matters. In his new position, Chris will oversee SPAC’s programming and operations while I continue my work to guide the venue’s long-term strategic vision, growth, and financial sustainability.”
Prior to joining SPAC, Christopher Shiley worked for the international concert-touring company, Classical movements, where he served as the Festival Director of the Prague Summer Nights Young Artist Music Festival. He also served as Director of Operations for the Yellow Barn Music Festival and as Operations Coordinator for the nationally acclaimed Baltimore Symphony Orchestra OrchKids program. As a professional musician, Shiley served multiple seasons as the Principal Trumpet of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and has a Master of Music from Temple University and a Bachelor of Music from The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University both in Music Performance.
“SPAC is now a vibrant year-round organization with a continued focus on growth and community impact through our robust education programming and multiple stages that the best artists in the world call home,” Shiley notes. “I look forward to my continued work with the incredible SPAC staff and utilizing the skills that I have developed here to make a broader impact across the entire organization.”
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