The basketball Nets moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn. Richard Dare, an entrepreneur turned orchestra executive, is making the opposite journey. Mr. Dare, the chief executive and managing director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, will become president and chief executive of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in January, the symphony is expected to announce on Tuesday.
Mr. Dare founded and led Pacific Rim Partners, a private investment firm focused on Japan. He entered the nonprofit world in taking over the Brooklyn Philharmonic in 2011. After running low on funds, that orchestra tried to reinvent itself under Mr. Dare with eclectic programs seeking to appeal to non-classical music audiences. He created a stir earlier this year with an article for The Huffington Post suggesting that traditional cl assical music concerts are stifling affairs and that audiences should be allowed to express their enthusiasm more during performances.
Mr. Dare succeeds André Gremillet, who left in September to become managing director of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Australia,
