BRUSTAD NAMED TO SYMPHONY POST IN SAN DIEGO

Wesley Brustad, executive director of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra since last December, has been appointed executive director of the San Diego Symphony, it was announced Tuesday.

Brustad, 42, will replace Richard Bass, who has resigned, effective Sept. 1. San Diego Symphony Assn. President Herbert J. Solomon said Brustad was selected to head the financially troubled symphony because he has “a strong financial and artistic background.”

Before joining the Chamber Orchestra, Brustad had held a similar post with the Orange County Pacific Symphony, beginning in August, 1985. Before that, he was for five years executive director of the Spokane Symphony, and held arts administration posts in Minnesota, South Carolina and Tennessee.

L.A. Chamber Orchestra President Ronald Rosen said that Brustad will assist in the search for his replacement, which he expects to fill “with relative ease.”