Kennedy Center Faces Another Personnel Change with Jazz Director's Exit

In the substantial halls of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, yet another change in personnel has occurred.

The Kennedy Center has recently let go Kevin Struthers, who served as a leading figure in the music programming division. He confirmed his departure to NPR last Thursday.

Struthers' leaving marks another chapter in the ongoing series of staff changes at the Kennedy Center, which has been undergoing numerous hirings and firings following President Trump's appointment of Richard Grenell as a new key player.

The news of these changes first surfaced in reports by media outlets on Thursday.

Previously, Struthers played a crucial role as the head of the jazz program, a segment once lauded for its dynamic lineup of jazz veterans and rising stars. Presently, the sole major jazz performance remaining on the center's schedule is an engagement by The Glenn Miller Orchestra in October, a band with origins tracing back to 1939.

Requests for comments from the Kennedy Center's media relations department regarding Struthers' exit and future jazz programming have yet to receive responses. Following a decade-long tenure starting in 2011, Jason Moran, a former artistic leader in jazz for the organization, also stepped down in July.