The Firelands Symphony has announced the appointment of Carl Topilow as music director from July.

Topilow is music director of the Cleveland Pops and is also known in Northeast Ohio for his work with the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. Last season he led a well-received Holiday Pops concert for the Akron Symphony Orchestra, and has been invited to perform the same role for this year’s Akron holiday concert.

Highlights of the upcoming Firelands season include a performance of the Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez with guitarist Jason Vieaux, and violinist Caroline Goulding soloing in the Bruch Scottish Fantasy.