Edmonton Journal – December 2, 2003.  
“The Edmonton Symphony is losing one of its greatest ambassadors. David Hoyt, the orchestra’s principal French horn player and resident conductor, is leaving the ESO April 1 to become artistic director and executive producer of the Banff Centre’s Music and Sound festival” [the title is not quite right: Hoyt becomes artistic director of Music & Sound; see the official release].

Hoyt beat out 40 other candidates for the Banff Centre position. Joanne Morrow, senior vice-president of programming for the Banff Centre, said Hoyt got the job because he has an international reputation and he knows the Banff Centre well. He was in the summer orchestra in 1971, and since then he has worked as a mentor and administrator with the centre. Morrow says Hoyt’s reputation as a world-class musician and a leader with the Edmonton Symphony as resident conductor for 18 years helped. “He is such an atypical orchestral player. He has been so active in community work. He became a conductor in mid-career. He’s a good programmer. He has many skills that can be put to excellent use in Banff. We feel we’ve been very lucky to attract him here.”