Clarinetist joins Worcester Art Museum as CFO
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Mark Spuria has been named to fill the newly created position of CFO at the Worcester Art Museum.
The Worcester Art Museum announced Monday it has hired Mark Spuria to fill the newly created position of chief financial officer.
Spuria comes with more than 20 years of experience in financial management and administration in the arts, the museum said.
The 57-year-old Worcester resident served most recently as CFO and general manager of Verne Q. Powell Flutes, the Maynard company producing French flutes. The 93-year-old manufacturer boasts one of its instruments was played in space when NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman brought her Powell flute on the International Space Station in 2011.
In addition to his financial skills, the museum said Spuria brings a love of the arts. He was the principal clarinetist for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and has held positions on a number of nonprofit boards, including ARTSWorcester, the Worcester Chamber Music Society, and the Worcester Art Museum.
Matthias Waschek, the museum’s director, said this is an exciting time for the nonprofit, as it tackles immediate needs and plan for future initiatives. Spuria’s experience in the for-profit world and in the arts will benefit the institution, Waschek said in a statement.
As the museum addresses its future needs, including construction of new galleries for the Higgins Armory Collection, the trustees determined a CFO position was a priority. The search to fill the job was launched in November.
In this new role, Spuria will oversee the museum’s financial operations.
Reporting to Waschek, Spuria is expected to work closely with the leadership team, as well as the treasurer. In addition to his CFO duties, Spuria will bring his experience on evaluating and reporting on the museum’s financial performance and how it relates to the organization’s goals and successes.
A native of Massachusetts, Spuria began his career in music. He received a bachelor of music and master of music degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, with an emphasis on clarinet performance.
In 1988, he joined the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. During that time, he also taught clarinet at LaSalle College of the Arts in Singapore.
Along the way, Spuria completed accounting courses at Northeastern University in Boston. In 2016, he graduated from Clark University in Worcester with an MBA.
Since its founding in 1896, the Worcester Art Museum has assembled a collection of 38,000 objects from the Near East and Asia, to European and American paintings and sculptures, and continuing with works by contemporary artists worldwide. In 2013, the museum acquired the John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection, comprising 2,000 arms and armor objects.
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