Many a summer evening the gregarious George Whiting, co-organizer with Quinn MacKenzie of the Red Flower Campaign, has been found in the front row of the Tanglewood shed. He wears a tee-shirt sporting a red rose pin and Andris Nelsons’ image, symbols of support for the ousted BSO Music Director and orchestra musicians.
At one such concert not long ago Whiting came face to face for the first time with BSO Board Chair Barbara Hostetter. She and President and CEO Chad Smith are the leaders behind Nelsons’ ouster, and while both have for the most part chosen not to respond to critics since their decision went public on March 6th, Hostetter has been the more elusive. Smith answered uncomfortable questions about it on WGBH in late June, but her voice has yet to be directly heard.
Yet there she was, shaking hands with George Whiting, gifted promoter of the cause adver…
