Jazz head at Kennedy Center is the latest firing at the beleaguered arts institution

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The grand foyer in the John F. Kennedy Center for the performing arts (Ron Blunt | Kennedy Center)The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has fired another staffer: Kevin Struthers, a senior director of music programming who had been at the D.C. arts institution for 30 years . Composer and pianist Jason Moran is latest departure from Kennedy Center Another departure from the Kennedy Center: Composer, pianist, educator and bandleader Jason Moran announced on social media that he is no longer the artistic director for jazz. Kennedy Center terminates dance programming team This is the latest shakeup since Trump took over the cultural center. Trump was ‘very involved’ in Kennedy Center Honorees selection, vetoed ‘wokesters’ Trump announced the Kennedy Center Honorees on Wednesday. The former artistic director of the organization’s jazz programming, composer and pianist Jason Moran, departed in July after joining the Kennedy Center in 2011.