COME JULY Pamela A. Pantos will lead her first season as the executive director of the Newport Music Festival. / COURTESY OF THE NEWPORT MUSIC FESTIVAL
NEWPORT - In her inaugural season as executive director of the Newport Music Festival, Pamela A. Pantos will celebrate the organization's 50th anniversary with 40-plus concerts, including free events, all in two and a half weeks. While hired in May 2017, the forthcoming season, which runs from July 4 to July 22, will be Pantos'…