Ensemble:
Conductor,
Wellesley College Orchestra
Education:
B.M., Eastman School of Music, M.M., Boston University School for
the Arts; conducting studies with David Hoose, David Effron, Donald
Neuen, Michael Charry; composition studies with Joseph Schwantner,
Samuel Adler, Warren Benson; additional conducting studies with Charles
Bruck (Pierre Monteux School for Conductors), Kenneth Kiesler (Conductors
Retreat at Medomak), Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Andre Previn
(Tanglewood Conducting Seminar)
Biograhical
Information:
Conductor:
Engaged by the Handel and Haydn
Society Orchestra, the Savannah Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic,
Springfield (MA) Symphony,
Tallahassee Symphony (with jazz pianist Marcus Roberts), London’s
Westminster Philharmonic (on concert tour to Nova Scotia), Vermont
Millennium Festival, Boston University Symphony Orchestra, Chamber
Orchestra and Opera Theatre. Premiered numerous contemporary works
and conducted theater productions for the Gloucester Stage, Boston
Conservatory, Brandeis University, College Light Opera Company, and
the Hasty Pudding Theatrical.
Composer:
Currently a participant in the BMI Lehman
Engel Musical Theater Writing Program. Compositions include music for
theater: musical adaptation
of Charles Dickens’ ”The Chimes” (featured at the 2004 Birth
of a Musical Festival), incidental music for Canadian premier of Lanford
Wilson’s “Book
of Days”; ballet: “Rappaccini’s Daughter” commissioned by Commonwealth
Ballet and “Street Scene” (the latter performed in Boston
and Bulgaria and heard in broadcast on the A&E, Nickelodeon, Discovery,
and Learning channels); and film: choral arrangement for Columbia Pictures
release
of “Mona Lisa Smile,” starring Julia Roberts.
Professional
Affiliations: Faculty member at Wellesley College, Artist-in-residence
at Brandeis University, Conductor of the Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra.
Former conducting posts include Music Director of the Genesee (NY)
Symphony and Lowell (MA) Philharmonic, Conductor of the Boston College
Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Conductor of the Young Artists Orchestra
at Tanglewood.
Contact
Photo by
Susan
Wilson
