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RÉSUMÉ

Titled positions

2003-present: Director of Orchestral Activities & Conductor of the Conservatory Orchestra, The Boston Conservatory (Boston, MA)
1998-present: Artistic Director and Conductor, Vista Philharmonic Orchestra (formerly Orchestra of Indian Hill) (Groton, MA)
 

2010-2013: Conductor, Gordon Symphony Orchestra, Gordon College, (Wenham, MA)

2004-2006: Conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra Youth Concerts
2002-2006: Principal Pops Guest Conductor, Boston Pops (Boston, MA)
1996-2003: Artistic and General Director, Portland Opera Repertory Theatre
1998-1999: Acting Resident Conductor, Kansas City (MO) Symphony
1997-1999: Acting Resident Conductor, Utah Symphony
1995-1997: Conductor Laureate, Omaha Symphony
1994-1995: Artistic Director, Portland Opera Repertory Theatre
1992-1995: Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Omaha Symphony
1984-1992: Music Director and Conductor, Omaha Symphony
1976-1986: Music Director and Conductor, Portland (Maine) Symphony
1975-1979: Music Director and Conductor, Arapahoe Chamber Orchestra
1975-1979: Associate Conductor, Denver Symphony Orchestra
1973-1975: Assistant Conductor, Denver Symphony Orchestra
1972-1973: Assistant Conductor, Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
1972-1973: Conducting Assistant, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
1972-1973: Faculty Conductor-in-Residence, Eastman School of Music

Guest conducting

Classical subscription concerts
  • ​​Radio & Television Orchestra of Tirana, Albania

  • Portland Symphony Orchestra

  • Camerata (Bloomington)

  • Edmonton, Alberta Symphony Orchestra

  • Florida Philharmonic (Ft. Lauderdale)

  • Minnesota Orchestra

  • New York Philharmonic

  • ARCO string ensemble, New Jersey

  • Rochester (NY) Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Richmond Symphony Orchestra

  • Santa Barbara Symphony

  • Charlotte Symphony Orchestra

  • Grand  Rapids Symphony Orchestra

  • Columbus Symphony Orchestra

  • Lansing Symphony Orchestra

  • Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Louisville Orchestra

  • Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra

  • San Antonio Symphony

  • Fargo (North Dakota) Symphony

  • New Zealand Sym. Orch. (Wellington)

  • Shizuoka (Japan) Symphony Orchestra

  • Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (Taipei)

  • Mesa (Arizona) Symphony

  • New Haven Symphony Orchestra

  • Opera​

  • Fargo-Moorhead Opera, Fargo, ND

  • Maine Opera Company

  • Chicago Opera Theater

  • Tacoma Opera

  • The Boston Conservatory

Pops, summer & other concerts
  • Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

  • Detroit Symphony Orchestra

  • New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

  • Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra

  • Hamilton, Ontario Symphony Orchestra

  • Dallas Symphony Orchestra

  • Portland (ME) Symphony Orchestra

  • Naples (FL) Philharmonic

  • Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

  • Boston Symphony

  • Oregon Symphony

  • Boston Pops Orchestra

  • Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra

  • Louisville Orchestra

  • Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra

  • Houston Symphony Orchestra

  • San Francisco Symphony

  • Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

  • Alabama Symphony Orchestra

  • The Florida Orchestra (Tampa)

  • Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

  • Minnesota Orchestra

  • New Mexico Symphony

  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

  • St. Louis Symphony

  • National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa)

  • New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

  • Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra

  • Syracuse Symphony Orchestra

  • Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra

  • Spokane Symphony Orchestra

  • Hartford Symphony Orchestra

  • Nassau (NY) Symphony Orchestra

  • New Music New Haven

  • Great Woods Festival Orchestra​

  • Contemporary

  • Music New to New York

  • Eastman School "Musica Nova"

Educational - Orchestral guest conducting

Collegiate Orchestras
  • The Boston Conservatory

  • Eastman School of Music Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Oberlin College-Conservatory Orchestra

  • Hartt School of Music Orchestra

  • California Institute of the Arts

  • Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra

  • New England Conservatory Orchestra

"All-State" High School Orchestras
  • Connecticut

  • New York

  • Maine

  • Montana

  • Rhode Island

  • Colorado

  • New Hampshire

  • Minnesota

  • Nebraska

  • Massachusetts

Other Educational/Youth Orchestra guest conducting
  • Youth & Muse Orchestra, Chichibu City, Japan

  • Denver City-Wide Youth Orchestra

  • Maine ASTA conference

  • Colorado State University Summer Music Camp

  • Portland Symphony Youth Orchestra

  • Norfolk (Virginia) summer music camp

  • Omaha Area Youth Orchestras​

  • Present Master Classes at Youth & Muse Summer Music Camp, Boston

  • Lincoln (Nebraska) City-wide Orchestra

  • Massachusetts Northeastern District Orchestra

  • Massachusetts Eastern District Orchestra​

  • Special “Side-by-Side” workshops, rehearsals and concerts with talented young people and the orchestras of Indian Hill, Denver, Portland, Omaha

  • Central Massachusetts Youth Orchestra

Education

​1972, 1973: Conducting Fellow:  Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood, Massachusetts
(Seiji Ozawa, Leonard Bernstein, Gunther Schuller, Michael Tilson Thomas, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Bruno Maderna, Joseph Silverstein)

1970--1972: All course work completed towards a Master of Music degree in musicology, Eastman School of Music  (Erich Schwandt, Charles Warren Fox)

1970: Bachelor of Music degree in Conducting, Eastman School of Music (Walter Hendl, Laszlo Halasz, Willis Page)

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