Positions held
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Principal Conductor, Toledo Opera, OH, 2002
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Artistic Director & Conductor,
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, 1983 - 2001 (Conductor
Laureate, 2001 - )
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Artistic Director,
Snowshoe Music Festival, WV, 1991 - 2000
- Opera Conductor, Music From Bear
Valley, CA, 1983 - 1989
- Music Director, Lone Star Ballet,
TX, 1981 - 1984
- Music Director & Conductor, Amarillo
Symphony Orchestra, TX, 1975 - 1984
- Artistic Director & Conductor,
American Bicentennial Orchestra, NY, 1975 - 1977
- Music Director & Conductor, Queens
Orchestral Society, NY, 1973 - 1975
- Assistant Professor of Music, Queens
College, CUNY, 1973 - 1975
- Conductor, Goldovsky Opera Theatre
(national tours), 1972 - 1973
- Assistant Conductor, North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra, 1971 - 1973
- Staff Conductor, Maryland Center
for Public Broadcasting, 1969 - 1971
- Conductor, Baltimore Philharmonia,
MD, 1968 - 1971
- Associate Conductor, National Ballet
Society, DC, 1968 - 1969
- Vocal Coach/Rehearsal Pianist, Metropolitan
Opera, NY, 1967
- Artistic Director & Conductor,
Chamber Opera Society of Baltimore, MD, 1966 -1971
- Music Director, Johns Hopkins University
Theatre, MD, 1965 - 1967
- Music Director, Center Stage Repertory
Company, MD, 1964 - 1967
- Conductor, Maryland Youth Orchestra,
MD, 1964 - 1966
Opera companies (partial listing)
- American Boychoir “Amahl and the
Night Visitors” national
tour, Music Director
- American Opera/Music Theatre Company, NY, Guest
Conductor
- Theater Augsburg, Germany, Guest Conductor
- Augusta Opera, GA, Guest Conductor
- Chamber Opera Society of Baltimore, MD, Artistic
Director & Conductor
- Charleston Symphony Opera, WV, Artistic Director & Conductor
- Croatian National Theater, Zagreb, Guest Conductor
- Goldovsky Opera Theater national tours, Conductor
- Hawaii Opera Theatre, Guest Conductor
- Opera Idaho, Guest Conductor
- Las Vegas Opera Theatre, NV, Guest Conductor
- Metropolitan Opera, NY, Vocal Coach/Rehearsal Pianist
- Motor City Lyric Opera, MI, Guest Conductor
- Music From Bear Valley, CA, Music Director & Opera
Conductor
- National Grand Opera, NY, Guest Conductor
- Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Italy, Guest Conductor
- Staten Island Civic Opera, NY, Guest Conductor
- Syracuse Opera Company, NY, Guest Conductor
- Toledo Opera, OH, Principal Conductor
- Ulmer Theater, Germany, Guest Conductor
- Opera Theater of Washington, DC, Music Director
- West Virginia Symphony Opera, Artistic
Director & Conductor
Symphony
Orchestras (Partial Listing)
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Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, TX, Music
Director & Conductor
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American Symphony Orchestra, NY, Guest
Conductor
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Philharmonisches Orchester der Stadt Augsburg,
Germany, Guest
Conductor
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Baden-Badener Philharmonie, Germany, Guest
Conductor
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, MD, Guest
Conductor
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Baltimore Philharmonia, MD, Conductor
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Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Guest
Conductor
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Buffalo Philharmonic, Guest Conductor
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Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Egypt, Guest
Conductor
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Calgary Philharmonic, Canada, Guest
Conductor
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Charleston Symphony Orchestra, SC, Guest
Conductor
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Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, NC, Guest
Conductor
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Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra, NC, Guest
Conductor
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Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, VA, Guest
Conductor
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Flemish Chamber Orchestra, Belgium, Guest
Conductor
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Greater Palm Beach Symphony, FL, Guest
Conductor
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Izmir State Symphony Orchestra, Turkey, Guest Conductor
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Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, TN, Guest
Conductor
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Monterey County Symphony, CA, Guest
Conductor
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Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan, Guest Conductor
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New Philharmonic, Chicago, IL, Guest Conductor
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North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, NY, Assistant Conductor
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Orchestra da Camera, NY, Principal Guest Conductor
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Orchester der Stadt Ulm, Germany, Guest Conductor
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Orchestra of St. Luke’s, NY, Guest Conductor
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Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Italy, Guest Conductor
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Orquesta Sinfonica de Antioquia, Colombia, Guest Conductor
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Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon, Spain, Guest Conductor
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Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey, Guest Conductor
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Pusan Philharmonic, Korea, Guest Conductor
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Queens Orchestral Society, NY, Music
Director & Conductor
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RTE Symphony Orchestra, Ireland, Guest Conductor
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Rhode Island Philharmonic, Guest Conductor
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Richmond Symphony Orchestra, VA, Guest
Conductor
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San Diego Chamber Orchestra, CA, Guest
Conductor
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Symfoniorkesteret i Stavanger, Norway, Guest
Conductor
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Symphony Silicon Valley, CA, Guest Conductor
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Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, NY, Guest
Conductor
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Tokyo Chamber Orchestra, Japan, Guest
Conductor
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Tucson Symphony Orchestra, AZ, Guest
Conductor
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Virginia Chamber Orchestra, Guest Conductor
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Virginia Philharmonic, Guest Conductor
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Volgograd Symphony Orchestra, Russia, Guest
Conductor
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West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Artistic
Director & Conductor
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Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, PA, Guest
Conductor
Music
Festivals & Ballet (Partial Listing):
- BalletMet, OH, Guest Conductor
- Ballet South, AL, Guest Conductor
- Center Stage Repertory Theater (Musicals), MD, Music
Director
- Charleston Ballet Theater, SC, Guest Conductor
- Chicago Festival Ballet, IL, Guest Conductor
- Eastern Music Festival, NC, Guest Conductor
- Festival at Hakone, Japan, Guest Conductor
- Johns Hopkins University Theater, MD, Music Director
- Lone Star Ballet, TX, Music Director
- Music From Bear Valley, CA, Opera Conductor
- National Ballet Society, DC, Associate Conductor
- Shenandoah Music Festival, VA, Guest Conductor
- Snowshoe Music Festival, WV, Artistic Director
Education
and Advanced Studies
Master of Music degree, Peabody Conservatory
of Music, Johns Hopkins University, 1967.
Major in Composition.
Bachelor of Music degree, Peabody Conservatory
of Music, Johns Hopkins University, 1966.
Majors in Conducting, Piano, Composition.
Conducting Fellow, Berkshire Music Center (Tanglewood), 1975.
Institute of Orchestral Studies, American Symphony Orchestra
League, 1966, 1971, 1973.
Pierre Monteux School of Conducting and Orchestral Performance, 1972.
Goldovsky Opera Institute, 1969, 1971.
Principal teachers: Conducting – Leonard
Bernstein, Sir Adrian Boult, Charles Bruck, Boris Goldovsky,
Laszlo Halasz, Erich Leinsdorf, Richard Lert, Pierre Monteux,
Seiji Ozawa; Composition – Ernst Krenek, Benjamin Lees,
Lester Trimble, Sandor Veress; Piano – Walter Hautzig;
Organ – Adolph Torofsky; Violin – Paul Turchowitz.
Awards, Honors, Grants, Other Recognition
2002 Indie Award nomination for Best Orchestral
Recording – George
Crumb: A Haunted Landscape. The Warsaw Philharmonic
Orchestra
2001 Grammy Award for Best Recording of
a Contemporary Classical Composition – George
Crumb: Star-Child. The Warsaw Philharmonic
Orchestra, Chorus, soloists
1992 Gold Award (First Prize) at WorldFest Houston Film
Festival in the category Music Video-Concert Performance for Symphonic
Wonderworks
1992 Telly Award nomination for Video: Symphonic Wonderworks
Zaidee Thomas Composition Prize, 1967, for String Quartet
No. 1.
Bach-Horstmeier Award, 1967, for performance of works by J.S.
Bach.
Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music, 1967,
grant to fund preparation of a performing edition
of W.A. Mozart’s opera Lucio Silla. Published
by Theodore Presser Co.
Maryland Arts Council grant to produce touring production
of contemporary operas, 1969.
Full Scholarship, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Johns Hopkins
University, 1963-1967.
Tri-State Theater Association Award for original music-theater
piece, Boardwalk.
Artist of the Year, 1993 Mayor’s Awards in the Arts,
Charleston WV.
Outstanding Performing Artist, 1999 Governor’s Awards
for Culture, History & the Arts.
Voting
Member, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Member, National Society of Arts and Letters.
Doctor of Music (Honorary degree), University of Charleston,
1991
Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary degree), West Virginia
Wesleyan College, 1992
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