Tonight's Conversation with the Artist featured the Chorus and Orchestra Conductors for week 1 of the Institute.
Our Chorus Conductor this week is
David Brunner. He is director of choral activities at the University of Central Florida in Orlando and is known for his compelling works with singers of all ages, conducting All-State and regional choirs throughout the United States. He is also a popular clinician at choral festivals and workshops throughout North America, the United Kingdom and Europe. As a composer, he has received numerous ASCAP awards and in 2000 was named Raymond W. Brock Commissioned Composer by the American Choral Directors Association.
The New York Times has called him a "prolific choral writer whose name figures prominently on national repertory lists."
Our Orchestra Conductor this week is
Liza Grossman. Liza is the founding music director of the Contemporary Youth Orchestra in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. CYO is the only youth orchestra in the country dedicated exclusively to the study and performance of new orchestral literature. She is on the conducting faculty at the Interlochen Center for the Arts and is the co-founder of the Interlochen arts Camp Junior Advanced String Institute. She has conducted 14 world premiere concertos with teh Cleveland Orchestra members, as well as 40 orchestral world premieres, all with the composers present. She has conducted world premiere orchestral rock performances with rock artists Ray Manzarek (The Doors), Jon Anderson (Yes), Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young), Pat Benetar, and STYX.
Our Chorus Conductor this week is David Brunner. He is director of choral activities at the University of Central Florida in Orlando and is known for his compelling works with singers of all ages, conducting All-State and regional choirs throughout the United States. He is also a popular clinician at choral festivals and workshops throughout North America, the United Kingdom and Europe. As a composer, he has received numerous ASCAP awards and in 2000 was named Raymond W. Brock Commissioned Composer by the American Choral Directors Association. The New York Times has called him a "prolific choral writer whose name figures prominently on national repertory lists."
Our Orchestra Conductor this week is Liza Grossman. Liza is the founding music director of the Contemporary Youth Orchestra in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. CYO is the only youth orchestra in the country dedicated exclusively to the study and performance of new orchestral literature. She is on the conducting faculty at the Interlochen Center for the Arts and is the co-founder of the Interlochen arts Camp Junior Advanced String Institute. She has conducted 14 world premiere concertos with teh Cleveland Orchestra members, as well as 40 orchestral world premieres, all with the composers present. She has conducted world premiere orchestral rock performances with rock artists Ray Manzarek (The Doors), Jon Anderson (Yes), Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young), Pat Benetar, and STYX.
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