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 As
conductor and violist, Joseph
Pollard White
has performed across the United States and Europe, including the Spoleto
Festival, Virginia Opera, Bronx Opera, Connecticut Philharmonic, Pittsburgh
String Consort, Swiss Radio Orchestra of Lugano, Switzerland and the Martinu
Symphony Orchestra of Zlin, Czech Republic. In the Northwest, he has worked
with the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, Seattle Chamber Players and
Northwest Mahler Festival; served as Music Director of the Rainier Symphony
and Seattle Civic Light Opera; and taught at Pacific Lutheran
University.
A
native of New York, Mr. White did his undergraduate work at Eastman School
of Music where his studies included viola with Heidi Castleman, violin
with Isador Saslav, orchestral conducting with David Effron and Taavo Virkhaus,
and choral conducting with Robert DeCormier. He earned his Masters in Viola
Performance at the Indiana University School of Music where he studied with
Georges Janzer. He received advanced training in conducting at the Pierre
Monteux-Domain Seminar in Hancock, Maine as a student of Charles Bruck. In
1991, he received a Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from the
University of Washington where he was a student of Robert Feist.
In
addition to the concert stage, he has worked extensively in the recording
field, especially music for films. Recent projects have included: 'One
Hour Photo',
'Bring
it on',
'La
Dona Barbara'
and the academy-award nominated documentary 'Legacy'.
Mr. White is also a composer and has just completed a 'Concerto
for Oboe d’amore and Orchestra',
scheduled for performance in 2004.
He
is currently Director of Orchestral Studies at Christopher Newport University
in Newport News, Virginia.
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