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Summer is over, fall has arrived, and we have a busy year planned. There’s lots to see here, so please scroll down for more info on:

Our October concert and Guest Conductor
Immediate opening for English Horn
The 2024 Lorraine C. Lippert Young Artist Concerto Competition
January 2025 Audition information

Meet Our Guest Conductor

David Anderson is in his fifteenth season as Music Director for the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra in Southeast Wisconsin. During his tenure, the orchestra has experienced unprecedented growth in artistry, number of players, audience base, and budget. He has encouraged and taken part in efforts to expand educational offerings through masterclasses, collaborations, competitions, school-day performances, unique concert formats, and mentorships. He was awarded the American Prize in Conducting in the community orchestra division for the 2018-19 season. Anderson has lived in Pittsburgh since 2014 and serves on the music faculties of Seton Hill University and the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the conductor of the Johnstown Symphony Youth Orchestra, keyboardist for the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, and a freelance pianist in the Pittsburgh area. He previously served on the artistic staff of the Elgin Youth Symphony (IL) as Philharmonia Conductor and Chamber Music Institute Director, and as Conductor-in-Residence at Beloit College (WI).

A native of Clovis, New Mexico, Anderson holds piano degrees from Baylor University (BM, summa cum laude and MM, with distinction) studying under internationally renowned artist and teacher Krassimira Jordan. After beginning conducting studies under the guidance of Stephen Heyde at Baylor, he went on to earn a graduate degree in orchestral conducting at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the tutelage of Donald Schleicher.

Anderson has collaborated with soloists Midori, Rachel Barton Pine, John Yeh, Frank Almond, Christopher Martin, Brandon Ridenour, Brant Taylor, Rong-Yan Tang, Li-Kuo Chang, Matthew Treviño, Krassimira Jordan, Timothy Ehlen, and the Chicago cast of the Jersey Boys. He is an active clinician and adjudicator, having conducted numerous honors orchestras at the secondary level. Anderson received additional instruction through active participation at workshops under the guidance of Larry Rachleff, Gustav Meier, Leonard Slatkin, Giancarlo Guerrero, Kenneth Kiesler, Victor Yampolsky, David Hoose, Christopher Zimmerman, Kenneth Woods, Emily Freeman Brown, and Peter Bay.

We are now accepting applications for the 2024 Lorraince C. Lippert Young Artist Concerto Competition. All of the details can be found on the competition page.