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CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
2006- Resident Conductor, The Phoenix
Symphony
- Regularly conduct on each of the
orchestra's major series including Classics, Pops, Family, & Educational
(1st Season: 32 Concerts, 2nd Season: 65 Concerts)
2006- Music Director and Conductor, The
Phoenix Youth Symphony
- Conduct the organization's most advanced
orchestra
- Plan, oversee, and conduct the Guild's
educational programs
2001- Music Director and Conductor, Lamont
Symphony Orchestra and Opera Theatre
- Conceived, developed and implemented
two-year strategy to upgrade orchestra, resulting in national
award-winning status
- Selected 2003 Best College Symphony
Orchestra by Downbeat Magazine
- Winner 2004, 2005, 2006 ASCAP Award for Innovative
Programming
- Orchestra today performs before standing
room only crowds
2001- Director of Orchestral
Studies and Professor of Conducting, University of Denver's Lamont School of
Music
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Oversee all ensembles and conducting faculty
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Teach graduate level conducting; Master's
and Artist Diploma
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Created one of the premier conducting
programs in the country
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Received Faculty Outstanding Merit Awards in
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006
1997- Music Director and
Conductor, Portland Ballet Company
PAST APPOINTMENTS INCLUDE
2006-2008 Music Director and Conductor, Boulder
Baroque and the Boulder Bach Festival
- Programmed and oversaw all performances
- Conducted the major choral and orchestral
performances
- Developed a 12-year Bach cycle to include
performances of the complete orchestral works, concerti, masses, passions,
oratorios, motets, and major cantatas
2002-2006 Music Director and
Conductor, Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestras
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Supervised three youth
orchestras; conducted most advanced orchestra
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Oversaw school outreach
programs, introducing students to orchestral music
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Created Executive Director
position; built new and dynamic Board of Directors
2001-2003 Principal Guest Conductor, Bolshoi National Opera and Ballet
Theatre of Uzbekistan
1998-2003 Artistic Director/Conductor, Atlantic Chamber Orchestra (Portland,
ME)
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Founded orchestra; sole mission
to develop new audiences for classical music
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Active in all aspects of
organization, including fundraising, PR and marketing
1990-2001 Music
Director/Conductor, Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra
1998-2001 Music
Director/Conductor, Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra
1990-2001 Director of String Studies, University of Southern Maine
1990-2001 Concertmaster, Portland Symphony Orchestra
1996-1997 Jazz String Ensemble Director, University of Maine at Augusta
1989-1990 Principal Second Violinist, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
1989-1994 Substitute Violinist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
EDUCATION
May, 1995 D.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music
August, 1989 M.M., Indiana University
May, 1988 B.M., Indiana University
RECENT AWARDS
2004, 2005, 2006 Three consecutive ASCAP Awards for Innovative Programming
2002, 03, 04, 05, 06 Five consecutive faculty Outstanding Merit Awards,
University of Denver
2003 Downbeat Magazine's Best College Symphony Orchestra
2002 Aspen Music Festival's American Academy of Conducting Fellowship
1999 Tanglewood Music Center's Leonard Bernstein Conducting Fellowship
1999 University of Southern Maine's College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding
Teacher and Scholar Award
FESTIVALS/WORKSHOPS INCLUDE
2003 National Arts Centre (Canada) Conducting Program
2002 American Academy of Conducting at Aspen
2000 National Symphony Orchestra Conducting Institute, Washington, DC
1998-1999 Tanglewood Music Center (1999 Leonard Bernstein Conducting
Fellowship)
1997 International Institute for Conductors, Kiev, Ukraine
1997 Conductors Institute, Varna, Bulgaria
1996 Hartt Conductors Institute
1995 Pierre Monteux School for Conductors
1994 Solti Orchestral Project at Carnegie Hall (violin)
1988 Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (violin)
1987 Aspen Music School (violin)
PRINCIPAL CONDUCTING TEACHERS
Robert Spano, David Zinman, Jorma Panula
OTHER CONDUCTING TEACHERS
Seiji Ozawa, André Previn, Leonard Slatkin, Murry Sidlin, Michael Tilson
Thomas, Gustav Meier, Marin Alsop, Pinchas Zukerman
Lawrence Golan, 10617 N 9th St., Phoenix, AZ 85020
(602) 541-2626, lgolan@du.edu
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