NICHOLAS PALMER, CONDUCTOR/MUSIC DIRECTOR
ORCHESTRAS
Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, (IN); Music Director, 2007-
Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, (KY); Music Director, 1998-
Increased budget from $490,000 to $780,000
Increased concerts from 10 to 20
Increased season tickets by 40%
Initiated and assisted in $1.6 million renovation project and move to Owensboro Symphony Academy
Initiated 20 new educational programs
Founded Owensboro Symphony Chorus in 1999
Recognized for innovative educational programs by ASOL
Conducted tours and run out concerts throughout region
Commissioned many new works for orchestra including from Pulitzer Prize winner V. Paul Moravec
Conducted orchestra on 6 CD recordings
Evening Under the Stars Music Festival, (MA); Music Director, 1996-
Music director/conductor of four concert summer music festival
Altoona Symphony Orchestra, (PA); Conductor Laureate, 2007-
Music Director, 1996-
Conducted orchestra at Kennedy Center
Added outdoor Pops Concerts to orchestra schedule
Initiated Symphony Chorus
Conducted orchestra's CD recordings in 1997 and 2001
Founded Altoona Symphony Chorus in 1996
Initiated many new educational programs
Selected for ASOL Leadership Seminar in 2005
Initiated 4 year Composer in Residence program
Commissioned 12 new works during tenure
Nashville Ballet, Nashville Symphony, (TN); Music Director, 2000-2004
Oshkosh Symphony, (WI); Artistic Advisor, 2000-2002
Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, (IA); Music Director, 1986-1999
Artistic Advisor, 2000-2002
Initiated "Arts Trek" program with area cultural organizations
Increased budget from $90,000 to $460,000
Increased concerts from 6 to 30
Added many new education programs
Performed as Orchestra-in-Residence for the International Dvorak Festival
Conducted orchestra's CD recordings in 1994 and 1999
Selected as Dubuque "Person of the Year" in 1989, 1994
Won Helen M. Thompson Award from the American Symphony Orchestra League in 1990
Founded Dubuque Symphony Chorus in 1986
Founded summer Arboretum Concert series in 1989
Initiated Composer-in-Residence program in 1989
Heartland Ballet, (IA); Music Director, 1988-1999
Increased companies repertory to include full-length ballets with orchestra
Secured ongoing funding for only Ballet Company performing with professional orchestra in the state of Iowa
Clinton Symphony Orchestra, (IA); Music Director, 1988-1997
Increased season subscriptions by 100%
Increased budget by 120%
Increased orchestra pay by 300%
Increased number of concerts from 4 to 8 per season
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra; Assistant Conductor
Conducted 40 - 50 concerts per season
Founded Florida Contemporary Ensemble
I Initiated highly successful educational concerts for Elementary, Junior High and High School students
Florida Contemporary Ensemble; Founder/Music Director
Founder of first professional ensemble devoted to 20th Century Music in Florida
Presented World Premiere performances in each concert
Brunswick Civic Orchestra (GA); Music Director
Jacksonville Youth Orchestra; Music Director
GUEST CONDUCTING
Tuscon Symphony 2007 (3 concerts)
National Orchestra of Moldova, 2007
Glacier Symphony, 2007
Lafayette Symphony, 2007
Jacksonville Symphony, 2006-2007 (11 concerts)
Milano Classico Orchestra, 2006
Virginia Symphony, 2005
Europa Philharmonie, 2005
Northwest Symphony, 2004
Great Falls Symphony, 2003
Orchestra Sinfonica di San Remo, 2002
Santa Barbara Symphony, 2001
Billings Symphony, 2001
Nashville Symphony, (Music Director of Nashville Ballet), 2000-2004
Louisville Orchestra, 2000
Mesa Symphony, 2000
Czech Radio Orchestra, Czech Republic, 1998
Owensboro Symphony, (KY), 1998
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, (IA), 1998
Quad Cities Symphony, (IA), 1997
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, 1996
Boulder Philharmonic, 1996
Idaho Falls Symphony and Ballet, 1995
West Bohemia Symphony, Czech Republic, 1995
Springfield Symphony Orchestra, (MO), 1995
New Hampshire Philharmonic, (NH), 1993
Penns Woods Festival Orchestra, (PA), 1992
Naples Philharmonic, (FL), 1991
Sterling Festival Orchestra, (IL), 1990, 1991
ORM (Lausanne Symphony Orchestra), Switzerland, 1990
Greenville Symphony Orchestra, (SC), 1989
Huntsville Symphony, (AL), 1988
Flagstaff Symphony, (AZ), 1988
Chicago Sinfonietta, 1988
Sophia Symphony, 1983
OPERA
University of Kentucky Opera Theater, KY; Opera Gala
Chicago Light Opera Works, Evanston, IL; The Grand Duke
Jacksonville Opera, Jacksonville, FL; Tosca
Cavaleria Rusticana, Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Goldovsky Opera Workshop; Amelia al Ballo, La Boheme
Harvard University Opera, Lowell House; La Perichole, L'Elisir d'Amore, Die Fledermaus
Boston Summer Opera Theater, Barber of Seville
Harvard Summer Opera/Theater, Don Giovanni
Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Cambridge, MA; A Little Knife Music
American Opera Center, Julliard School; La Rondine, Assistant Conductor
Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Society; H.M.S Pinfore
EDUCATION
University of Iowa; D.M.A. degree in Orchestral Conducting
New England Conservatory of Music; M.M. degree in Orchestral Conducting
Longy School; solfege and ear training
Julliard School; ear training, opera coaching and conducting
Harvard University; A.B. degree, cum laude, in Musical Composition and Theory, minor in Italian
CONDUCTING STUDY
James Dixon, University of Iowa
Gunther Schuller, Festival at Sandpoint
Paul Vermel, Aspen Music School
Franco Ferrara and Carlo Maria Giulini, Accademia Chigana; Siena, Italy
Boris Goldovsky, Goldovsky Opera Workshop
Richard Pittman, New England Conservatory of Music
Laszlo Halasz, Juilliard School
Charles Bruck, Pierre Monteux Domaine School
Thomas Everett, Harvard University
Frank Battisti, New England Conservatory of Music |
