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'''Arthur Post''' (born September 13, 1959) is an American conductor.<ref>[http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1280520-dartmouth-dancer-dances-as-fairy-godmother-in-ballet-jorgen%E2%80%99s-cinderella "Dartmouth dancer dances as fairy godmother in Ballet Jorgen’s Cinderella"]. ''Chronicle Herald'', April 14, 2015 ELLISA BARNARD</ref> He was music director of the [[Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra]] (from 2010 to 2017)<ref>[http://country1053.ca/news/tbso-names-its-new-conductor "TBSO names its new conductor"]. ''Country 105 Radio'', April 22, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.bayviewmagazine.com/content/tbso%E2%80%88shines-transformational-leadership "TBSO shines with transformational leadership"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214338/http://www.bayviewmagazine.com/content/tbso%E2%80%88shines-transformational-leadership |date=March 4, 2016 }}. ''Baybiew'', Bill Wrightsell</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Music director, conductor Arthur Post marks final performance with Thunder Bay Symphony |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/arthur-post-final-performance-1.4089947 |website=CBC News |accessdate=April 29, 2017}}</ref> and the San Juan Symphony (from 2002 to 2015).<ref>[http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20140717/NEWS01/140719873/Concert-series-spotlights-a-Fifth-of-Beethoven "Concert series spotlights a Fifth of Beethoven"]. by Wendy Watkins ''The Cortez Journal'', July 17, 2014</ref><ref>[https://durangoherald.com/articles/89514"Arthur Post bids musical goodbye"]. by Judith Reynolds "The Durango Herald"' April 25, 2015</ref>

'''Arthur Post''' (born September 13, 1959) is an American conductor. He is Music Director of the [[Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra]] (appointed 2010) and the San Juan Symphony (appointed 2002).


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Arthur Post was raised in a musical household in Norwalk, Connecticut. He attended public schools, began studying the double bass at the age of nine, and graduated as valedictorian of his high school class. During high school Post performed in both symphony orchestras and jazz ensembles, and was awarded prizes for his performances at the Boston University Tanglewood Institiute and the Berklee Jazz Festival. Playing symphonies of Brahms, Mahler and Sibelius at Tanglewood was a strong early inspiration.
Arthur Post was raised in Norwalk, Connecticut.<ref name=scholarship>McDermott, Ruth, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19830825&id=nzRJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tQYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1431,3754212 “Conducting Scholarship for Arthur Post”] [[The Hour (newspaper)|The Norwalk Hour]] (1983-08-25)</ref> He attended public schools, began studying the double bass at the age of nine, and graduated as valedictorian of his high school class.<ref name=scholarship /> During high school Post performed in both symphony orchestras and jazz ensembles, and was awarded prizes for his performances at [[Boston University]], [[Tanglewood Institute]] and the [[Berklee Jazz Festival]].<ref name=scholarship />


Post attended Yale College and graduated with a BA, ''summa cum laude'', with distinction in Music. While at Yale, he began studying conducting with [[Robert Kapilow]], and was appointed conductor of the Yale Bach Society. He earned a Masters degree in conducting from The Juilliard School, studying with [[Jorge Mester]], then studied opera conducting with [[Klauspeter Seibel]] at the Hamburg Hochschule für Musik. He attended summer conducting programs at the Tanglewood Music Center, Salzburg Mozarteum, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, and conducted in masterclasses with [[Leonard Bernstein]], [[Erich Leinsdorf]], and [[Simon Rattle]].
Post attended [[Yale College]] and graduated with a BA, summa cum laude, with distinction in Music.<ref name=scholarship /> While at Yale, he began studying conducting with [[Robert Kapilow]], and was appointed conductor of the Yale Bach Society.<ref name=scholarship /> He earned a master's degree in conducting from [[The Juilliard School]],{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} studying with [[Jorge Mester]],{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} then studied opera conducting with [[Klauspeter Seibel]] at the Hamburg [[Hochschule für Musik]]{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}. He attended summer conducting programs at the Tanglewood Music Center, Salzburg Mozarteum, [[Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival]] and Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, and conducted in masterclasses with [[Leonard Bernstein]], [[Erich Leinsdorf]], and [[Simon Rattle]].{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}


Arthur Post served as Resident Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under [[Lorin Maazel]], Associate Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic under [[Zubin Mehta]], and Resident Conductor of the New World Symphony under [[Michael Tilson Thomas]]. In 2002 he was appointed Music Director of the San Juan Symphony, a regional orchestra serving the Four Corners area of Colorado and New Mexico, where he has built a reputation for innovative programming that expands the traditional symphonic concert experience by integrating the classics into thematic programs with contemporary and folk music, as well as theatrical and multi-media elements. In 2010 he was appointed Music Director of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra in Ontario, Canada.
In 1994 Arthur was hired as assistant conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under [[Lorin Maazel]],<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/29/arts/music-notes.html "Music Notes"]. Allan Kozinn, ''New York Times'', November 29, 1994</ref> Associate Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic under [[Zubin Mehta]],<ref>{{cite book|title=ITA Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aXcJAQAAMAAJ|volume=29|year=2001|publisher=ITA|page=42}}</ref> and Resident Conductor of the New World Symphony under [[Michael Tilson Thomas]].{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} In 1999 Post conducted members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in two concerts with singer [[James Taylor]].<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/10/31/symphonic-sound/ "Symphonic Sound: James Taylor Gives His Tour An Orchestral Spin In Symphony Hall"]. ''Chicago Tribune'', October 31, 1999 By Allison Stewart.</ref>


In 2002 he was appointed music director of the San Juan Symphony, a regional orchestra serving the Four Corners area of Colorado and New Mexico.<ref>Reynolds, Judith http://durangoherald.com/article/20140217/ARTS03/140219646&template=mobileart “Grandeur, old & new” The Durango Herald (2014-02-18)</ref><ref name=pan>{{cite book|title=Pan Pipes: Sigma Alpha Iota Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4osJAQAAMAAJ|volume=95-96|year=2002|publisher=Wayside Press|page=43}}</ref> He led the orchestra for twelve years,<ref name=pan /><ref>[http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20141009/NEWS01/141009812/Cortez-gives-maestro-a-send-off-in-as-SouthWest-concerts-begin "Review: Cortez gives maestro a send-off as SouthWest concerts begin"]. ''Cortez Journal''. By Wendy Watkins</ref> leaving in 2015.<ref>[http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20151008/LIVING/151009864/%E2%80%98True-colors%E2%80%99 "‘True colors’]. ''The Journal''. Jessica Gonzalez October 08, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150427/ARTS/150429646/Arthur-Post-bids-musical-goodbye "Arthur Post bids musical goodbye"].By Judith Reynolds, ''Durango Herald'', April 27, 2015</ref>
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As a guest conductor Post has led a number of distinguished ensembles, including the symphonies of Columbus, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Houston, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Virginia in the United States, and the Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra (OBC), Helsinki Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony, London Mozart Players, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre National de Toulouse, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Europe.


In 2010 he was appointed music director of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra in Ontario, Canada.<ref>[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/thunder-bay-symphony-orchestra-emc/ "Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra"], The Canadian Encyclopedia</ref><ref>[http://www.chroniclejournal.com/entertainment/music_scene/composition-about-war-was-highlight-of-concert/article_694dac90-8ad1-11e5-be2d-2be26b834308.html "Composition about war was highlight of concert"]. ''Chronicle Journal'', November 14, 2015 MICHAEL SOBOTA</ref>
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== Personal ==
Arthur Post is married to the Catalan mezzo-soprano, Gemma Coma-Alabert, with whom he has two children. He is an avid outdoorsman.


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As a guest conductor Post has led the symphonies of Monterey County,<ref>[http://www.montereyherald.com/general-news/20091211/symphonys-opera-francais-deliciously-satisfying "Symphony's 'Opera Francais' deliciously satisfying"]. ''Monterey Herald'', NATHALIE PLOTKIN, 12/11/2009</ref> Columbus, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Houston, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Virginia in the United States, and the Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra (OBC), Helsinki Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony, London Mozart Players, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre National de Toulouse, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Europe.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}
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== References ==
McDermott, Ruth (1983-08-25) “Conducting Scholarship for Arthur Post” The Norwalk Hour
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19830825&id=nzRJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tQYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1431,3754212


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== Personal ==
Arkansas Times (2009-09-10) “Q & A with . . . Arthur Post” http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/qanda-with/Content?oid=948351
Arthur Post is married to the Catalan mezzo-soprano, Gemma Coma-Alabert,{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} with whom he has two children.<ref>Pullen, Doug [https://archive.today/20140831034602/http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_21553276/candidate-opens-symphony-season-mix-old-and-new “Candidate opens El Paso Symphony Orchestra season with a mix of old and new”] [[El Paso Times]] (2012-09-16)</ref> He is an avid outdoorsman.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140831034439/http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/qanda-with/Content?oid=948351 “Q & A with . . . Arthur Post”] [[Arkansas Times]] (2009-09-10)</ref>


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== References ==
Pullen, Doug (2012-09-16) “Candidate opens El Paso Symphony Orchestra season with a mix of old and new” El Paso Times
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http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_21553276/candidate-opens-symphony-season-mix-old-and-new


== External links ==
Reynolds, Judith (2014-02-18) “Grandeur, old & new” The Durango Herald http://durangoherald.com/article/20140217/ARTS03/140219646&template=mobileart
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131208064241/http://tbso.ca/about-us/the-orchestra/arthur-post/ Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra page on Arthur Post]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030112836/http://sanjuansymphony.org/director.htm Post’s Bio from San Juan Symphony]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213506/http://parkerartists.com/Arthur-Post.html Manager’s website page]


== External Links ==
=== In other languages ===
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* Castillón, Xavier (2012-12-08) [http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/5-cultura/19-cultura/601021-arthur-post-dirigira-lobc-en-el-pessebre-de-pau-casals.html “Arthur Post dirigirá l’OBC en “El Pessebre” de Pau Casals”] El Punt Avui
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[http://tbso.ca/about-us/the-orchestra/arthur-post/ Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra page on Arthur Post]
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* Ponsatí-Murlà, Oriol, [http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2012/12/21/pagina-7/90961482/pdf.html?search=arreu “Un ‘Pessebre’ amb accent nord-americà”] (2012-12-21) [[La Vanguardia]]
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[http://www.sanjuansymphony.org/director.htm Post’s Bio from San Juan Symphony]
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[http://parkerartists.com/Arthur-Post.html Manager’s website page]

== Interlanguage Links ==
Castillón, Xavier (2012-12-08) “Arthur Post dirigirá l’OBC en “El Pessebre” de Pau Casals” El Punt Avui
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http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/5-cultura/19-cultura/601021-arthur-post-dirigira-lobc-en-el-pessebre-de-pau-casals.html

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Ponsatí-Murlà, Oriol, “Un ‘Pessebre’ amb accent nord-americà” (2012-12-21) La Vanguardia
http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2012/12/21/pagina-7/90961482/pdf.html?search=arreu

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== Positions held ==


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== Positions held ==
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| Bernard Rubenstein || Music Director, San Juan Symphony, 2002-present || incumbent
| Bernard Rubenstein || Music Director, San Juan Symphony, 2002–15 || Thomas Heuser
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| Geoffrey Moull || Music Director, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, 2010-present || incumbent
| [[Geoffrey Moull]] || Music Director, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, 2010–17 || Paul Haas
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[[Category:Juilliard School alumni]]
[[Category:Yale College alumni]]

Latest revision as of 23:03, 10 September 2024

Arthur Post (born September 13, 1959) is an American conductor.[1] He was music director of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra (from 2010 to 2017)[2][3][4] and the San Juan Symphony (from 2002 to 2015).[5][6]

Biography

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Arthur Post was raised in Norwalk, Connecticut.[7] He attended public schools, began studying the double bass at the age of nine, and graduated as valedictorian of his high school class.[7] During high school Post performed in both symphony orchestras and jazz ensembles, and was awarded prizes for his performances at Boston University, Tanglewood Institute and the Berklee Jazz Festival.[7]

Post attended Yale College and graduated with a BA, summa cum laude, with distinction in Music.[7] While at Yale, he began studying conducting with Robert Kapilow, and was appointed conductor of the Yale Bach Society.[7] He earned a master's degree in conducting from The Juilliard School,[citation needed] studying with Jorge Mester,[citation needed] then studied opera conducting with Klauspeter Seibel at the Hamburg Hochschule für Musik[citation needed]. He attended summer conducting programs at the Tanglewood Music Center, Salzburg Mozarteum, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, and conducted in masterclasses with Leonard Bernstein, Erich Leinsdorf, and Simon Rattle.[citation needed]

In 1994 Arthur was hired as assistant conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Lorin Maazel,[8] Associate Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta,[9] and Resident Conductor of the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas.[citation needed] In 1999 Post conducted members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in two concerts with singer James Taylor.[10]

In 2002 he was appointed music director of the San Juan Symphony, a regional orchestra serving the Four Corners area of Colorado and New Mexico.[11][12] He led the orchestra for twelve years,[12][13] leaving in 2015.[14][15]

In 2010 he was appointed music director of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra in Ontario, Canada.[16][17]

As a guest conductor Post has led the symphonies of Monterey County,[18] Columbus, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Houston, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Virginia in the United States, and the Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra (OBC), Helsinki Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony, London Mozart Players, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre National de Toulouse, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Europe.[citation needed]

Personal

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Arthur Post is married to the Catalan mezzo-soprano, Gemma Coma-Alabert,[citation needed] with whom he has two children.[19] He is an avid outdoorsman.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "Dartmouth dancer dances as fairy godmother in Ballet Jorgen’s Cinderella". Chronicle Herald, April 14, 2015 ELLISA BARNARD
  2. ^ "TBSO names its new conductor". Country 105 Radio, April 22, 2010
  3. ^ "TBSO shines with transformational leadership" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Baybiew, Bill Wrightsell
  4. ^ "Music director, conductor Arthur Post marks final performance with Thunder Bay Symphony". CBC News. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  5. ^ "Concert series spotlights a Fifth of Beethoven". by Wendy Watkins The Cortez Journal, July 17, 2014
  6. ^ "Arthur Post bids musical goodbye". by Judith Reynolds "The Durango Herald"' April 25, 2015
  7. ^ a b c d e McDermott, Ruth, “Conducting Scholarship for Arthur Post” The Norwalk Hour (1983-08-25)
  8. ^ "Music Notes". Allan Kozinn, New York Times, November 29, 1994
  9. ^ ITA Journal. Vol. 29. ITA. 2001. p. 42.
  10. ^ "Symphonic Sound: James Taylor Gives His Tour An Orchestral Spin In Symphony Hall". Chicago Tribune, October 31, 1999 By Allison Stewart.
  11. ^ Reynolds, Judith http://durangoherald.com/article/20140217/ARTS03/140219646&template=mobileart “Grandeur, old & new” The Durango Herald (2014-02-18)
  12. ^ a b Pan Pipes: Sigma Alpha Iota Quarterly. Vol. 95–96. Wayside Press. 2002. p. 43.
  13. ^ "Review: Cortez gives maestro a send-off as SouthWest concerts begin". Cortez Journal. By Wendy Watkins
  14. ^ "‘True colors’. The Journal. Jessica Gonzalez October 08, 2015
  15. ^ "Arthur Post bids musical goodbye".By Judith Reynolds, Durango Herald, April 27, 2015
  16. ^ "Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra", The Canadian Encyclopedia
  17. ^ "Composition about war was highlight of concert". Chronicle Journal, November 14, 2015 MICHAEL SOBOTA
  18. ^ "Symphony's 'Opera Francais' deliciously satisfying". Monterey Herald, NATHALIE PLOTKIN, 12/11/2009
  19. ^ Pullen, Doug “Candidate opens El Paso Symphony Orchestra season with a mix of old and new” El Paso Times (2012-09-16)
  20. ^ “Q & A with . . . Arthur Post” Arkansas Times (2009-09-10)
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In other languages

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Positions held

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Preceded by Office Succeeded by
Bernard Rubenstein Music Director, San Juan Symphony, 2002–15 Thomas Heuser
Geoffrey Moull Music Director, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, 2010–17 Paul Haas
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