Arthur Post
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Personal
Arthur Post is married to the Catalan mezzo-soprano, Gemma Coma-Alabert, with whom he has two children. He is an avid outdoorsman.
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
Arkansas Times (2009-09-10) “Q & A with . . . Arthur Post” http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/qanda-with/Content?oid=948351
Pullen, Doug (2012-09-16) “Candidate opens El Paso Symphony Orchestra season with a mix of old and new” El Paso Times http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_21553276/candidate-opens-symphony-season-mix-old-and-new
Reynolds, Judith (2014-02-18) “Grandeur, old & new” The Durango Herald http://durangoherald.com/article/20140217/ARTS03/140219646&template=mobileart
External Links
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra page on Arthur Post Post’s Bio from San Juan Symphony 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 http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/5-cultura/19-cultura/601021-arthur-post-dirigira-lobc-en-el-pessebre-de-pau-casals.html
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
Positions held
| Preceeded by | Office | Succeeded by |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard Rubenstein | Music Director, San Juan Symphony, 2002-present | incumbent |
| Geoffrey Moull | Music Director, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, 2010-present | incumbent |