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Orchestra Seattle Assistant Conductor Justin
Cole has studied conducting with Michael Morgan and Larry Rachleff and
is a former member of the conducting faculty at Rocky Ridge Music Center
in Estes Park, Colorado. He has assisted Mr. Morgan at the Oakland East
Bay Symphony and is former assistant conductor of the Orchestra of the
Pines. Mr. Cole earned a Bachelor of Music degree in trombone performance
from the University of Arizona, where he was awarded the prestigious
Presser Scholarship by the School of Music. While in Arizona he received a
grant from the University to conduct a concert of 20th
century works for chamber orchestra. In 1996 the noted American composer
Grace Brown asked that he conduct the world premiere of her work, To
Ancient Evenings and Distant Music. Mr. Cole has studied trombone with
Tom Ervin, Gerrard Pagano, George Krem, and William Stanley, and performed
with a variety of ensembles, including the Rapides Symphony Orchestra, the
Tucson Jazz Orchestra, the Piney Woods Brass Quintet, the Northwest Mahler
Festival, and the Corona Brass Quintet. In addition to his musical
pursuits, he is an avid outdoorsman.
Mr. Cole has held the post of Assistant Conductor of Orchestra Seattle since the beginning of the 1999-2000 season. His public debut with the orchestra took place on November 19, 1999, when he led members of the orchestra in music of Igor Stravinsky. |
 Recent
performances: Summer
Festival IVRussian
FantasyBeethoven3 |
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