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Michael Morgan
conducting
Currently in his 15th year as music director of Oakland East Bay Symphony, Michael Morgan was born in Washington, DC, where he began conducting at the age of 12. Mr. Morgan studied at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, with such masters as Gunther Schuller, Seiji Ozawa, and Leonard Bernstein. In 1980 he won first prize in the Hans Swarovsky International Conductors Competition in Vienna, Austria.
Mr. Morgan has held positions with some of the world’s finest orchestras, including his post as assistant conductor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir George Solti. During his tenure in Chicago he was also conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has conducted the New York Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Ballet. Maestro Morgan is artistic director of the Oakland Youth Orchestra, music director of the Sacramento Philharmonic, and artistic director of Festival Opera in Walnut Creek. He is widely regarded as an advocate for arts education and minority access to the arts
Michael Morgan can be contacted at 415.503.6200 x6607.
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