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Bryan Nies
musical director, musical theater workshop
Bryan Nies is the assistant conductor of the Oakland East Bay Symphony since 2002 and also serves as the principal conductor of Oakland Youth Orchestra, which he lead on a tour of Australia and New Zealand during the orchestra's 40th season. With "superb musical direction," Bryan conducted sold-out performances of Bizet's Carmen with Festival Opera in 2007 to rave reviews that stated, "Nies is undeniably a talent to watch." In addition, he has conducted performances with Opera Idaho (Barber of Seville) the Oakland Chamber Ensemble, and will conduct Eugene Onegin for Opera San Jose this fall. Pursuing an avid interest in all musical genres, Mr. Nies conducted performances for the grand re-opening of the Castro Valley Arts Center, and was an associate musical director with the American Musical Theater of San Jose and Theatreworks, in Palo Alto. During the summer of 2002, Mr. Nies was honored with a Leonard Bernstein Fellowship to participate as a conductor at the Tanglewood Music Center. There he conducted performances to rave reviews in the Boston Globe. In addition, he received personal instruction with many leading professional conductors, including, Michael Morgan, Roberto Abbado, Jeffery Tate, Hans Vonk, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos and Grant Llewellyn.
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