Arthur Post (born September 13, 1959) is an American conductor. He was music director of the

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(from 2010 to 2017) and the San Juan Symphony (from 2002 to 2015).

Biography

Arthur Post was raised in Norwalk, Connecticut.McDermott, Ruth
“Conducting Scholarship for Arthur Post”

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(1983-08-25) 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

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and the Berklee Jazz Festival. Post attended

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and graduated with a BA, summa cum laude, with distinction in Music. While at Yale, he began studying conducting with

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, and was appointed conductor of the Yale Bach Society. He earned a master's degree in conducting from

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, studying with

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, then studied opera conducting with

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at the Hamburg

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. 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

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, and

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. In 1994 Arthur was hired as assistant conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under

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, Associate Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic under

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, and Resident Conductor of the New World Symphony under

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. In 1999 Post conducted members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in two concerts with singer

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. 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. He led the orchestra for twelve years, leaving in 2015. In 2010 he was appointed music director of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra in Ontario, Canada. As a guest conductor Post has led the symphonies of Monterey County, 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.“Q & A with . . . Arthur Post”

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(2009-09-10)

References

External links

Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra page on Arthur Post

In other languages

* Castillón, Xavier (2012-12-08

El Punt Avui * Ponsatí-Murlà, Oriol

(2012-12-21)

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Positions held

{{DEFAULTSORT:Post, Arthur 1959 births Living people American conductors (music) Juilliard School alumni Yale College alumni