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Brian Worsdale, artistic director
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include Carnegie Hall and He has worked with a great variety of artists, including
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Worsdale also lends his talents
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Association (LGBA) as a conductor and performer. He among others. In 2010 he served as assistant conductor for
attended his first conference in 2004, and in 2007, he was
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asked to conduct in St. Louis. Worsdale has conducted at
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these conferences for the past four years, and recently served Honor Orchestra to serve as assistant conductor to Larry
as music director for the LGBA Inaugural Marching Band for
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President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., as well as
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artistic director for the most recent conference in Indianapolis.
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Worsdale has appeared as guest conductor with a variety of
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An award-winning conductor, instrumentalist, and educator, USA and abroad, including: Experience the Music (Sponsored
Worsdale has been working with bands and orchestras since by Bands of American) of Indianapolis, The Royal Spa Brass
1994. Band, City of Coventry Youth Orchestras (UK), The Kilkenny
Youth Orchestra (Ireland), The Bergen Youth Orchestra (NJ),
He is the founder of the award-winning ISO Symphonic Band and The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra.
in New York City. This ensemble is part of the InterSchool
Orchestras of New York, and is the premiere symphonic wind His conducting studies began at the Manhattan School of
ensemble for students in the metropolitan area. Music Preparatory Division (now Pre-College Division) under
the tutelage of Maestro Jonathan Strasser. It was there that
Worsdale is the artistic director and conductor of the French Worsdale conducted performances of Strauss’ Serenade for
Woods Festival of the Performing Arts in Delaware County, Winds at The Conrad Strasser Memorial Fund Concerts. He
New York. There he leads the Symphonic Orchestra and served as assistant conductor for the Pre-College Symphony,
various musical productions while overseeing one of the most Philharmonic and Repertory Orchestras. Through ISO,
comprehensive performing arts programs in the United States. Worsdale was also involved with the young conductor
In 2007, he welcomed Jamie Bernstein Thomas to French roundtables of The New York Philharmonic and worked with
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Woods when this program celebrated the 50 anniversary of Riccardo Muti, Kurt Masur, Glen Dicterow, and Larry Tarlow.
West Side Story.

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