bruce kiesling conductor
Bruce Kiesling is the conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) program at both the EXPO center in south LA and at HOLA in Lafayette Park. He also serves as Music Director of the Tulare County Symphony in California’s central valley. Bruce holds degrees from The University of Michigan, the North Carolina School of the Arts, and the University of Miami, FL.
Before coming to California, Bruce served as the resident conductor of the Greensboro Symphony in North Carolina after spending several years as the Supervising Music Director for the five-time Emmy award winning political satire troupe, THE NEWS IN REVUE. Regionally he musical directed DAS BARBECUE at Triad Stage and played for the national tours of MAMMA MIA! and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
Recently, he also served as the Musical Director of the YouTube sensation, THE VERY POTTER SEQUEL that was a top fifty album download on Itunes and named a "Must See" by Entertainment Weekly. Bruce is also an active film composer, having recently completed the score of his seventh feature length film and a variety of shorts and documentaries.
The groups with which he has worked include the University of Miami Symphony Orchestra, the Clarke Chamber Players (which he co-founded), the Carolina Chamber Symphony, and the Miami Oratorio Society and the Choral Society of Greensboro (as artistic director).
As a keyboardist, Bruce is a recipient of the prestigious Duane Wilder Award for Harpsichord. He has led performances from the keyboard with the University of Miami Chamber Orchestra, the Clarke Chamber Players and served as harpsichordist for the Florida Baroque Ensemble. He has also provided piano accompaniment for countless recitals, musicals, showcases, and cabarets.
As Resident Conductor for the Greensboro Symphony, Mr. Kiesling led classical concerts, the hugely popular Holiday Concert at the Greensboro Coliseum, the Nutcracker, the Gospel Concert, the highly successful education concerts, and appeared regularly with the Carolina Pops
In addition to these duties, he served as Music Director and Conductor for the Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra, having led the orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and at Carnegie Hall in June 2007 where the orchestra received an immediate standing ovation. Most recently, he conducted the Youth Orchestra at the 2008 Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina.
Other recent conducting opportunities have included the North Carolina School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra, The College of William and Mary Symphony Orchestra, the Eastern Music Festival, and All-County Orchestras in Guilford and Alamance counties in NC and the Tulare/Kings all county orchestra in CA.
Conducting infomation
- Training
- N Carolina School of the Arts
- University of Michigan
- University of Miami
- Majors
- Music/Conducting/Film Scoring
- YOLA Conductor
- LA Philharmonic
- Music Director/Conductor
- Tulare County Symphony
- Visalia, California
- Resident Conductor (2001-2009)
- Greensboro Symphony
- Orchestra
- Music Director (2001-2009)
- Greensboro Symphony
- Youth Orchestra
- Artistic Director(2007-2009)
- Choral Society of Greensboro
- Composer
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