| MUSIC COMPANY
ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR AND MUSIC DIRECTOR |
| Gerald Lanoue D.M.A., a
Bennington, Vermont native, is an active conductor and bassoonist in the Upstate New York and Southern Vermont area. Dr. Lanoue is privileged to be the new music director for the Music Company Orchestra and is currently the principal bassoonist with the Sage City Symphony. He received an undergraduate education at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam New York and a masters and doctorate at the University of Southern California. He studied conducting with Douglas Lowry, current Dean and conductor at the Eastman School of Music, as well as John Barnett, the associate conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Dr. Lanoue has served on the faculties of Riverside Community College and Santa Monica College. While in California he was an active orchestral and chamber musician serving as Principal Bassoon for the Bakersfield Symphony, Los Angeles Classical Ballet, Redlands Symphony, and the American Youth Symphony. He has performed most notably with Daniel Lewis, Yehuda Gilad, Jerry Goldsmith, Michael Kamien and Zubin Mehta |
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