Bryan Nies, Principal Conductor - Oakland Youth Orchestra

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE WIDTH="600" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="600"><IMG SRC="../image/OYO%20ho12-smallc.jpg" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="62" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/tpline-bw.PNG" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="12" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH="12"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="57"><BR><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF">.</FONT></TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="399"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="+1" COLOR="#660000">Bryan Nies, Principal Conductor</FONT><BR><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">Bryan Nies serves as Principal Conductor of Oakland Youth Orchestra, which he led on a tour of Australia and New Zealand during the Orchestra's 40th season. </FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">In addition to his work with Festival Opera, as assistant conductor, Bryan is the Assistant Conductor of Oakland East Bay Symphony. Bryan also conducted the first performance of the Oakland Chamber Ensemble, and was a former assistant conductor with Opera San Jose. Pursuing an avid interest in all musical genres, Mr. Nies has also been an associate musical director with American Musical Theater of San Jose and Theatreworks, in Palo Alto. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>As one of the conducting class' youngest graduates, Mr. Nies received a M.M. in Orchestral Conducting from the Peabody Conservatory where he studied under the tutelage of Gustav Meier and Markand Thakar. He received a full assistantship in opera coaching and was the assistant conductor of the Peabody Camerata, a contemporary ensemble. While at Peabody, He was asked to be the Assistant Conductor of the National Chamber Orchestra (Washington D.C.). Mr. Nies also initiated and conducted the Children's Choir as part of the Handel Choir of Baltimore, where he was Director of the Outreach Program. <BR><BR> A native of Chicago, IL, Mr. Nies also holds a B.M. in Piano Performance and a B.A. in Psychology from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He has won numerous piano competitions in the Chicago area including a Gramma Fisher Scholarship to study with the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. In addition, he has performed with William Warfield for the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra, as their Assistant Conductor. Mr. Nies also served on the staff of Northwestern University's Theater Department as vocal coach and piano accompanist.</FONT></TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="145"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/about/NiesBryan.jpg" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" WIDTH="110" HEIGHT="119"><BR><BR><BR><BR></TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="2"><IMG SRC="../image/ln-oyo01vert.JPG" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="800" BORDER="0"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>