“The Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra has named Peter Rubardt conductor and music director for their 54th season,” writes James Skrmetta in the Sun Herald (Biloxi and Gulfport, Miss.) on Wednesday (9/16). “Rubardt served last season as the interim music director and M.C. Morgan, GCSO president, said in a press release that the decision was based on his performance and excitement generated from last season. ‘We’re very pleased to have reached an agreement for him to be our conductor and music director,’ Morgan’s statement said. The California native is the music director of the Pensacola [Fla.] and Meridian [Miss.] symphonies. Before his appointment in Pensacola, Rubardt served four seasons as associate conductor of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and three seasons as resident conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Rubardt has also conducted the Utah Symphony, Louisiana, Rochester and Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestras, Louisville Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, and Japan’s Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, among others…. ‘I’m excited by this opportunity to show off this great orchestra and to build a strong personal relationship with the Mississippi Coast community,’ Rubardt said.”
Posted September 22, 2015
