NELL FLANDERS has been appointed assistant conductor of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra in New Jersey. She will serve as cover conductor for Music Director Rossen Milanov and as part of the orchestra’s artistic team. Flanders has led performances with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Chelsea Symphony, Mannes Orchestra, Peabody Symphony Orchestra, and the Riverside Orchestra, among others. During 2016-17 she served as cover conductor with the Peabody Opera Theater, a role she also filled with the Buffalo Philharmonic for part of its 2014-15 season. Flanders leads the Symphony Orchestra at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division, and has taught at the University of Maryland, University of Chicago, VanderCook College of Music, and elsewhere. A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory with a bachelor of music degree in violin performance and a minor in piano performance, she received a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from Mannes and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in orchestral conducting at the Peabody Conservatory.
Posted October 24, 2018
Nell Flanders photo by Ann Walsh
