The Santa Rosa Symphony’s Institute for Music Education has named JENNIFER HUANG conductor of the Aspirante Youth Orchestra. The Aspirante Youth Orchestra is the mid-level ensemble of the Institute’s Training Young Musicians program; students typically range in age from 12 to 18 and have had three years of ensemble experience. Huang’s recent posts have included assistant conductor and chorus director of West Edge Opera’s summer 2019 season, music director of the University of California Berkeley Chamber Orchestra and Summer Symphony, and assistant conductor of the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus. Huang is active as a violinist, pianist, and vocalist, and is also an opera conductor and advocate for new music, working closely with contemporary composers. In 2016, Huang graduated from UC Berkeley with a dual degree in molecular cell biology and music. The Santa Rosa Symphony is the resident orchestra of the Green Music Center in Santa Rosa, California.
Posted November 26, 2019
