Jonathan Yates

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Jonathan Yates is an American conductor of the Sarah Lawrence College, Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble and a recipient of both Walter F. Naumburg's Chamber Music Prize and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers award. [1]

Sarah Lawrence College private liberal arts college in the United States

Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York. It is known for its low student-to-faculty ratio and highly individualized course of study. The school models its approach to education after the Oxford/Cambridge system of one-on-one student-faculty tutorials, which are a key component in all areas of study. Sarah Lawrence emphasizes scholarship, particularly in the humanities, performing arts, and writing, and places high value on independent study.

Yo-Yo Ma Chinese-American cellist

Yo-Yo Ma is a Chinese-American cellist. Born in Paris, he spent his schooling years in New York City and was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from the Juilliard School and Harvard University, and has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world. He has recorded more than 90 albums and received 18 Grammy Awards.

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers American not-for-profit performance-rights organization

The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers is an American non-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly.

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Early life and education

Yates have obtained a diploma through Juilliard School where he was taught by James DePreist and Otto-Werner Mueller. Later on, he got a scholarship which was named after Bruno Walter and then got his master's degree in music from State University of New York at Stony Brook after he completed his studies which were under guidance from Gilbert Kalish. Following that, he also obtained Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University where he was under guidance from Robert D. Levin. [2]

The Juilliard School is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the world's leading drama, music and dance schools, with some of the most prestigious arts programs.

James DePreist American conductor

James Anderson DePreist was an American conductor. DePreist was one of the first African-American conductors on the world stage. He was the director emeritus of conducting and orchestral studies at The Juilliard School and laureate music director of the Oregon Symphony at the time of his death.

Otto-Werner Mueller was a German-born conductor. He was a professor of conducting at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, as well as at the Juilliard School in New York City.

Career

Yates is known for being a conductor of Michael Webster's Hell which he performed at Performance Space 122 and then did both Orfeo ed Euridice and Paride ed Elena of Christoph Willibald Gluck at the California Music Festival. He also conducted Adam Silverman's Orphans at the Austrian Cultural Forum and made his first public appearance at the age of 23 with National Symphony Orchestra at the Millennium Stage. A year later he performed at the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshop and then became a chamber orchestra musician at Miller Theater, Bargemusic, Merkin Hall and both Caramoor and Ravinia Festivals.

<i>Orfeo ed Euridice</i> Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the azione teatrale, meaning an opera on a mythological subject with choruses and dancing. The piece was first performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 5 October 1762, in the presence of Empress Maria Theresa. Orfeo ed Euridice is the first of Gluck's "reform" operas, in which he attempted to replace the abstruse plots and overly complex music of opera seria with a "noble simplicity" in both the music and the drama.

<i>Paride ed Elena</i> opera

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Christoph Willibald Gluck composer

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Besides the national performances, Yates also conducted in North America, Europe and Asia and was a soloist at the La Jolla Music Society and the National Museum of American History. He also conducted works at national universities such as the Chicago Youth Symphony, an orchestra from University of Chicago and Bach Society Orchestra of Harvard University.

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Currently Yates works as a teacher of French, German and Italian languages and as an accompanist at the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jonathan Yates". Camerata Notturna. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Jonathan Yates". Norwalk Symphony Orchestra. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2014.


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