Gerald Steichen

Gerald Steichen (born 1963 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma)^[1][2] is an American music conductor, pianist and stage actor.

Steichen holds music degrees from Oklahoma City University and from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.^[3] He has conducted symphony orchestras, opera, acted in Broadway plays,^[4] and conducted opera touring companies (including the U.S. tour of The Phantom of the Opera). He conducted the final public Broadway performance of Cats. He has presented piano concertos^[5] and served as an on-stage pianist for New York City Opera presentations.

Conducting engagements

Steichen has held the following posts:

• Anchorage Opera - Principal guest conductor
• New York City Opera - member of the music/conducting staff
• The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - music director^[6]
• Opera East Texas - conductor and artistic director
• Utah Symphony Orchestra - principal pops conductor (beginning September 2009)^[7]
• New Haven Symphony Orchestra - associate conductor^[8]

References

1. http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9154:new-conductors-debut
2. http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Steichen_Gerald_61593109.aspx
3. zoominfo ibid.
4. http://www.hkpo.com/eng/concerts_and_ticket/artists/artistsdetail.jsp?id=911
5. zoominfo ibid.
6. http://www.ridgefieldsymphony.org/whowillbechosen.asp
7. Deseret News, 1 February 2009, "Symphony names Steichen principal pops conductor", p. E15
8. http://www.hartfordsymphony.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=104