Christopher Rountree is an American conductor known for founding the
Los Angeles chamber grou
wild Up an ensemble that blends
new music, classical repertoire, performance art and pop. Wild Up was named "Best Classical Music of 2012" by the Los Angeles Times.
Rountree has also conducted the
Los Angeles Philharmonic
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, commonly referred to as the LA Phil, is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at th ...
’s Brooklyn new music festival, the
San Diego Symphony, the
Colorado Symphony, the
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the
San Francisco Conservatory
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) is a private music conservatory in San Francisco, California. As of 2021, it had 480 students.
History
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music was founded in 1917 by Ada Clement and Lillian Hod ...
Orchestra. He has worked with the
Brooklyn Philharmonic, New York's
Prototype Festival and Beth Morrison Projects, and assisted conductor
Alan Pierson
Alan Emanuel Pierson (born May 12, 1974, Chicago, Illinois) is an American conductor. His parents are Elaine Pierson and Edward S. Pierson, the latter an engineering professor at Purdue University Calumet. In Chicago Pierson took piano and compo ...
on the critically acclaimed opera
"Dog Days." He is a lecturer in conducting at the
University of California, Santa Barbara. He also serves as "Artistic Advisor for New Music" for the
American Youth Symphony.
Rountree is known for his lively conducting style, with the ''
Los Angeles Times'' writing in one wild Up review, "Rountree punches out rhythms as if they were going out of style. He emphasizes outsize emotions. He could probably get an audience to dance to the slowest movement Shostakovich ever wrote." While such reviews are typical, he has also been praised for "elegant clarity" in ''
The New York Times''.
Rountree holds his master's degree in orchestral conducting from the
University of Michigan, graduating in 2009.
As a performer, in 2004, he won
Drum Corps International's euphonium soloist competition.
References
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Living people
American male conductors (music)
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)