Marin Alsop

Marin Alsop, principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and music director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, is among the most accomplished conductors working today. Marin Alsop studied at Yale University (1973-75) and received a B.M. (1977) and an M.M. (1978) from The Juilliard School. As a violinist, she performed with the New York Philharmonic, the New York City Ballet, the New York Chamber Symphony, and the American Composers Orchestra, among others. She studied conducting with Carl Bamberger, Harold Farberman, Leonard Bernstein, Gustav Meier, and Seiji Ozawa, and served as music director for the Eugene Symphony Orchestra (Oregon) and the Long Island Philharmonic (1989-95). In 1991, she was appointed music director of the Cabrillo Music Festival, and in 1993, music director of the Colorado Symphony. Alsop assumed her current position, principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, in 2001. Beginning September of 2007, Alsop will become the music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.