DAVID AKS
CONDUCTOR • CELLIST • EDUCATOR
OPERA / MUSICAL THEATER CONDUCTOR
Music Director, Conductor CSU Northridge Opera Theater Northridge, CA 1999-2018
Invited Conductor International Opera Conducting Competition Burgas, Bulgaria 2011
Guest Conductor Rogue Opera Ashland, OR 2009
Guest Conductor National Opera Assoc. National Convention Los Angeles, CA 2008
Guest Conductor Southland Opera Los Angeles, CA 2001
Music Director, Conductor University of South Florida Tampa, FL 1987
Music Director, Conductor The College of St. Catherine St. Paul, MN 1984
Assistant Conductor Tanglewood Festival (Seiji Ozawa, conductor) Lennox, MA 1980
ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR
Guest Conductor California All-State Honor Orchestra 1994, 1999, 2010
Music Director The Bakersfielf Youth Symphony 1996-2002
Music Director The CSUN Symphony 1988-1999
Guest Conductor The Bakersfield Symphony 1998
Guest Conductor Kentucky All-State Honor Orchestra 1998
Guest Conductor The Fresno Philharmonic (The Nutcracker) 1998
Guest Conductor The American Youth Symphony 1997
Music Director The Minnesota Youth Symphony 1984-1986
Guest Conductor The Nashville Symphony 1981
Music Director The Bloomingdale Chamber Orchestra 1977-1981
Assistant Conductor La Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogotá (Colombia, S. America) 1974-1975
THEATRE
OperaWorks National Opera Training Programs Florida, Pennsylvania, Arizona, California 1987-2018
California State University, Northridge Los Angeles, CA 1988-2018
Grand Pacific Chamber Music Workshop Santa Ana, CA 2013-2016
Santa Barbara Chamber Music Festival Santa Barbara, CA 2009
ASTA Summer Chamber Music Festival Redlands, CA 2000-2009
University of South Florida Tampa, FL 1986-1988
The College of St. Catherine St. Paul, MN 1982-1986
MASTERCLASSES & LECTURES
Guest Teacher (Residency) Texas A&M University, Commerce 2016
Guest Teacher University of Texas, San Antonio 2016
Guest Teacher Syracuse University 2013
Guest Teacher Ithaca College 2013
Opera Lecturer Los Angeles Opera 2005-2012
Workshop Clinician Classical Singer Convention 2011
Panelist Opera America National Conference 2010
Masterclass Clinician National Opera Association National Convention 2008
PROFESSIONAL CELLO EXPERIENCE
The Los Angeles Opera
The American Symphony Orchestra
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
The American Ballet Theater
The Minnesota Orchestra
The New York City Ballet
New York Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra
La Sinfonica Nacional de Colombia
The Brooklyn Philharmonic
La Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogotá
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Minnesota Opera Institute Opera Coaching Studies 1985
Conductor's Guild Summer Institute 1984
Academia Chigiana (Italy) Conducting Studies 1980
Oberlin College Master of Music in Conducting 1972
Oberlin College Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance 1972
Indiana University Undergraduate Studies 1967-1969