(updated 2005)
Conductor Lauren Green is consistently hailed by audiences and players alike for his masterful abilities on the podium and the dynamic, enjoyable concerts he regularly creates and presents. His broad range of experience, wonderful communicative abilities and clear, eloquent technique have made him a favorite of all who have encountered this extraordinary musician. Whether the music is classical, pops, Broadway, or opera, Green has demonstrated an innate affinity for all the musical styles and the different demands each place on a conductor. |
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| His effectiveness on the podium has been enhanced by a wide diversity of musical experiences. He conducts orchestras ranging from fully professional symphonies to community and college organizations; from local high school ensembles to All-State orchestras. Most recently he guest conducted the Midland-Odessa Symphony (TX) and the Tulsa Philharmonic (OK) to great acclaim from the audiences and tremendous support and affirmation from the players. His guest conducting engagements have also taken him to symphonies in Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Montana and California, among others. Green continues in his position of Music Director of the Bartlesville (OK) Symphony. His 28 seasons in this post may not make one sit up and take notice until the breadth and depth of what he has achieved in this small Midwestern town is fully understood. Working largely away from the nation’s musical centers, Green has nevertheless built a musical legacy enviable in any venue, large or small. Regularly performing with world-class soloists in a world-famous hall, his experience is on a par with, if not surpassing, more visible positions in larger cities. His passion, not only for the music, but for the people making it and listening to it, creates a special experience out of each performance under his baton, whether one is present for the first time or for 26 seasons of concerts. Lauren Green is noted not only for his abilities on the podium, guiding the orchestra and audience through exciting musical performances, but also for the unique way he creates concert experiences through innovative programming and accessible presentation. He is consistently able to combine standard, recognizable repertoire with the more unusual; carefully avoiding excessive over-familiarity in repertoire while not aggressively fostering a musical elitism which leaves audiences largely unsatisfied. Structuring concerts in out-of-the-ordinary ways, providing verbal introductions which do not “lecture”, often utilizing guest soloists beyond the standard concerto, combining the known and the lesser-known; all these and more are part of the mix that have led to multiple standing ovations in single concerts, and more than the occasional audience member who has been moved to tears of deep emotion.
Lauren
Green grew up in Southern California, beginning cello studies with Eleonore
Schoenfeld at a young age. He received undergraduate and graduate
degrees from the University of Redlands, continuing his studies with
Schoenfeld through his Master’s Degree. His conducting studies
include work with with Herbert
Blomstedt, Franco
Autori and Jack Wilson, with additional studies with Laszlo
Heltay, Carl
St. Clair, and Samuel
Jones. In 1977 Green moved to Oklahoma, assuming the leadership
of the Bartlesville Symphony
with a total budget of $3000. In the ensuing seasons he has carefully
nurtured the orchestra from those humble beginnings into an orchestra
of surprising ability and stature, and his charismatic leadership continues
to propel the orchestra to even greater musical heights. The orchestra's
budget and renown belie its high quality and ambitious schedule of performance,
with concerts in a spectacular hall featuring world class soloists and
challenging repertoire ranging from the traditional to the delightfully
unusual. |
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