Douglas Droste
Conductor
Recognized as possessing "obvious joy" for making music and a "sure sense of timing" on the podium.
Director of Orchestral Studies, Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music
On the podium
Guest conductor with the orchestras of
INSO-Lviv SymphonyKansas CityIndianapolisColumbusCantonOklahoma CityTulsaMidland–OdessaFox ValleyChappaquaAmarillo Virtuosi
Collaborations with
Black ViolinBen FoldsThe Flaming LipsPink MartiniMichael CavanaughTime for ThreeChristian HowesSutton Foster
- More than thirty productions of opera, ballet, and musical theatre
- Former Artistic Director of the Muncie Symphony Orchestra
- Yamaha Artist and Master Educator
Guest conductor, educator, violinist — and founder of Orchestral Bowing Service.
Douglas Droste conducts the Baldwin Wallace Symphony Orchestra and teaches conducting at the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music. He programs traditional repertoire alongside underrepresented composers and new music, and seeks out unusual collaborations, from the Langston Hughes Project to sensory-friendly concerts for children.
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Orchestral Bowing Service
Clean, neatly marked string bowings for more than two hundred orchestral works, from $75.
Browse the catalogMusic is Science!
A children's concert with science educator Dr. Patrick Herak, ready to run on one rehearsal.
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