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A native of New York, Joseph
Pollard White did his undergraduate work at the Eastman School of Music where
his studies included viola with Heidi Castleman, violin with Isador Saslav,
orchestral conducting with David Effron and Taavo Virkhaus, and choral
conducting with Robert DeCormier. He earned his Master of Music in Viola
Performance at the Indiana University School of Music where he studied with
Georges Janzer. After advanced training in conducting at the Pierre
Monteux-Domain Seminar in Hancock, Maine as a student of Charles Bruck, he
completed the Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting at the University
of Washington where he was a student of Robert Feist.
As conductor and violist, Dr. White has performed across the
United States and Europe, including the Spoleto Festival, Virginia Opera, Bronx
Opera, Connecticut Philharmonic, Pittsburgh String Consort, Swiss Radio
Orchestra of Lugano, Switzerland and the Martinu Symphony Orchestra of Zlin,
Czech Republic. A long-time resident of the Pacific Northwest, he has worked
with the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, Seattle Chamber Players and Northwest
Mahler Festival and served as Music Director of the Rainier Symphony and Seattle
Civic Light Opera.
In addition to the concert stage and orchestra pit, he has
worked extensively in the recording field, especially music for films. Recent
projects have included: School for Scoundrels, One Hour Photo, Bring it On, Air
Bud, La Dona Barbara and the academy-award nominated documentary Legacy. Dr.
White is also active as a composer. Recent projects include a Concerto for Oboe
d'amore and Orchestra, several pieces for string orchestra and music for the
play Actus Fidei by Steven Breese, written for the Jamestown 400th anniversary
celebrations.
Dr. White has previously taught at Northern Kentucky
University, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Pacific Lutheran
University in Tacoma, Washington and Christopher Newport University in Newport
News, Virginia.
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