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 Charles
Schneider, Biography
Charles Schneider is a
graduate of Cornell College in Iowa. He attended the Julliard School of
music as a piano student and in succeeding years garnered much conducting
experience both on Broadway and on national tours. Among his many Broadway
credits are West Side Story at Lincoln Center, Your Own Thing
and Sweet Potato.
Mr. Schneider studied
symphonic repertoire with Igor Markevitch of the National Orchestra of Monte
Carlo, Herbert Blomstedt of the San Francisco Symphony, and Franco Ferrara
of the St. Cecilia Academy of Rome. Mr. Schneider spent one season as
associate conductor of the Kansas City Philharmonic, was the music director
of the American premiere of the Rise and Fall of the City of Mohogany
with the San Francisco Opera, and conducted the New York revivals of
Trouble in Tahiti and Down in the Valley. Mr. Schneider also
conducted the Glasnost Ballet during their first American tour.
Charles Schneider is the
Music Director of the Catskill, Utica and Schnectady Symphonies in New York
where he has received three ASCAP awards. He was the founding Music Director of the
Glimmerglass Opera, and served in that capacity for thirteen years. He is
Co-founder of the Catskill Conservatory and has served on the music
faculties of the State University College at Oneonta, Hartwick College,
Colgate University, Hamilton College and San Diego State University. The
Highly Acclaimed Society for New Music in Syracuse, New York has frequently
called upon Mr. Schneider to conduct their productions. In the year 2000,
Mr. Schneider received a citation from both the United States Congress and
New York State Governor, George Pataki, for his outstanding musical
contribution to the mid-state area.
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