Nicholas Armstrong, Former Artistic Director, Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra

JOHN ADAMS
“The Chairman Dances”

ERNST SACHSE
Trombone Concertino in Bb Major
Giuseppe Laino, soloist

ALBERT ROUSSEL
Sinfonietta for Strings Op. 52

RICHARD STRAUSS
“Death and Transfiguration”

For over 30 years, Nick Armstrong led the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, making it one of the finest community orchestras in the New York City area. Armstrong has been active as an opera and symphony conductor, violinist, and vocal coach. He has conducted throughout the United States and Europe, and in his native England, where he began his musical studies and was graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in composition and viola. Armstrong subsequently studied conducting at the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice, where he was also a member of the Teatro La Fenice orchestra. He has worked with Pierre Boulez, Zubin Mehta, Norman Del Mar, Nino Rota, and Otto Werner Mueller. Armstrong earned a Master's degree in conducting from the Virginia Commonwealth University. While studying in Richmond, he conducted a performance of the Verdi Requiem for the re-opening of the Loew's Theater for live performing arts. Armstrong was Music Director of the New Music Orchestra of Washington and the Montgomery County Youth Chamber Orchestra. As an opera conductor, he has led performances of the Prince George's (MD), Richmond, Capitol (DC), and Victorian Lyric Opera Companies.