Gabriel Gordon: Music Director and Conductor
Music Director Gabriel Gordon has enjoyed a career conducting across the United States, Australia, and Europe. Hailed by audiences and critics worldwide, the Philadelphia Inquirer called him “a distinct and engaging musical personality” and the Utah Review said, “Gordon did a fine job conducting” and “every component gelled”. Mr. Gordon has conducted the Santa Fe Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, and at the Santa Fe Opera. He placed second in the Denver Philharmonic International Conducting Competition, and won the International Conductor’s Workshop and Competition in Atlanta.
In 2001, Gabriel produced and conducted “The Concert for Humanity” in reaction to the events of 9/11 with his ensemble The Chamber Orchestra at Tower Hill. The performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony raised $30,000 for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
Since 2019, Gabriel has served as a cover and guest conductor for Ballet West conducting performances of The Nutcracker, Rodeo, Les Noces, Dracula, and Stars and Stripes. He has conducted Oklahoma City Ballet with their production of Jorden Morris’s Peter Pan. This season he will make debuts at Orlando Ballet with Christopher Stowell’s Swan Lake, and at Chicago’s Ballet 5:8 with their production of “Beyond The Nutcracker”.
Gabriel conducts The New American Philharmonic and is a frequent guest conductor with Chamber Orchestra Ogden and The Nova Chamber series. Gabriel is also the Orchestra Director at Syracuse Arts Academy and is a board member on The Davis Arts Council.
Gabriel has performed on the violin with many orchestras including the American Symphony, the Santa Fe Symphony, and the New Mexico Philharmonic. Mr. Gordon is a founding member of the Daponte String Quartet and has performed chamber music across the country. In 2015, Mr. Gordon founded NEXT Ensemble and has had his compositions and arrangements premiered there. Gabriel is the concertmaster of Chamber Orchestra Ogden and also freelances in the Salt Lake City area, performing with many ensembles including Ballet West. Gabriel also has a Youtube channel called Gabriel Gordon: The Art of Listening. In 2022 he was invited by the Utah Jazz to perform his arrangement of “The State Anthem of Ukraine”, the first time a foreign national anthem has ever been played before a game. The event was covered by articles in The Independent, Newsweek, People Magazine, and the local ABC, Fox, and NBC affiliates in Utah.
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