Seen as a driving force for band music in New York City, conductor Brian Worsdale has been The Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band Artistic Director since 2005. Under the guidance and supervision of his conducting mentor and teacher Jonathan Strasser, Mr. Worsdale founded the first privately run youth symphonic band in New York City. He has led the ISO (InterSchool Orchestras of New York) Symphonic Band in performances at churches, schools, as well as Avery Fisher and Alice Tully Halls. The ISO Symphonic Band made their Carnegie Hall debut in 2004.
In 1994, Worsdale began what has become a 16 year association with The French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts (Delaware County, New York). Currently he is the Festival’s artistic director and conductor, leading the symphony and chamber orchestras, conducting countless shows, while supervising one of the largest non-competitive music programs in the United States.
Brian Worsdale has appeared as a guest conductor with the Royal Leamington Spa Brass Band (UK), The Kilkenny Youth Orchestra (IRE), The Bergen Youth Orchestra, Experience the Music Band Festival (Indianapolis), and the LGBA 25th Anniversary Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. Future engagements include guest conductor at the LGBA National Conference in New Orleans (‘09) and artistic advisor and conductor of the 2010 LGBA National Conference in Indianapolis.
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