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Douglas Droste (Strongsville, OH) is Director of Orchestral Studies at Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Performing Arts, where he conducts the Baldwin Wallace Symphony Orchestra and teaches conducting.
Droste’s guest conducting appearances include the INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine) and the orchestras of Kansas City, Indianapolis, Columbus, Canton, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa, among others. Equally at home in the pit, he has conducted over 30 productions of opera, ballet, and musical theatre, as well as many pops shows. He previously served as Artistic Director of the Muncie Symphony Orchestra.
As an advocate of music education, Droste has conducted numerous all-state orchestras, as well as the Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall and Sydney Opera House, Let Music Live Festival at the Vienna Musikverein and Rodolfinum in Prague, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, and French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts. He is also active as a clinician, festival adjudicator, and is a Yamaha Master Educator.
A talented violinist, Droste has performed with the orchestras of Canton, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Nashville, and the Lancaster Festival, among others. He is also skilled on viola, trumpet, and as a tenor. Droste holds degrees from The Ohio State University and Texas Tech University.
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