David Alexander Rahbee is currently Senior Artist in Residence at the University of Washington School of Music in Seattle, where he is Director of Orchestral Activities and Chair of Orchestral Conducting. He is the Music Director and Conductor of the University of Washington Symphony Orchestra and founder of the UW Campus Philharmonia Orchestras. He is a recipient of the American-Austrian Foundation's 2003 Herbert von Karajan Fellowship for Young Conductors, the 2005 International Richard-Wagner-Verband Stipend, a fellowship from the Acanthes Centre in Paris (2007), and is a first prize winner in conducting from The American Prize national non-profit competitions in the performing arts for 2020.
He has appeared in concert with orchestras such as the Seattle Symphony, RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Kammerphilharmonie Berlin-Brandenburg, Guernsey Symphony Orchestra, Chattanooga Symphony, National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia, Orchestre de la Francophonie, Orchesterakademie der Bochumer Symphoniker, Seattle Modern Orchestra among many others, and has appeared at summer festivals around Europe and North America.
His brass arrangements are published by Warwick Music, and his articles on the music of Mahler have appeared in journals of the International Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, among others. He is co-editor of Daniels’ Orchestral Music (6thedition) and Daniels’ Orchestral Music Online (DOMO), the gold standard among conductors, orchestral administrators, orchestra librarians as well as other music professionals and students researching for orchestral programming.
Takeaways
Kristine Dizon and David Rahbee are discussing the role that music played in Rahbee's life and how it led to his career as a conductor. Rahbee discusses the role that social media and the internet can play in promoting classical music, but also expresses concerns about the loss of personal interaction. He mentioned the importance of engaging with people who make comments or ask questions, and the potential for sharing performances online. However, he also mentions challenges to doing so, including the cost of streaming performances that include rental pieces and the restrictions placed on them by rental companies.
Dizon asks for ideas on how to make classical music more human in the digital age, and Rahbee suggests engaging with people who are interested in the music and asking them questions about what they find interesting about it. They also mention the importance of trying to work out the kinks in the process of sharing performances online and finding a way to make it more accessible to a wider audience.
Social Media Links
Website: https://www.davidrahbee.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DARahbee/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidrahbee/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darahbee/?hl=en
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