Gemma New

Gemma New (born 1986/1987[1]) is a New Zealand-born music director and conductor. In 2016 she is the director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in Ontario, Canada.

Early life and education

New was born in New Zealand[2] into a musical family. She studied violin beginning at the age of five, and began taking piano lessons at age eight.[3] By twelve she was playing in a youth orchestra in her home city, Wellington.[4][1]

She graduated from the University of Canterbury with a degree in physics and violin performance.[3] She conducted the Christchurch Youth Orchestra, later earned a graduate degree in music from Baltimore, Maryland's Peabody Institute.[3]

Career

New founded and directed the Maryland music collective Lunar Ensemble. She was the 2014 Dudamel Conducting Fellow, which led her to conduct eight concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.[3] New took on the role of associate conductor at the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, for which she conducted summer outdoor concerts.[5]

In May 2015, New was hired as the music director for the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.[3] Its first performance under her direction was in February 2016.[6]

In 2016 New was appointed conductor-in-residence of the St. Louis Symphony.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gemma New: Conductor on the rise". Radio New Zealand. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Snap, crackle and pop: Gemma New and HPO light up Hamilton Place ". Hamilton Spectator, 18 September 2016 Leonard Turnevicius
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Gemma New of Hamilton Philharmonic is 1 of continent's few female conductors". By Samantha Craggs, CBC News 4 July 2015
  4. ↑ "Conductor Gemma New breaking brass ceiling in Steeltown". The Star, Paul Hunter, 6 March 2016
  5. ↑ "Rising Star: SLSO's Gemma New makes music 'a holistic experience'". By Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch 25 August 2016
  6. ↑ "HPO’s new music director makes her debut — and it was worth waiting for". Hamilton Spectator, 7 February 2016 Leonard Turnevicius
  7. ↑ "SLSO appoints Gemma New as resident conductor". By Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2 June 2016
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