 (continued) Each season, Mr. Steichen conducts readings of new American operas as part of City Opera's American Composer's Showcase. He has prepared productions for the Santa Fe Opera, Washington Opera, and the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto . He was recently named the Associate Conductor of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, conducting the Pops series and their summer Parks Concert series. For Lincoln Center , he continues to perform in the Meet the Artist series as conductor, clinician, and pianist. No stranger to the stage, Mr. Steichen played the role of Manny, the Accompanist in Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Master Class , starring Dixie Carter. As associate conductor, he toured nationally with The Phantom of the Opera, Lucy Simon's The Secret Garden , and with Cathy Rigby in Peter Pan . He has conducted Barnum for Music Theatre of Wichita, Kansas, and the world premiere of Tom Sawyer for Music Theatre Works in New York City . He spent two years conducting what was until recently the longest-running show in Broadway history, CATS. |
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