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NOWAK, MICHAEL Michael Nowak began his music studies in the Rhode Island
public school system, where he learned violin, clarinet and tuba. His interest
in composition and conducting led him to Indiana University, where he met and
became a student of the legendary violist, William Primrose, who inspired him
to devote himself to the viola. Nowak has served as Assistant Conductor and
violist with the Dallas Symphony, conductor of the Young Musicians Foundation
Début Orchestra and the Monterey Chamber Orchestra, and has appeared in guest
conducting engagements with the Oregon Mozart Players, the Oregon Bach Festival
Chamber Orchestra, the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, the University of
Southern California Chamber Orchestra and in the entertainment industry. As a
violist, he was a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra with Sir Neville
Marriner until 1980. He made his début as a conductor at Carnegie Hall in April
2001 with the San Luis Obispo Symphony. Since becoming Music Director of the
San Luis Obispo Symphony, Michael Nowak has continued his career as a violist
with the Music for Mischa String Quartet, as principal violist of the Oregon
Bach Festival and San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, and as a guest artist with
the Angeles String Quartet, the Chilmark Chamber Music Festival, the Pacific
Serenades, Musical Offering Ensemble and the South Bay Chamber Music
Society. He is a featured soloist
on the Oregon Bach Festivals Brandenburg Concerti recording with Helmuth
Rilling and he is also active as a recording musician and conductor in the
motion picture industry.
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