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Michael Gesme
is currently in his ninth season as Conductor of the Central
Oregon Symphony and Associate Professor of Music at Central
Oregon Community College. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree
from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where he founded the
Luther College Chamber Orchestra, and a Masters of Music Degree
in Orchestral Conducting from the University of
Missouri-Columbia. In his first season in Central Oregon
(1996-1997), Michael conducted thirteen performances: six with
the Central Oregon Symphony, and seven with COCC’s Magic
Circle Theatre. A great deal of growth and change has occurred
in our region over the past six years and this season Michael
will be conducting no fewer than twenty-five performances with
four different organizations: COS, Obsidian Opera Company,
Obsidian Opera Chamber Orchestra, and the Cascade Winds. In
addition, he was recently appointed as Music Director and
Conductor of the Linfield Chamber Orchestra in McMinnville,
Oregon.
