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11.17.07
Christopher Seaman
RPO goes for a stroll by the water
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
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Christopher Seaman
Pianist makes a blazing debut with RPO
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

Christopher Seaman is in his tenth season as Music Director of the Rochester Philharmonic, where his contract was recently extended until 2011. He has been credited for broadening the orchestra's audience base and, in particular, for his creation of the lecture series "Symphony 101", which recently won an ASCAP award.  Recently appointed Artistic Advisor of the San Antonio Symphony, Mr. Seaman previously served a ten-year tenure as music director of the Naples Philharmonic in Florida, and prior to that as conductor-in-residence of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (1987-1998).  Sought-after as a guest conductor throughout the world, Mr. Seaman has appeared with orchestras in North America, Israel, Eastern Europe, the Far East, Australia and New Zealand, as well as in his native Great Britain, where he has served as Principal Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony and the Northern Sinfonia. 

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