Sidney Rothstein, who is known for his expertise in audience development and programming for orchestras, is in his 29th season as music director of the Reading Symphony Orchestra in Pennsylvania and his ninth at the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra in Connecticut. A native of Pennsylvania, he began his career as music director of the Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, conducting Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, broadcast on National Public Radio during Philadelphia’s bicentennial celebration. Rothstein has also served as music director of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Florida Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestral Society of Philadelphia, and as associate conductor of the Honolulu Symphony. He taught conducting at Max Aronoff’s New School of Music in Philadelphia.
Links:
http://www.readingsymphony.org/
http://www.ridgefieldsymphony.org/
