Joel Rosenberg Joel Rosenberg, Music Director of the American West Symphony and the Paradigm Chamber Orchestra, has conducted the New Zealand Opera, Utah Opera, San Francisco Ballet, Australian Ballet at the Sydney Opera House, and in Melbourne and Canberra, The New Mexico Symphony, Grand Teton Music Festival, Eric Hawkins Dance Company, Utah Oratorio Society and the BYU Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Rosenberg has also conducted the Utah, Phoenix and Portland Symphony Orchestras with Ballet West and the National Orchestra of South Africa with PACT Ballet. He has toured Japan as a guest of the Sony Corporation with soloists from the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and was awarded a Fulbright Grant for study in Rome. While studying in Italy he received a Certificate of Merit from the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena. Of his performances conducting Madama Butterfly The New Zealand Herald wrote: “Much of the success of this production lies at the hands of Joel Rosenberg, who as musical director had the Auckland Philharmonia in the right form to carry the whole along at the right pace and sensitivity.” The Portland Oregonian reviewing a recent performance of the Nutcracker wrote, "Joel Rosenberg has proven himself to be an expert ballet conductor," and Johannesburg's Business Day said "[the] Nutcracker [is] imbued with new life ... Joel Rosenberg's conducting animates and clarifies Tchaikovsky's score. One watches the Second Act with a new appreciation of the composer." His performance of Carmen with the American West Symphony was listed by the Salt Lake Tribune as one of the best performances of 2005. He recently recorded the William Wallace Concertino for Viola and Orchestra with the Slovak Radio Symphony. While in Slovakia he performed with the Slovak Radio Symphony in a concert sponsored by the U.S. Embassy. Mr. Rosenberg has conducted recording sessions for Air Supply and was invited to conduct the Utah Symphony Brass and Percussion by the Madeleine Festival. He is the violist of the Paradigm Trio, which this year was accepted to be a member of the Utah Performing Arts Tour. He has performed as principal violist under Pierre Boulez and has been a guest violist with the Da Vinci String Quartet at the University of Denver. In 2000 he was invited by the Madeleine Festival to premiere the Manookian Viola Concerto, which was written for him. Joel Rosenberg invites you to browse his site, in particular, the Audio pages, wherein you can hear some of his recordings. Please feel free to contact him (the contact link is located on the bottom of each page).