Music Directors, Conductors, Concertmasters, and Current Artistic Leadership
Music and Artistic Directors
- William Eddins 2005 to date
- Grzegorz Nowak 1994-2002
- Uri Mayer 1981-1994 (named Conductor Laureate in 1994)
- Pierre Hétu 1973-1979 (Artistic Director), 1979-1980 (Principal Guest Conductor)
- Lawrence Leonard 1968-1973
- Brian Priestman 1964-1968
- Lee Hepner 1952-1960
Conductors
- Lucas Waldin 2009-2012 (Resident Conductor)
- Petar Dundjerski 2006-2008 (Assistant Conductor in Residence)
- Kazuyoshi Akiyama 2004-2005 (Principal Guest Conductor)
- Franz-Paul Decker 2003-2004 (Principal Guest Conductor)
- David Hoyt 1985-2002 (Resident Guest Conductor, Resident Conductor), 2002-2003 (Artistic Director)
- Peter Nero 1984-1985 (Pops Music Director)
- Daniel Swift 1983-1984 (Assistant Conductor)
- Yuval Zaliouk 1980-1981 (Interim Principal Conductor)
- Mitch Miller 1979-1982 (Principal Guest Conductor for Pops)
- Peter McCoppin 1978-1980 (Assistant Conductor)
- John Barnum 1975-1977 (Assistant Conductor)
- Tom Rolston 1960-1964 (Associate Conductor)
Concertmasters
- Eric Buchmann (Interim) 2010 to date
- Martin Riseley 1994-2010
- Eric Buchmann, Richard Caldwell, Virginie Gagné, Broderyk Olson (Interim, in rotation) 2009-2010
- John Lowry 2002-2003 (Interim)
- James Keene 1972-1994
- Charles (Karol) Dobiáš 1970-1972
- Marguerite Marzantowicz 1960-1964 (Interim), 1964–1970
- Tom Rolston 1958-1964
- Walter Holowach 1957-1958 (Interim)
- Alexander Nicol 1952-1957
Current artistic leadership
- William Eddins was appointed Music Director in January 2005 and made his debut as Music Director in June of that year. Prior to his appointment in Edmonton he spent ten years working with Daniel Barenboim, most recently as Resident Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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