13023 Tantivy Drive Austin, TX 78729 James Lowe (713) 382-6195 [email protected] Conductor/Music Director www.JamesLoweMusic.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Butler Opera Center, University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Music Director 2009-present.

National Tours North America Music Director/Conductor, My Fair Lady Cameron Mackintosh/National Theatre Production, 2007-2008 Music Director/Conductor, The Light in the Piazza First National Tour, 2006-2007

New York City Opera New York Associate Conductor 2006

Houston Grand Opera Houston, TX Associate Conductor 2002-2005 Assistant Conductor 2000-2002 Studio 1998-2000

Ash Lawn Opera Festival Charlottesville, VA Resident Conductor/Chorus Master Summers, 2000, 2002 Assistant Conductor Summer, 1998

Santa Fe Opera Santa Fe, NM Assistant Conductor Summers, 1999, 2001

Virginia Opera Norfolk, VA Coach/Accompanist, Spectrum Young Artists Program 1997-1998

Blackfriars Theater Rochester, NY Musical Director/Conductor 1993-1997

Backwash (rock band) Rochester, NY Founder, Manager, Performer 1992-1997

American Institute of Musical Studies Graz, Austria Staff Accompanist Summer, 1997

Opera Theater of Rochester Rochester, NY Coach/Accompanist 1993-1997

Syracuse University Syracuse, NY Affiliate Artist, Piano 1994-1995

Hochstein Community Music School Rochester, NY Faculty, Piano and Musical Theater 1992-1997

Faber Music Studio Ann Arbor, MI Faculty, Piano and Studio Recording 1990-1992

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Teaching Assistant, Private and Class Piano 1989-1991

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GUEST APPEARANCES

Houston Ballet The Nutcracker Houston Symphony Pops concerts with Randy Newman Pittsburgh Opera Center Flight Wolf Trap Opera Sweeney Todd St. James Theater, Broadway Gypsy Lyric Opera Cleveland Little Women Dayton Opera Le nozze di Figaro Sugar Creek Festival L’elisir d’amore Pagliacci Il Barbiere di Siviglia Wichita Grand Opera The Mikado Amarillo Opera Hansel and Gretel American Composers Orchestra Underwood New Music Readings

RECORDINGS

Cold Sassy Tree, Carlisle Floyd Albany Records, 2005 Piano, Celeste, Musical Preparation Houston Grand Opera

Of Mice and Men, Carlisle Floyd Albany Records, 2004 Musical Preparation Houston Grand Opera

Florencia en el Amazonas, Daniel Catán Albany Records, 2002 Assistant Conductor Houston Grand Opera

Resurrection, Albany Records, 2001 Keyboards, Musical Preparation Houston Grand Opera

Little Women, Ondine Records, PBS, 2001 Keyboards, Musical Preparation Houston Grand Opera

Goin’ To The Mall, Backwash Transit Productions, 1995 Co-Producer, Songwriter, Keyboardist, Guitarist, Vocalist MCD-1936

EDUCATION

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Master of Music, Piano Performance 1991 Primary teachers: Charles Fisher, Nina Lelchuk

Eastman School of Music Rochester, NY Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance 1989 Primary teachers: Nelita True, Robert Spillman

Aspen Music School Aspen, CO Opera Coaching Fellowship, Opera Theatre Center 1988, 1991, 1992 Scholarship, Piano Study 1987

Private Conducting Study Houston, TX Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera 1998-2002 Larry Rachleff, Rice University 1998-2000