Kensho Watanabe is one of the most versatile young conductors to come out of the United States. He held the position of Assistant Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 2016 to 2019, and during this time, made his critically acclaimed subscription debut with the Orchestra and pianist Daniil Trifonov, taking over from his mentor Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Recent highlights have included his debuts with the Houston Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Brussels Philharmonic and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, as well as his Japanese debut at the Matsumoto Festival.
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Watanabe was the inaugural conducting fellow of the Curtis Institute of Music from 2013 to 2015, under the mentorship of Nézet-Séguin. An accomplished violinist, Mr. Watanabe received his Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music and served as a substitute violinist in The Philadelphia Orchestra from 2012 to 2016.

Tiffany Lu is Director of the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the University of the South. She is assistant conductor of the Prince Georges’ Philharmonic. During the 2019-2020 season, Lu debuted as guest conductor with the Symphony New Hampshire and the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra. She was also selected as Conducting Fellow for the Allentown Symphony in 2019 and 2020. 

Lu's previous research focused on new models in the orchestral education of undergraduate string players. She holds a B.A. from Princeton University, a M.M. in Orchestral Conducting from Ithaca College, and a D.M.A. in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Maryland.

William White is a conductor, composer, teacher, writer, and performer based in Seattle, WA. 

He currently serves as music director of Harmonia, a unique performing ensemble comprised of a chorus and orchestra that concertize as one. For four seasons (2011-15) he served as Assistant Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. A noted pedagogue, he has led some of the nation’s finest youth orchestra programs, including Portland’s Metropolitan Youth Symphony and the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Mr. White's music has been performed throughout North America as well as in Asia and Europe. His music has been recorded on the MSR Classics and Cedille Record labels. 

Mr. White earned a masters degree in Conducting from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and a BA in Music from the University of Chicago. He hails from Bethesda, MD, where he began his musical training as a violist.