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STEVEN REINEKE
PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music. In addition to his role as Principal POPS Conductor of the Houston Symphony, this season, he celebrates his 10th anniversary as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Steven is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra and his extensive North American conducting appearances include Atlanta, Cincinnati, Edmonton, San Francisco, and Sarasota. On stage, he has created programs and collaborated with a range of leading artists from the worlds of hip hop, Broadway, television, and rock, including Common, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, Cheyenne Jackson, Wayne Brady, Peter Frampton, and Ben Folds, among others. In 2017, he was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered leading the National Symphony Orchestra, in a first for the show’s 45-year history, performing live music excerpts between news segments. In 2018, Steven led the same orchestra and hip hop legend Nas performing his seminal album, Illmatic, on PBS’s Great Performances. As the creator of more than 100 orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Steven’s work has been performed worldwide, and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Casey at the Bat are performed frequently in North America, including performances by the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare commemorated the Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were debuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by concert bands worldwide. A native of Ohio, Steven is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, where he earned Bachelor of Music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He lives in New York City with his husband, Eric Gabbard.
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CAROLINE CAMPBELL VIOLIN
“She is a fair-haired angel with a bow who, when on stage, has such grit and musicality as to leave you breathless. On the four chords of her violin, Caroline Campbell knows how to be an acrobat without a safety net, she knows how to seduce, to move people and make them dance. It is always a great joy to share the stage with such a brilliant and charismatic artist.”–ANDREA BOCELLI Violinist Caroline Campbell has appeared as a soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, and many other symphony orchestras. She has soloed in prestigious venues from Carnegie Hall to the Kennedy Center, and in exotic locations from Kuala Lumpur to the Sydney Opera House. In high demand both in the classical and popular scene, she has been nicknamed “violinist to the stars” and hand-picked to play duets with world-renowned artists including Sting, Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Chris Botti, Rihanna, Steven Tyler, Adam Levine, Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Hauser, and Rod Stewart. The release of her live performance of “Skyfall” onstage with David Foster on YouTube has positioned her at the forefront of the classical crossover genre and led to a variety of creative and untraditional performances worldwide, from China and Bali to Versailles and Croatia. Caroline Campbell studied violin at Cleveland Institute of Music and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with BS and MA degrees in Computer Science and Psychology from Stanford University. When not playing her 1771 Gagliano violin, Caroline is happily spending time with her husband, children, and two mischievous dogs.