Douglas Anderson, Director
Douglas Anderson is a conductor, composer, educator,and producer who has been active in the New York music scene for over 40 years. He began his professional career as a jazz musician at the age of 12, and made his professional debut as a conductor in 1973, leading the Boston Ballet in Peter and the Wolf on Broadway. Since then he has conducted a variety of ensembles and over 75 world premieres. He holds a doctorate in music composition from Columbia University, and is currently on the faculty of CUNY/Borough of Manhattan, where he is a Professor of Music and was for 14 years Chairman of the Music and Art Department. He is continually in demand as a clinician/ adjudicator and for master classes.
Douglas Anderson founded the American Chamber Opera Company in 1984 and conducts the Downtown Symphony in New York City. He is internationally known and a prolific composer, with a variety of works ranging from orchestral to opera to jazz. His opera Medea in Exile, to a libretto by Andrew Joffe, premiered in June 2000. He also wrote the original scores for The King of Jazz, a radio play featured on National Public Radio in October, 2001, and Joshua and David, a movie by Michael Spenelli. In 2009 he was a featured composer at the Bar Harbor Music Festival, where he spoke about his Chamber Symphony No. 3. He is often interviewed for various media,and his opinions on music as well as his own compositions, have been broadcast locally, nationally, and internationally. Douglas Anderson resides with his family in Noxon, New York.
The Putnam Chorale is a not-for-profit 501c3 organization. Sponsors and Patrons are welcome as are non-singing volunteers to help with operations and production. YOU are welcome! Come and enjoy fine music at area venues.
