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Howard Hsu
Director of Orchestra Studies
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Howard Hsu is the Music Director of the Valdosta (GA) Symphony Orchestra and also serves as Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Orchestra Studies at Valdosta State University. Mr. Hsu made his debut with the Hartford (CT) Symphony Orchestra as Guest Conductor of concerts featuring the world-renowned Empire Brass. As Guest Conductor, Narrator and Co-Writer of the HSO's "Symphony in the Schools" Fleet Chamber Orchestra Series, he led an interactive program that brought classical music to thousands of children throughout the Hartford Public School system. Mr. Hsu previously served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Connecticut and Associate Conductor of the University of Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Visiting Instructor of Music and Director of the Orchestra at Connecticut College, Associate Conductor of the Lake George (NY) Opera Festival, Cover Conductor with the Westchester (NY) Philharmonic, Guest Conductor with the New Britain (CT) Symphony, and has been a regular guest conductor with the Bronx (NY) Arts Ensemble, with whom he conducted the world premiere of Eleanor Cory's O'Keeffe's Flora. Mr. Hsu received his DMA from the University of Connecticut, his MM from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and his BS from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.