ANDREW ROSENFELD

ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR & DIRECTOR, FSO CAMERATA

Andrew Rosenfeld was appointed Associate Music Director of the Frederick Symphony Orchestra in 2015, following numerous guest appearances on the orchestra’s podium. That same year he founded the FSO Camerata, a chamber orchestra offering innovative, admission-free outreach programs as a way to make great music even more accessible to the public.

In 2016 Rosenfeld served as conductor and music director for International Opera Project’s production of Così fan Tutte in Berlin. From 2013 to 2016 he was music director and conductor of Maryland’s Hub Opera Ensemble, with productions of Donizetti’s L’Elisir D’Amore, Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Puccini’s La Bohème, and Britten’s The Turn of the Screw to his credit. His work with Hub Opera was praised by DC Metro Theater Arts as “breathing new life” into classic works. Of the Britten in particular, he was noted for his ability to “artfully [blend] these wonderful young voices with a superb orchestral arrangement.”

Complementing and informing Rosenfeld’s musical role is his experience as an educator. As Professor of Music and chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Mount St. Mary’s University, Rosenfeld directs the university’s vocal ensembles and teaches a wide array of courses in music history and theory and in the humanities. Additionally, he is Assistant Conductor of the Gettysburg Schola Cantorum, leading several collaborative performances with the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra.

Rosenfeld earned advanced degrees in conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the University of Illinois, having studied under Elmer Thomas, Paul Vermel, Ian Hobson, Chester Alwes, and John Leman.