JHBG Podcast Guest Host Chad Tindel sits down with Alex Wen, the newly named Interim Artistic Director of the Jackson Heights Orchestra (JHO) in Jackson Heights, Queens.

A graduate of the Masters program in Orchestral Conducting at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Alex studied with Maurice Peress and managed the Queens College Conductors Workshop collaborating with composers David Amram, Bruce Saylor, and George Tsontakis. Wen was selected as a participant in the 2019 Conductors Workshop of the Cabrillo Festival for Contemporary Music where he worked with Cristian Măcelaru and Octavio Más-Arocas. Alex holds a Bachelor of Music in viola performance from Azusa Pacific University (APU) where he served as an assistant conductor to the APU Chamber Singers, responsible for preparing the orchestra for the National Collegiate Choral Organization’s national conference.

The upcoming JHO concert on December 12, 2023 will be Alex's first concert as Interim Artistic Director. In this episode we speak with him about how he got interested in conducting and his time studying conducting at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. Then we dive into his vision for the Jackson Heights Orchestra this year and beyond, after which we discuss the repertoire that he's programmed for the next 3 concerts. We hope everyone comes to see her conduct this final concert.

The concert details are: Wednesday December 12, 2023, 7pm @ St Mark's Episcopal Church Date: December 12, 2023 Time: 7pm Eastern

Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Address: 33-50 82nd Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372

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