Adam Flatt s a conductor who is recognized for outstanding precision and style and a warm, engaging stage presence. He serves as Music Director of the Newport Symphony, the only year-round professional orchestra on the Oregon coast, and of Colorado Ballet in Denver. He returns each summer to lead opera performances with Emerald City Opera, a summer festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where he is Principal Conductor. In the Fall of 2010 Adam also became the fourth Music Director in the 64-year history of the Denver Philharmonic.

When Marin Alsop invited Mr. Flatt to join the Colorado Symphony as Associate Conductor in 2001 he began a five-year tenure during which he conducted over 250 performances with the orchestra. His warm presence on the podium connected with the entire range of audiences, from those for classical subscription and pops, to family, outreach, and special gala events such as the annual New Year’s Eve celebration. He created and hosted family and educational concerts that reached tens of thousands of children and families in the region. Adam was the first conductor for television broadcast of “Spirit of the Season,” an Emmy-winning holiday concert of the Colorado Symphony and choruses broadcast on Colorado’s CBS-4.

In 2001 he also began his seven year tenure as Music Director of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra, during which the DYAO organization celebrated its 25th and 30^th anniversaries. He led the DYAO in acclaimed concerts at home in Denver and on tours to central Europe and South America. Under his leadership, the DYAO was widely recognized as one of the most exciting and best-trained youth orchestras in the United States.

Mr. Flatt made his professional debut with the Oregon Symphony, where he served as apprentice conductor for two years. He has guest conducted the orchestras of Alabama, Cheyenne, Dallas, Delaware, Houston, Lubbock, Midland-Odessa, Missoula, Monterey, Oregon, Sacramento, Saint Louis, San Juan, Santa Rosa, South Carolina, and many others. Festival appearances include the Bravo! Vail Valley, Strings in the Mountains, Cascade, Colorado, Marrowstone, and Green Music Festivals. Adam’s performances have been broadcast on NPR’s “Performance Today,” and on Colorado Public Radio’s “Colorado Spotlight.”

He has led performances with the major ballet companies of Portland and Salt Lake City as well as that of Denver. Also devoted to the operatic repertoire, Mr. Flatt returns each summer to conduct a production for Emerald City Opera, a festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. In addition, he has led productions for Colorado Light Opera, Eugene Opera, and Colorado Symphony collaborations with Central City Opera and Opera Colorado, including the popular “Opera on the Rocks” at Red Rocks.

Adam Flatt has his bachelor’s degree with honors in music from the University of California at Berkeley, and his master’s degree in conducting from the Indiana University School of Music. He studied music for two years in Austria and Germany, and studied at the Aspen Music Festival.

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