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 Edwin
Outwater is Resident Conductor of
the San Francisco Symphony. As
Resident Conductor, he works closely
with Michael Tilson Thomas,
accompanying the Orchestra on tour
and conducting numerous concerts
each season. Mr. Outwater made his
subscription concert debut with the
San Francisco Symphony in October
2002, conducting the chamber
ensemble in Britten’s War Requiem as
he shared the podium with Kurt Masur,
and he led the full orchestra in
subscription performances in
December of that year, in a program
featuring the American premiere of
Robin Holloway’s Viola Concerto.
He also leads gala concerts for the
New Year’s Eve and Chinese New Year
holidays, and conducts throughout
the SFS Summer in the City series.
In October 2003 he led subscription
concerts with soloist Evelyn Glennie,
in the West Coast premiere of Chen
Yi’s Percussion Concerto, and
conducted the orchestra with cellist
Yo-Yo Ma in a special concert
tribute to the late Agnes Albert.
During the 2003-2004 season, Mr.
Outwater stepped in on two
subscription programs for an ailing
Michael Tilson Thomas, conducting
performances of Stravinsky’s
complete Pulcinella, as well as
works by Beethoven and Cherubini.
From 2001-2005 Mr. Outwater was
Wattis Foundation Music Director of
the San Francisco Symphony Youth
Orchestra. During his tenure, he led
the orchestra in all of their
concerts as well as on tour to
Europe in the summer of 2004. During
the tour, the orchestra made its
debut at Vienna’s Musikverein, the
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris,
and returned to Amsterdam’s
Concertgebouw.
In North America, Mr. Outwater has
appeared as guest conductor with Los
Angeles Philharmonic at the
Hollywood Bowl, Houston Symphony,
Seattle Symphony, Colorado Symphony,
San Diego Symphony, Indianapolis
Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic,
Utah Symphony, Phoenix Symphony,
North Carolina Symphony, Honululu
Symphony, Edmonton Symphony,
Louisiana Philharmonic, New Mexico
Symphony, Alabama Symphony, and the
Santa Barbara Symphony.
Internationally, he as appeared with
the Orchestre de Bretagne, the
Adelaide Symphony, and the National
Youth Orchestra of New Zealand.
In the 2005-2006 season Mr. Outwater
will debut with the New York
Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony,
Winnipeg Symphony, Louisville
Orchestra, Elgin Symphony,
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony,
Portland (ME) Symphohy, Toledo
Symphony, and the Festival-Institue
at Round Top.
Before joining the San Francisco
Symphony, Mr. Outwater served as
Resident Conductor and Associate
Guest Conductor of the Florida
Philharmonic. He has also held posts
as Associate Conductor of the
Festival-Institute at Round Top (a
renowned music-training program
based in Texas), Principal Conductor
of the Adriatic Chamber Music
Festival in Molise, Italy, and
Assistant Conductor of the Tulsa
Philharmonic.
Mr. Outwater’s work in music
education and community outreach has
been widely acclaimed. In 2004 his
education programs were given the
Leonard Bernstein award for
excellence in educational
programming, and his Chinese New
Year Program was given the MET LIFE
award for community outreach. At the
San Francisco Symphony, he conducts
Family Concerts, Adventures in Music
performances, which are heard by
more than 25,000 students from San
Francisco schools each year, and
Concerts for Kids, which serve
students from throughout Northern
California. In Florida, Mr. Outwater
designed the Florida Philharmonic
Family Series and its Music for
Youth program, which was heard
annually by more than 40,000
fifth-grade students in South
Florida. He appears frequently with
youth orchestras throughout the
United States and across the world.
Mr. Outwater has served as music
director of the Santa Barbara Youth
Symphony, and has been on the
faculties of the University of
Tulsa, the Idyllwild Arts Academy,
and the University of California,
Santa Barbara.
A native of Santa Monica,
California, Edwin Outwater attended
Harvard University, graduating cum
laude in 1993 with a degree in
English literature. While at
Harvard, he was music director of
the Bach Society Orchestra and wrote
the music for the 145th annual
production of the Hasty Pudding
Theatricals. He received his
master's degree in conducting from
UC Santa Barbara, where he studied
with Heiichiro Ohyama, and Paul
Polivinick.
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