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ALBUMRhapsody in Blue ReimaginedLara Downes, Edwin Outwater, SFCM Orchestra, Edmar Colón, Jeriel Sanjurjo, John Santos & Great Wall Chinese Orchestra
Albums by Edwin Outwater
ALBUMRhapsody in Blue ReimaginedLara Downes, Edwin Outwater, SFCM Orchestra, Edmar Colón, Jeriel Sanjurjo, John Santos & Great Wall Chinese Orchestra
ALBUMMason Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the OrchestraChicago Symphony Orchestra, Edwin Outwater & Mason Bates
ALBUMFrom Here On OutEdwin Outwater & Kitchener Waterloo Symphony
ALBUMTate: Tracing Mississippi, Iholba'San Francisco Symphony, Edwin Outwater, Christine Bailey Davis, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Thomas Robertello
Edwin Outwater's Popular Music Videos
Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra
Mason Bates, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Edwin Outwater
San Francisco Symphony Records Brant: Ice Field
Edwin Outwater, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony & Cameron Carpenter
Artist Biography
Conductor Edwin Outwater is notable for his outreach activities, work with young musicians, and cross-genre collaborations. The latter has included frequent work with the metal band Metallica. Outwater's interest in youth music began to develop in Florida as he designed the Florida Philharmonic Family Series and Music for Youth program. He served as conductor on the 1992 Metallica album Nothing Else Matters, his recording debut. From 2001 to 2005, Outwater served as music director of the San Francisco Youth Symphony. In San Francisco, he conducted heavily attended family concerts each year, and he led the orchestra's collaborations with Metallica in concert and on recordings. As of the early 2020s, Outwater was the music director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In 2022, he led the Chicago Symphony on the album Mason Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique -- The Making of the Orchestra.
Hometown
Santa Monica, CA, United States
Genre
Classical