Gerald Steichen

Gerald Steichen (born 1963 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma)^[1] is an American music conductor, pianist and stage actor.

Steichen holds music degrees from Oklahoma City University and from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.^{[citation needed]} He has conducted symphony orchestras, opera, acted in Broadway plays,^[2] and conducted opera touring companies (including the U.S. tour of The Phantom of the Opera). He conducted the final public Broadway performance of Cats. He has presented piano concertos^{[citation needed]} and served as an on-stage pianist for New York City Opera presentations.

Conducting engagements

Steichen has held the following posts:

• Anchorage Opera - Principal guest conductor
• New York City Opera - member of the music/conducting staff
• The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - music director^[3]
• Opera East Texas - conductor and artistic director
• Utah Symphony Orchestra - principal pops conductor (beginning September 2009)^[4]
• New Haven Symphony Orchestra - associate conductor^[5]