Conductor

Praised by the conductor and musicians of Seattle Symphony as “a serious talent”, “clear and musical”, “exceptional stick technique”, conductor
Gail Hsiu-Wen Lee works extensively in North America, Europe and Asia. Among the orchestras with which she has worked are the Seattle Symphony, the Women’s Philharmonic (San Francisco), the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, the Kaohsuing City Symphony (Taiwan), the North Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Miskolc (Hungary), the Filharmonie Hradec Králové, the Janacek Filharmonie Ostrava, the Silesian Opera Theatre (Czech Republic), and the Varna State Philharmonie (Bulgaria).

Ms. Lee was engaged by New Jersey Music Educators Association in 2007 to conduct the New Jersey All State Orchestra. She also served as a lecturer at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and has led Rutgers University Sinfonia and Opera at Rutgers in concerts. Ms. Lee holds a Masters Degree in Orchestral Conducting from Northwestern University, studied with Maestro Victor Yampolsky.

In 1995 upon returning to the United States from her post as the Associate Conductor with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, she was appointed to the position of Assistant Professor at Alfred University where she served as conductor of the Alfred University Orchestra, a position that she held until returning to New Jersey in 1997. Ms. Lee also served as Artistic Director and Conductor of the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra until 2005.