World-renowned conductor Nathan Brock will be accepting up to five young conductors to study with him at Boulder Music Institute. During their stay in beautiful Boulder, CO, students will be receive one on one coachings with Mr. Brock, as well as coachings while conducting the Boulder Music Institute orchestra, ensembles and pianists. This one of a kind program is geared towards advanced students looking for the experience and training to help jump-start their careers.
Nathan Brock
Resident Conductor of Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
Nathan Brock is emerging as one of the most talented and versatile conductors of his generation well regarded for his “ferocious intensity” (Chronicle Herald,Halifax) and his “deeply felt interpretations” (La Presse, Montreal).
Resident Conductor of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Brock began his tenure at the Montreal Symphony as assistant
conductor in September 2009. In recognition of his artistic contributions to the orchestra he was promoted to
Resident Conductor in the spring of 2012 and his contract was extended through the 2013-14 season. Since joining
the orchestra he has conducted over 65 performances making his subscription week debut in April 2010 and collaborating with artists such as Maxim Vengerov and Stephen Hough.
Brock recently had highly successful appearances in France with l’Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire with soloist Jian Wang and with Halifax’s Symphony Nova Scotia as a last minute replacement for a performance of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. His special relationship with the National Ballet of Canada, which began with a jump-in performance of the Nutcracker in December 2011, has continued with collaborations on two new productions and touring to the Kennedy Center.
In addition to two subscription weeks and more than a dozen special concerts with the Montreal Symphony, Brock’s
2013-14 season includes return engagements with Symphony Nova Scotia and the National Ballet of Canada and his Parisian debut with the Orchestre National D’Ile de France with soloist Juliette Hurel.
Brock had his professional debut in the 2008-09 season with the Berner Kammerorchester after winning the orchestra’s
young conductors contest. In previous seasons he has conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, L’Orchestre
Symphonique de Québec, assisted productions at l’Opéra de Montréal and co-founded the Northern Lights Music Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico.
In Canada he has been awarded the Unger and Beaudet awards from the Arts Councils of Ontario and Canada respectively, in recognition of his outstanding work with the Montreal Symphony. Formerly, he held a position at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Zürich as assistant conductor to Johannes Schlaefli, teaching assistant and conductor of the opera program. Deeply committed to music education, he has served as director of the youth orchestra of
Ostschweiz, worked with the Toronto Symphony youth orchestra and given masterclasses to many youth orchestras throughout Montreal. For his work conceptualizing and creating a new series of concerts for young adults with the Montreal Symphony he was awarded the Quebec Music Council’s Prix Opus. Equally dedicated to new music, Brock has given 3 world premiers and programmed dozens of contemporary works during his tenure in Montreal
In addition to his work as a conductor, Brock is also active producing CDs, broadcasts and multimedia for the Montreal Symphony on labels Sony and Analekta as well as the national broadcaster CBC television and radio. Since 2012-13 he has been an acoustical consultant in La Maison Symphonique using his expertise in the “tuning” of the Montreal Symphony’s acoustically adjustable new concert hall.
He has participated in the prestigious conducting classes of the Pierre Monteux School, the Aspen Music Festival and the Luzern Easter Festival under the guidance of David Zinman, Murry Sidlin, Bernard Haitink and masterclasses with Finnish Maestro Jorma Panula in Vaasa, Gennady Rozhdestvensky in Moscow and Michael Tilson Thomas in Miami. He finished his main studies with Johannes Schlaefli at the Hochschule der Künste in Zürich, Switzerland, earning the schools highest diploma. He also has an Advanced Certificate in performance from the University of Toronto for cello and an honours Bachelor degree in History/International Relations and French.
In 2007 he created the Aaron Brock Foundation in memory of his brother, accomplished classical guitarist Aaron Brock. The foundation supports a number of educational initiatives and performances in Toronto.
Brock currently resides in Montreal with his wife and two children.
Resident Conductor of Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
Nathan Brock is emerging as one of the most talented and versatile conductors of his generation well regarded for his “ferocious intensity” (Chronicle Herald,Halifax) and his “deeply felt interpretations” (La Presse, Montreal).
Resident Conductor of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Brock began his tenure at the Montreal Symphony as assistant
conductor in September 2009. In recognition of his artistic contributions to the orchestra he was promoted to
Resident Conductor in the spring of 2012 and his contract was extended through the 2013-14 season. Since joining
the orchestra he has conducted over 65 performances making his subscription week debut in April 2010 and collaborating with artists such as Maxim Vengerov and Stephen Hough.
Brock recently had highly successful appearances in France with l’Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire with soloist Jian Wang and with Halifax’s Symphony Nova Scotia as a last minute replacement for a performance of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. His special relationship with the National Ballet of Canada, which began with a jump-in performance of the Nutcracker in December 2011, has continued with collaborations on two new productions and touring to the Kennedy Center.
In addition to two subscription weeks and more than a dozen special concerts with the Montreal Symphony, Brock’s
2013-14 season includes return engagements with Symphony Nova Scotia and the National Ballet of Canada and his Parisian debut with the Orchestre National D’Ile de France with soloist Juliette Hurel.
Brock had his professional debut in the 2008-09 season with the Berner Kammerorchester after winning the orchestra’s
young conductors contest. In previous seasons he has conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, L’Orchestre
Symphonique de Québec, assisted productions at l’Opéra de Montréal and co-founded the Northern Lights Music Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico.
In Canada he has been awarded the Unger and Beaudet awards from the Arts Councils of Ontario and Canada respectively, in recognition of his outstanding work with the Montreal Symphony. Formerly, he held a position at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Zürich as assistant conductor to Johannes Schlaefli, teaching assistant and conductor of the opera program. Deeply committed to music education, he has served as director of the youth orchestra of
Ostschweiz, worked with the Toronto Symphony youth orchestra and given masterclasses to many youth orchestras throughout Montreal. For his work conceptualizing and creating a new series of concerts for young adults with the Montreal Symphony he was awarded the Quebec Music Council’s Prix Opus. Equally dedicated to new music, Brock has given 3 world premiers and programmed dozens of contemporary works during his tenure in Montreal
In addition to his work as a conductor, Brock is also active producing CDs, broadcasts and multimedia for the Montreal Symphony on labels Sony and Analekta as well as the national broadcaster CBC television and radio. Since 2012-13 he has been an acoustical consultant in La Maison Symphonique using his expertise in the “tuning” of the Montreal Symphony’s acoustically adjustable new concert hall.
He has participated in the prestigious conducting classes of the Pierre Monteux School, the Aspen Music Festival and the Luzern Easter Festival under the guidance of David Zinman, Murry Sidlin, Bernard Haitink and masterclasses with Finnish Maestro Jorma Panula in Vaasa, Gennady Rozhdestvensky in Moscow and Michael Tilson Thomas in Miami. He finished his main studies with Johannes Schlaefli at the Hochschule der Künste in Zürich, Switzerland, earning the schools highest diploma. He also has an Advanced Certificate in performance from the University of Toronto for cello and an honours Bachelor degree in History/International Relations and French.
In 2007 he created the Aaron Brock Foundation in memory of his brother, accomplished classical guitarist Aaron Brock. The foundation supports a number of educational initiatives and performances in Toronto.
Brock currently resides in Montreal with his wife and two children.