An active choral and opera conductor, Stephen Mager has conducted for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in their education outreach performances. In this capacity he conducted the Midwest premiere of Hans Krasà’s Brundibàr (1997), and the world premiere of Adolphus Hailstork’s Joshua’s Boots (1999), as well as Lukas Foss’ The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (2000) and Cary John Franklin’s Thunder of Horses (2001). In 2004 Mager composed and conducted his own one-act opera, Dream of the Pacific, and subsequently conducted this work for Washington National Opera (2006), with performers from the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, at the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center, and the Smithsonian Institution.
Biography
He holds a Doctor of Music degree from the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, where he also completed his master’s studies. His doctoral recital performances included Igor Stravinsky’s Mass (February 18, 2007); L’Enfance du Christ by Hector Berlioz (April 20, 2008); and Poulenc’s Un Soir de Neige (November 18, 2008). His teachers have included Jan Harrington, Julius Herford, Thomas Binkley, Robert Shaw, Margaret Hillis, Robert Porco, Dale Warland, John Poole, and Carmen-Helena Tellèz.
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