Albuquerque Youth Symphony
Dan Whisler
director
The Albuquerque Youth Symphony provides students with a high-quality music education, instills an emotional connection with and lifelong passion for music, fosters a diverse community of musicians, and offers outstanding symphonic performance opportunities for students to share their musical gifts with the community.
Dan Whisler has conducted more than 530 works with more than 75 ensembles, including professional orchestras in the U.S., England, Spain, Lithuania, Hungary, and Romania. His awards as a conductor include the Downbeat Award in 2011 for Best U.S. College Classical Ensemble (conducting Halffter’s Tiento del primer tono y batalla imperial), the Bel Canto Award for Excellence in Conducting, and winner of the 2015 American Prize in Conducting. Mr. Whisler’s recent former positions include Director of Orchestras at the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville, Kentucky, Conductor of the Indianapolis Youth Philharmonic Orchestra in Indianapolis, Indiana, Director of Orchestras at Center Grove Community School Corporation in Greenwood, Indiana, Founding and Principal Conductor with Intimate Opera of Indianapolis, and faculty member of the String Quartet Program of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado.
