Education
Bachelor of Medicine in Performance with highest honors, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1976; MM in Performance, New England Conservatory of Music, 1979.
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Nan Washburn
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Nan Washburn, American Conductor. Recipient New York Women Composers award, 1992, Role Model award Girl Scouts, 1996, Indy award Sonoma County Independent, 1998, 13 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awards American Symphony Orchestra League, 1983, 85-90, 92-97. Member American Symphony Orchestra League, Association California Symphony Orchs., Conductor's Guild, Musicians Union Local 6 (San Francisco), Pi Kappa Lambda.
Career
Member of faculty, New England Conservatory, Boston, 1979-1980;
artistic director, Women's Philharmonic, San Francisco, 1980-1990;
associate conductor, Women's Philharmonic, San Francisco, 1988-1990;
member of faculty, conductor classical ensembles, Cazadero Music & Arts Center, 1982-1987;
resident conductor, American Jazz Theater, Oakland, California, 1987-1997;
music director, conductor, Camellia Symphony Orchestra, Sacramento, California., 1990-1996;
music director, conductor, Orchestra Sonoma (formerly the Rohnert Park Chamber Orchestra), since 1995;
conductor, San Francisco State University Symphony, 1996-1997;
conductor, Acalenes Chamber Orchestra, Lafayette, California, 1997-1998;
conductor, Channel Islands Symphony Orchestra, Thousand Oaks, California, since 1997. Member commissioning program panel Minnesota Composer's Forum, 1988, music presenter's panel California Arts Council, 1992, 93, artist fellowship panel, 1995. Guest conductor Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra, Lancaster, California, 1987, Napa Valley (California) Symphony Orchestra, 1990, Rudolf Steiner College, Sacramento, 1991, Sacramento Symphony Orchestra, 1989, 91, Women's Philharmonic, San Francisco, Oakland, 1991, Oregon Mozart Players, Eugene, 1993, Eugene Symphony Orchestra, 1993, 94, California All-State Honor Orchestra, Santa Clara, 1994, Columbus (Ohio) Women's Symphony, 1992, 94, Cumberland Valley Chamber Players, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1994, Honor Festival Orchestra, Sacramento, 1993, 95, Berkeley (California) Symphony Orchestra, 1995, 96, Richmond (Virginia) Symphony Orchestra, 1996, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Denver, 1997.
Lecturer International Congress Women in Music, Atlanta, 1986,Festival New American Music, Sacramento, 1987, 90, Condrs. Institute, Columbia, South Carolina., 1988, conference California Music Educators Association, Santa Clara, 1994.
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Membership
Member American Symphony Orchestra League, Association California Symphony Orchs., Conductor's Guild, Musicians Union Local 6 (San Francisco), Pi Kappa Lambda.
