Currently, he is the Music Director and Conductor of the Neponset Valley Philharmonic Orchestra (MA), an orchestra that he founded in 2007. In addition, Mr. Isaacson is Director of Orchestras at the Usdan Center for the Performing Arts on Long Island and a regular guest conductor at the Aspen and Round Top Music Festivals. He has also guest conducted the Oregon Symphony and at the Eastern Music Festival and is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Parkway Concert Orchestra (MA)![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.nvporchestra.org\/Absolutecr\/r.aspx?u=\/absolutecr\/content\/Image\/Conductor1.jpg\")
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Mr. Isaacson brings to the podium many years of experience as an orchestral musician. A former trombonist, who began his career at the age of 19 performing as an extra with the Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall, he has performed worldwide in concert and on recordings with many of America’s finest ensembles. He was a member of the Empire Brass Quintet, the San Francisco Symphony and the Boston Pops. In addition, he has had numerous performances as an extra with the Boston Symphony, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Detroit Symphony and the San Diego Symphony.<\/p>\n
Born into a family of musicians and educators, Mr. Isaacson has taught for over 25 years. He is a former faculty member of Boston University, MIT, New England Conservatory, Tufts University, University of New Hampshire, Mannes College of Music, McMaster University and Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute. As an educator of younger students, he has conducted Middle to High school students in all-District orchestras and at the Usdan Center for the Performing and Creative Arts on Long Island. His current teaching duties include a faculty position at The Boston Conservatory, where he is Assistant Director of the Music Division.![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.nvporchestra.org\/Absolutecr\/r.aspx?u=\/absolutecr\/content\/Image\/Conductor2.jpg\")
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Mr. Isaacson has released two albums to date. "Heroic Sounds”, performed by the Old South Brass, was released in 2001. The CD includes numerous transcriptions for brass, organ and timpani and four new commissions by Boston composer Kevin Kaska. The second CD was released in 2005 and brings together the Metropolitan Wind Symphony and two great brass soloists of today - Adam Frey, Euphonium and Scott Hartman, Trombone.<\/p>\n
In addition to his work with Maestro Leonard Slatkin at the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C. (2002), Mr. Isaacson trained at the Academy of Conducting at Aspen (2000) under Maestros David Zinman, Murry Sidlin and Jorma Panula. He has had additional studies at workshops under several masters of the podium: Michael Tilson Thomas, Christopher Wilkins, Larry Rachlef, Daniel Lewis, and Simon Rattle.<\/p>");