 JAMES BAGWELL maintains an active schedule throughout the United States as a conductor of choral, operatic, and orchestral literature. He has received critical praise for his work as Music Director of Light Opera Oklahoma, and returned to Tulsa to conduct three new productions and two orchestral concerts with members of the Tulsa Philharmonic for the 2003 summer festival season. In August 2001, he was appointed artistic director and conductor of Cappella Festiva Orchestra and Chorus in New York. He is founder and artistic director of The New York Repertory Chorus who made their debut in New York City in November 2002. Active as a guest conductor, he was invited to return to conduct the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra in 2000 after his debut in December 1999. In August 2001 Mr. Bagwell conducted two concerts with the New York Virtuoso Singers at the Bard Festival in New York. In October 2002 he conducted the premiere of Cinderella's Bad Magic by noted composer Kyle Gann in Moscow as part of the Alternativa Festival. From 1998-2000 he served as artistic director and conductor of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and the Indianapolis Chamber Singers, a professional ensemble he formed in 1999. Mr. Bagwell has been Music Director of the Cincinnati May Festival Youth Chorus since 1997. Last summer was his fifth season as director of choruses for the May Festival Summer Chorus during the Riverbend Music Series. James Bagwell has trained choruses for major American orchestras, including the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and the Asheville (NC) Symphony, working with such notable conductors as Raymond Leppard, James Conlon, Christof Perick, Imre Pallo, Jesus Lbpez-Cobos, Erich Kunzel, Leon Fleisher, and Robert Shaw. In 2000 he joined the faculty of Bard College where he is director of the orchestral and choral program.
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