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Brahms - Variation on a Theme by Haydn (No. 4, 5, and 6) MelloCello 2,132 views Conductor: Bruce Walker Oregon East Symphony and A# Players Orchestra - November 2008
Rossini - L'Italiana in Algeri Overture MelloCello 978 views Conductor: Bruce Walker Oregon East Symphony and A# Players Orchestra - November 2008
Selections from Bizet - Carmen Suite No. 1 MelloCello 510 views Conductor: Bruce Walker A# Players Orchestra - April 2009
Brahms - Tragic Overture MelloCello 14,047 views Conductor: Bruce Walker Pierre Monteux School Orchestra 2006
Lehar - The Merry Widow Waltzs (excerpts) MelloCello 2,012 views Conductor: Bruce Walker Pierre Monteux School Orchestra 2006
Tchaikovsky- Serenade for Strings - Mvt. III MelloCello 1,147 views Conductor: Bruce Walker SIUE Conductor's Guild - 2007
Hindemith - Sonata for Solo Cello, op. 25 no. 3 (pt. 2) MelloCello 4,616 views Graduate Cello Recital July 26, 2007 Central Washington University Recital Hall Bruce Walker, cello Dr. Maria Roditeleva-Wibe, piano
Hindemith - Sonata for Solo Cello, op. 25 no. 3 (pt. 1) MelloCello 2,222 views Graduate Cello Recital July 26, 2007 Central Washington University Recital Hall Bruce Walker, cello Dr. Maria Roditeleva-Wibe, piano (more)
Beethoven - Cello Sonata #5 in D major - Mvt. 3 MelloCello 1,674 views Graduate Cello Recital July 26, 2007 Central Washington University Recital Hall Bruce Walker, cello Dr. Maria Roditeleva-Wibe, piano (more)
Beethoven - Cello Sonata #5 in D major - Mvt. 2 MelloCello 1,983 views Graduate Cello Recital July 26, 2007 Central Washington University Recital Hall Bruce Walker, cello Dr. Maria Roditeleva-Wibe, piano

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St. Louis, Missouri native, Bruce Walker, currently serves as Director of Orchestral Activities for the Sunnyside School District in Sunnyside, Washington and Assistant Conductor and Conductor of Preparatory Orchestras for the Oregon East Symphony in Pendleton, Oregon since 2007 and 2008 respectively. He has previously served as conductor for the Kittitas Valley Youth Orchestra, co-conductor of the Ellensburg Campus-Community Orchestra, director of the Central Washington University Music Preparatory Strings Program, and cello/conducting intern for the Marrowstone Music Festival. After a nationwide conductor search, Mr. Walker was selected as Music Director and Conductor for the Yakima Youth Symphony Orchestra and Cover Conductor to the Yakima Symphony Orchestra for the 2011-2012 season.

Mr. Walker has participated in some of the finest conducting workshops and music festivals across the United States such as the Marrowstone Music Festival, Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestral Musicians, various workshops sponsored by the Conductor's Guild, Astoria Music Festival, and the Rose City International Conductor's Workshop. During the summer months, Mr. Walker works as a faculty member with the Youth Excellence on Stage/YES Academy in collaboration with American Voices, a US non-government, non-profit, cultural exchange organization. Through this organization, he has conducted, traveled, and taught in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan.

As an instrumentalist, Mr. Walker remains very active as a solo performer, educator, adjudicator, and orchestral cellist. He has appeared as soloist with the Marrowstone Music Festival Orchestra and the Belleville Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also held principal cello positions with the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Orchestra, Marrowstone Music Festival Orchestra, Central Washington University Symphony, Wenatchee Valley Symphony, and the Pierre Monteux School Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Mr. Walker won numerous competitions with Trio Giocoso and the DeKalb and Byron String Quartets. Currently, he is principal cellist to the Oregon East Symphony (Pendelton, Oregon), section cellist with the Walla Walla Symphony (Walla Walla, Washington), and is an on-call musician for the to the Mid-Columbia Symphony (Richland, Washington) and Yakima Symphony (Yakima, Washington).

Mr. Walker holds baccalaureate degrees in Music Education and Cello Performance from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and completed masters degree work in Orchestral Conducting from Central Washington University. He is currently pursuing additional training in the masters degree program for Cello Performance at Central Washington University. His primary teachers have been Kangho Lee and John Michel (cello) and Dr. Jeffery Meyer, Michael Jinbo, Dr. Nikolas Caoile, and Kenneth Woods (conducting).

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