Anthony Parnther

Anthony Parnther
Anthony Parnther
	Parnther conducting at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain
Background information
Born	Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Genres	Classical music; contemporary classical music; film score; video game music; avant-garde; jazz;
Instrument(s)	Bassoon, contrabassoon, cello
Years active	1988–present
Labels	NMC Recordings
Website	www.anthonyparnther.com

Anthony Parnther is an American conductor, bassoonist, and educator.^[1]^[2]

In 2019 he was appointed music director and conductor of the

Los Angeles, California

, a position he has held since 2010.

Early life and family

Anthony Parnther was born in Norfolk, Virginia, to Samalauluoloitefu (née Paese), an economist and professor, and George Parnther, an engineer.

Around 1949, George Parnther emigrated to the

U.S. Navy before serving in the Korean War. George eventually matriculated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with degrees in engineering and mathematics. Samalaulu (abbreviated) emigrated from Samoa in 1960 and studied economics at Columbia University. The Parnther family settled in Norfolk, Virginia

in the late 1960s.

Anthony graduated from

E.C. Glass High School

in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he played the cello, bassoon, and tuba in the instrumental music department.

Education

He studied conducting at Yale University and music performance at Northwestern University.

At Yale University, he studied conducting with Lawrence Leighton Smith and Otto Werner Mueller.

Career

After a two-year international search, the San Bernardino Symphony appointed Anthony Parnther as their Music Director in May 2019.

Parnther currently serves as conductor of the Southeast Symphony in Los Angeles, California.

Previously, he conducted the

Temecula

, California.

He is a noted conductor, orchestrator, and bassoonist with the Hollywood Studio Symphony for television, motion pictures, and video games.

Guest conducting

Anthony has appeared with many of the leading orchestras in North America, including the

Buffalo Philharmonic

.

In 2018, Parnther conducted

Chineke! following the 30-month refurbishment of the Queen Elizabeth Hall,^[3] and again in September 2023 at the BBC Proms.^[4]

Film scores

Parnther is a prolific conductor of scoring sessions for motion picture, television, album, and video game scores with the Hollywood Studio Symphony.

He has led the recording sessions for such projects as

Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Fargo, The Night Of, 4400, The Lamplighters League, Guild Wars, Oppenheimer

, and many more.

Teaching

Anthony directed the Symphonic Band and directed and designed for the Marching Buccaneers and the Men and Women's Basketball Pep Bands at East Tennessee State University from 2004-2007. He taught applied double reeds at Fullerton College from 2008–2010 and served as director of the YMP/YMCO program under the Department of Equity and Inclusion at University of California, Berkeley from 2010–2015. He was Artist-in-residence at the Oakwood School in North Hollywood from 2015–2017.

References

^ Greiving, Tim (September 11, 2019). "Few black conductors lead orchestras. For Anthony Parnther, it's time to represent". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
^ Looseleaf, Victoria. "Anthony Parnther Finds Inspiration Everywhere". sfcv.org. San Fransicso Classical Voice. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
^ Tonkin, Body (April 10, 2018). "Not so Brutal: the South Bank's concrete palace reopens in jubilant style". theartsdesk.com. The Arts Desk. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
^ "Conductor Anthony Parnther on the importance of diversity in classical music". Evening Standard. London. August 31, 2023. Archived from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.

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[1] Greiving, Tim (September 11, 2019). "Few black conductors lead orchestras. For Anthony Parnther, it's time to represent". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 27, 2020.

[2] Looseleaf, Victoria. "Anthony Parnther Finds Inspiration Everywhere". sfcv.org. San Fransicso Classical Voice. Retrieved August 27, 2020.

[3] Tonkin, Body (April 10, 2018). "Not so Brutal: the South Bank's concrete palace reopens in jubilant style". theartsdesk.com. The Arts Desk. Retrieved May 1, 2023.

[4] "Conductor Anthony Parnther on the importance of diversity in classical music". Evening Standard. London. August 31, 2023. Archived from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.

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