Co Nguyen, asst. conductor
Co Boi Nguyen, an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Redlands School of Music, was named Assistant Conductor of the Redlands Symphony in July of 2006. Ms. Nguyen serves as the principal conductor of the University of Redlands Orchestra and Opera. Additionally, she will conduct the Redlands Symphony Orchestra when Maestro Jon Robertson is unavailable.
“Co is immensely talented and makes an important contribution to the level of excellence our orchestra represents. I am very happy to have Co Nguyen as my Assistant Conductor and part of the Redlands Symphony Orchestra team,” according to Maestro Jon Robertson, the Symphony’s Music Director and Principal Conductor.
Since July 2005, Co Boi Nguyen has been conductor and faculty member of the C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival, Long Island University, New York. She served as assistant conductor of the Cosmopolitan Orchestra in New York and recently led the ensemble in the first U.S recording of A. Tcherepnin’s Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra.
A native of Hanoi, Nguyen returns regularly to perform and to give master classes. She made her highly acclaimed debut with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra at the Hanoi Opera House in July 2002, making her the first woman and the youngest conductor ever to lead the fifty-year-old ensemble.
In addition to conducting the Two Worlds concert, Ms.Nguyen will conduct the symphony at the fifth concert of the season featuring the winner of the University of Redlands concerto competition.