THE MISSOURI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CONDUCTOR & Music Director - Wilbur Lin

Known for his creative programming and inviting stage presence, Wilbur Lin’s career has taken him to symphony halls and opera theaters across the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Taiwan. Currently the Music Director of the Missouri Symphony, Lin was also recently promoted to associate conductor of the Colorado Symphony.

Lin’s 2024/25 season will commence with a production of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (Elixir of Love) with the Missouri Symphony and Landlocked Opera Company, include many classical and pops concerts with both the Colorado and Missouri symphonies, and see his return to Ann Arbor and Taipei symphonies. His other recent highlights include debuts with the Rochester Philharmonic, Oak Ridge, Ann Arbor, Elgin, Taipei, and Indiana’s Richmond symphonies, a new studio recording with pianist Eric Zuber and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and conducting and covering the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops where he recently finished his tenure as assistant conductor (2019-2022).

In addition to his positions with the Colorado, Cincinnati, and Missouri symphonies, in recent years, Lin has conducted the Chamber Philharmonic Taipei, Manchester Camerata, Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil de El Salvador, Taipei Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony, Liverpool Mozart, Academy Orchestra of Taiwan Symphony, Richmond Symphony (IN), and LaPorte Symphony orchestras. As a cover conductor, Lin has worked with, notably, the Taiwan Symphony, Cincinnati Ballet, and Minnesota orchestras. In his role as the assistant (2023/24) and associate (2024-) conductor of the Colorado Symphony, Lin also serves as the Music Director of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra.

A graduate of Riccardo Muti's Italian Opera Academy, Lin’s operatic endeavors include conducting Verdi’s Macbeth at Teatro Alighieri (Ravenna, Italy), Le nozze di Figaro at the Missouri Theatre with the Missouri Symphony, Die Zauberflöte and Barber of Seville with the Winter Harbor Music Festival (Winter Harbor, Maine), Menotti’s The Medium and Amelia Goes to the Ball as the conductor of Northern Illinois University, and has coached and performed as a pianist with the Indianapolis Opera, Indiana University Opera Theater, Reimagining Opera for Kids, and the Cincinnati Ballet. In 2022, Lin led a new workshop of Robeson by Scott Davenport Richards at the Cincinnati Opera.

Lin held the position of Taiwan Symphony Orchestra International Talent Fellow (2019-2021), Weiwuyin Opera (Taiwan) Conducting Fellow (2019-2020), Lord Rhodes Scholar (2013-2014), was a two-time recipient of Mortimer Furber Prize for Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), and holds a doctoral degree in orchestral conducting from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Lin has studied with Arthur Fagen and David Effron at Jacobs, Clark Rundell and Mark Heron at the RNCM, and Apo Hsu at the National Taiwan Normal University. He has also received conducting coaching with, notably, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Riccardo Muti, Sir Mark Elder, Helmuth Rilling, and has assisted Louis Langrée, James Gaffigan, and John Morris Russell, among others.

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ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR - Jacob Schnitzer

American conductor Jacob Aaron Schnitzer harnesses the powers of music and storytelling to connect with others. His work as a conductor spans symphonic, opera, and contemporary repertoire; his work in immersive concert design offers audiences unforgettable multisensory experiences.

Recipient of The Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award, Jacob is Associate Conductor of The Missouri Symphony. He is a co-founder and Artistic Director of Density512, a chamber orchestra in Austin, TX, which specializes in merging interdisciplinary storytelling, innovative concert design, and contemporary music. 

Jacob has collaborated on performances at the SXSW Music Festival, Firefly Music Festival,  Blanton Museum of Art, Fast Forward Austin, Here Be Monsters, The Contemporary Austin, Fusebox Festival, and with National Geographic Explorer Stuart Hyatt at the Cave Without a Name. A passionate educator, he served as Interim Director of Orchestra at Kent State University during the 2023-2024 academic year, Teaching Artist at The Missouri Symphony Conservatory, and joined Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts as a visiting conductor and composer on two tours to Carnegie Hall. 

A champion of new music, Jacob has led world premieres of more than 50 works by living composers and co-founded DensitySOUND, a new music media and record label housed by Density512. His longstanding commitment to collaborating with living composers has led to the development of new works in opera, ballet and multimedia.

In his work as a creative director, Jacob integrates theater and multimedia elements into immersive musical experiences. In recent projects, Jacob has served as a stage director, filmmaker, lighting designer, dramaturg, poet, mixing engineer, and clown.

Jacob participated in masterclasses with Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Domaine Forget de Charlevoix. His principal mentors include conductors Kevin Noe, Bramwell Tovey, Joshua Gersen, and Peter Bay as well as composers Zhou Long, Yevgeniy Sharlat, Richard Cornell, and Donald Grantham. He holds degrees from the UMKC Conservatory, Boston University, and The University of Texas at Austin.

When not dreaming of ways to change the world, Jacob hikes, cooks, meditates, reads, and sings to his orange tabby cats.

MOSY MUSICIANS

If you are a musician interested in playing with us, please send an email to orchestra@themosy.org, including your resume, as well as a 5-10 minute video showcasing your playing.

Feel free to reach out to orchestra@themosy.org if you have any questions.

Check out Wilbur’s website for more information or follow him on social media for updates.

  • Felicia Brunelle

    VIOLIN I

    CONCERTMASTER

    Dr. RC & Caroline Arnold Memorial Concertmaster Chair

  • Graham Woodland

    VIOLIN I

    ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

    Jane Crow Assistant Concertmaster Chair

  • Carrie Dowell

    VIOLIN I

  • Siri Geenen

    VIOLIN I

  • Andrew Stump

    VIOLIN I

  • Yu-kun Hsiang

    VIOLIN I

  • Wendy Kleintank

    VIOLIN I

  • Alexandre Negrao

    VIOLIN I

  • Emily Nardo

    VIOLIN I

  • Carlann Evans

    VIOLIN II

    PRINCIPAL

    Kermaline Jean Powell Cotterman Memorial Principal Violin II Chair

  • Elizabeth Ramos Torres

    VIOLIN II

    ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

  • Evan Wilde

    VIOLIN II

  • Johanny Veiga Barbosa Pottorff

    VIOLIN II

  • Hannah Lanning

    VIOLIN II

  • Mark Hatlestad

    VIOLA

    ACTING PRINCIPAL

    Edward Chmielewski Memorial Principal Viola Chair

  • McKayla Talasek

    VIOLA

    ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

  • Briana Frieda

    VIOLA

  • Dominique Archambeau

    VIOLA

  • Leslie Perna

    VIOLA

  • Cameron Slaugh

    CELLO

    ACTING PRINCIPAL

    Linda Lyle Principal Cello Chair

  • Dayoung Park

    CELLO

    ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

    Alice Havard Assistant Principal Cello Chair

  • Adrián Gómez Hernández

    CELLO

  • Abigail Monroe

    CELLO

  • Sean O'Hara

    BASS

    PRINCIPAL

    Richard Miller (MPIX) Principal Bass Chair

  • Kassie Ferrero

    BASS

    ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

  • Amulet Strange

    FLUTE

    ACTING PRINCIPAL

    Lucy Vianello Principal Flute Chair

  • Katie Dancer

    FLUTE

    ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

    Doris C. Brandt Memorial Piccolo Chair

  • Kristine Poulsen

    FLUTE

  • Kathryn Basi

    FLUTE

  • Luca de la Florin

    OBOE

    CO-PRINCIPAL

    Missouri Symphony League Principal Oboe Chair

  • Chanmi Kim

    OBOE

    CO-PRINCIPAL

    Missouri Symphony League Principal Oboe Chair

  • Alison Robuck

    OBOE

  • Dan Willet

    OBOE

  • Labarrin Wallace

    OBOE

  • Chris Chance

    CLARINET

    PRINCIPAL

    Tim Ireland & Ed Hanson Principal Clarinet Chair

  • Marianne Shifrin

    CLARINET

  • Wes Warnhoff

    CLARINET

  • Bill Kalinkos

    CLARINET

  • Taylor Smith

    BASSOON

    PRINCIPAL

    Stephen & Joan Mudrick Principal Bassoon Chair

  • Austin Way

    BASSOON

  • Luke Frith

    BASSOON

  • Scott Millichamp

    HORN

    PRINCIPAL

    Bruce & Kathy Gordon Principal Horn Chair

  • Sonja Millichamp

    HORN

  • Adam Schommer

    HORN

  • Matthew Haislip

    HORN

  • Amanda Collins

    HORN

  • Alan Evans

    TRUMPET

    PRINCIPAL

    David & Nancy Bedan Principal Trumpet Chair

  • Iskander Akhmadullin

    TRUMPET

  • Chris Farris

    TRUMPET

  • Emily Rahn

    TRUMPET

  • Sam Chen

    TROMBONE

    PRINCIPAL

  • Jared Smith

    TROMBONE

  • Timothy Howe

    TROMBONE

  • Brian Silvey

    TROMBONE

  • Theo Learnard

    TUBA

  • Christine Souza

    TIMPANI

    PRINCIPAL

    Missouri Symphony League Princicpal Timpani Chair

  • Olivia Slettleland

    PERCUSSION

  • Mary Emmons

    PERCUSSION

  • Megan Arns

    PERCUSSION

  • Emi Kagawa

    KEYBOARD

  • Rachel Aubuchon

    KEYBOARD

  • Tashianna Merryman

    HARP