Stanley DeRusha, music education
Stanley DeRusha is Music Director and Conductor of the Pro Arte
Chamber Orchestra of Indianapolis, Principal American Guest
Conductor of La Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo, Uruguay, and
former Resident Conductor of the Indianapolis Chamber
Orchestra.
American born and trained, he has conducted throughout the
United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and South America. His credits
include numerous American and world premiere performances, and he
has won the praise of many distinguished composers including
William Schuman, Vincent Persichetti, Karel Husa, Ernst Krenek,
Joseph Schwantner, Gunther Schuller, Michael Schelle, John Downey,
Blas Emilio Atehortua, and John Corigliano, among others, for his
interpretation of their music as well as receiving critical acclaim
for his interpretation of the standard repertoire.
Maestro DeRusha has also been interim music director of La
Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota and La Orquesta Sinfonica de
Colombia. El Espectador, in Bogota, praised him for his
"masterful presentations". He was presented the ORDEN de la
LIBERTAD by the Colombian government for his contribution to the
arts.
Maestro DeRusha received National Public Radio's "Best
Contemporary Music Performance Award" for a concert presented and
recorded in New York's Town Hall featuring the Emerson String
Quartet and the world premiere of Paul Epstein's Matinee
Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra.
The Colorado Daily Camera claims "DeRusha's every
gesture speaks of solid and well-founded musicianship. Without any
trace of showmanship, he communicates his own involvement in the
music to both audience and orchestra". He is a frequent guest
conductor of major orchestras in the United States and South
America. He has conducted throughout Europe and in South
America in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Puerto Rico,
Bolivia, Mexico, Ecuador, and Colombia.
(317) 940-6558
sderusha@butler.edu