Profit / Prestige A Foolproof Guide to Sustainable Arts Programming

"Clearly a brilliant and inspirational figure." - Chicago Sun-Times GRAMMY(R)-nominated conductor and arts entrepreneur Patrick Dupr Quigley is at the vanguard of a new generation of young Baroque and Classical-era specialists: completely at ease at the helm of the modern symphony orchestra while still able to create the passionate, distinctive stylings of the Baroque and Classical sound. The Founder and Artistic Director of Seraphic Fire and the Firebird Chamber Orchestra, he has also received rave reviews for his work with the music of contemporary American composers. In addition, Quigley is the author of a recurring column on artistic entrepreneurship for American Public Media. The 2015-2016 season sees guest engagements with the New World Symphony in a program of Reich, Ligeti, and Monteverdi; cover conductor for The Cleveland Orchestra's performances of Handel's "Messiah," and touring performances in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., of Mozart's "Requiem," Brahms's "Requiem," and Charpentier's "Te Deum" with Seraphic Fire and the Sebastians Period Orchestra. Quigley's past guest conducting appearances include Handel's "Messiah" at Carnegie Hall, as well as programs with the New World Symphony, San Francisco Symphony's Community of Music Makers Series, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mobile Symphony, the Naples Philharmonic and four separate appearances with the San Antonio Symphony. Under Quigley's direction, Seraphic Fire has released fourteen critically acclaimed recordings on the Seraphic Fire Media label (founded by Quigley). The last three recordings have debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard Magazine Classical Charts. In 2012, Quigley was nominated for two 2012 GRAMMY(R) Awards, the only conductor in the world to be nominated for two separate projects that year.