Harville named Cobb Symphony Associate Conductor

The Cobb Symphony Orchestra has named Grant Harville as CSO Associate Conductor and Creative Director.

Mr. Harville was previously Orchestra Director at Ripon College in Wisconsin. He is a 2008 winner of the Richard C. and Agatha Church Memorial Conducting Award.

His recent activities include: conductor for the premiere of David Dies’s opera Hills Like White Elephants; Music Director for the Madison Savoyards production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore; and guest conductor for the Oistrach Symphony in Chicago.

He has written works performed by the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, the United States Armed Forces Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble, and the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Harville received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan.
About the Cobb Symphony Orchestra
The Cobb Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1951 and includes 85 musicians. Director/Conductor Michael Alexander has conducted and performed with orchestras in Wisconsin, Russia, Australia, Italy, Romania and China. The CSO organization also includes the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, CSO Jazz, and the CSO Chorus. For more information about the Cobb Symphony Orchestra, visit www.cobbsymphony.org.