Marvin Neumann - May 4, 2012
Marvin Neumann - While in Thailand, he was director/conductor for the Bangkok Combined Chorale and Bangkok Opera Society. He has conducted institute orchestras at California State University (Northridge and Los Angeles), the University of Redlands and Occidental College (Suzuki).
Maestro Neumann is also a professional singer: he toured with Roger Wagner and has sung with the New York City Opera as well as the Los Angeles Bach Festival and San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival. He sang for a number of years with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and has sung on the soundtracks of three recent movies. He is Past-President of the Lost Angeles Chapter of the National Association of Church Musicians.
As a composer, Neumann has written for choir, chamber ensemble, band and orchestra. His choral compositions include music for the church as well as the concert hall, from small anthems and arrangements to a mass. College bands at UCLA, USC and Cal-Tech have performed his music and a chamber work was broadcast over KUSC, a local classical radio station.