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David Itkin David Itkin Music Director The 2008-2009 season marks Maestro David Itkin’s 16th season as Music Director and Conductor of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, his 2nd season as Conductor of the Las Vegas Philharmonic, and his 4th season as Conductor of the Abilene Philharmonic. In addition, during the Fall of 2008 he begins his first year as Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of North Texas College of Music. During past seasons Maestro Itkin’s career has taken him to 44 U.S. states and 15 countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, including concerts and recordings with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Slovenska Filhamonija, the San Diego Symphony, and the Seoul Philharmonic. Other guest conducting appearances include concerts with the Colorado Philharmonic, the Annapolis Symphony, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Illinois Symphony, the Delaware Symphony, the New Hampshire Symphony, the Cheyenne Symphony, and the Indianapolis, Baltimore, and Reno Chamber Orchestras. During the Summer of 2006 Maestro Itkin appeared once again with the Slovenska Filharmonija in Ljubljana, Slovenia, conducting the opening concert of the 14th World Saxophone Congress. Mr. Itkin’s first film score (“Sugar Creek”) was recorded in 2006 by the Arkansas Symphony for the film’s 2007 release. His most recent major work, “Exodus”, an oratorio, was premiered in April 2005 in Little Rock, with William Shatner narrating. “Exodus” was released world-wide on CD in 2007. Mr. Itkin is also in demand as a speaker and lecturer. During the Summer of 2007 he was a featured lecturer at the Arkansas Governor’s School for the 2nd consecutive year, and lectured in Europe for Silversea cruise lines. Maestro Itkin’s previous positions include serving as Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Lake Forest Symphony Orchestra in Chicago (1997-2000), Music Director/Conductor of the Kingsport Symphony (Tenn.) (1992-1995), Music Director of the Birmingham Opera Theatre (1992-1995), and Music Director for the Lucius Woods Festival Concerts in Solon Springs, Wisconsin (1993-2000). From 1988 to 1993 he served as Associate Conductor of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, during which time he was made Honorary Lt. Governor of the State of Alabama for outstanding service to the Arts. Geoffrey Robson Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson, 26, graduated from Yale University in 2004 with an MM in violin performance, studying with Erick Friedman. He graduated from the honors college at Michigan State University in 2002, studying violin with Dmitri Berlinsky and I-fu Wang. He pursued studies in orchestral conducting at both institutions and in the summers of 2006 and 2008 completed a course of study with John Farrer and Neil Thomson at the Royal College of Music in London. Most recently, he has been studying conducting with David Hayes at Mannes College of Music in New York. He is a regular conductor with the Chelsea Symphony in New York City, and has guest-led several chamber orchestras in the New York area. Prior to his appointment as Associate Conductor of the ASO, Geoffrey freelanced regularly as a violinist/violist in New York and Connecticut, and taught violin, viola, piano and music theory privately and as a public schoolteacher. 
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