SUSAN HAIG

A native of Summit, New Jersey, Maestro Haig is presently the Music Director and Conductor of the Windsor Symphony in Ontario Canada. The winner of the Heinz Unger Conducting Award in 1992, Ms. Haig has appeared as a guest conductor with the Rochester Philharmonic, the Toronto Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. She has conducted productions for the Canadian Opera Company and the Pacific Opera Victoria and was personally selected by Mario Bernardi as Resident Conductor of the Calgary Philharmonic. A Princeton graduate, she holds MM and DMA degrees in Orchestra Conducting from the State University of New York and has pursued advanced conducting studies with Gustav Meier, Martin Canin, and Lillian Fuchs. Ms. Haig is known as an accomplished conductor of opera and was Assistant Conductor for the New York City Opera from 1984 to 1986 and also served with the Minnesota Opera Company and the American Opera Center at Juilliard. An articulate spokesperson for the arts, Maestro Haig is heard frequently on CBS broadcasts and has developed several programs especially for young audiences.

Last Revised: July 29, 2000