Robert
Nordling was appointed in 2002 to the music faculty at Calvin College
where he conducts the Calvin Orchestra and teaches conducting. He became conductor of the Community Symphony in fall 2005. Prior to his appointment at Calvin he was the
founder and music director of the San Francisco area Bay Chamber Symphony
Orchestra. Additional conducting credentials include appearances with
the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute Orchestra, the Cedardell Opera
Festival Orchestra, the Wheaton Symphony Orchestra and chamber orchestras
in Chicago and San Francisco.
A native of New Jersey, Nordling studied at the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music with Rex Hicks, Howard Whitaker and Stephen Cushman. After completing his studies at Wheaton he went to San Francisco to continue his orchestral training with David Ramadanoff and James Wimer. He was awarded conducting fellowships to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute where he worked with Leonard Bernstein, Michael Tilson Thomas and Herbert Blomstedt.
