Noon: Community Programs: NEPA Philharmonic

Chason Goldschmitz is an artistic administrator, producer, composer, and arranger, and Executive Director of the NEPA Philharmonic, where he has overseen the organization's expansion to a 30+ event season of new and innovative concert programming and arts-health-educational initiatives across five counties and counting. Goldschmitz previously served as Director of Production, Music, and Arts & Health for the office of soprano Renée Fleming, where he produced concerts, summits, multimedia events, and other public engagements, and coordinated international arts and health research, policy, and funding initiatives on behalf of the Renée Fleming Foundation. Performers of arrangements by Goldschmitz include soprano Renée Fleming and pianist Inon Barnatan; conductors Marin Alsop, JoAnn Falletta, and Mélisse Brunet; and the Baltimore and Houston Symphonies, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra. His original compositions have been commissioned by 92NY and the NEPA Philharmonic, and performed by ensembles including the Juilliard Orchestra and the Daedalus String Quartet. Goldschmitz holds Master’s degrees in Music Composition from the Juilliard School and Nonprofit Leadership and Management from Arizona State University, along with a Bachelor’s in Environmental Science from Columbia University.