An international search for a music director began in 1997, concluding with the appointment of Maestro Richard Westerfield to the post.
Previous conductors of the orchestra have included Martin J. Fischer 1917-2011, violist, Juilliard alumni circa/with Robert Mann & Walter Trampler, tenured conductor through the early 1980s, Eiji Oue and Richard Westerfield.
Richard Nixon | Richard Wagner | Richard Strauss | Richard Branson | Cliff Richard | Richard Gere | Richard Burton | Richard Hammond | Richard | Richard Dawkins | Little Richard | Richard Feynman | Richard Attenborough | Richard M. Daley | Richard I of England | Richard Thompson | Richard Francis Burton | Richard Thompson (musician) | Richard Pryor | Richard Linklater | Richard III of England | Richard Petty | Richard II | Richard II of England | Richard E. Byrd | Maurice Richard Arena | Muhal Richard Abrams | Richard Herring | Richard Wright | Richard Stallman |