Teddy Poll

Teddy Poll is an American/German conductor, composer and social worker. Beginning his training as a pianist and singer, he finished his studies in composition, theory, and analysis in Paris and Berlin with disciples of Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen, before devoting himself fully to the craft of conducting. As a conductor, he as appeared as a guest artist at the Juilliard School, as well as in performances and workshops with Opera Philadelphia, the Glimmerglass Festival, Bare Opera, and the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. He has been on music staff as an Assistant Conductor at the Glimmerglass Festival and San Francisco Opera. Teddy was a Rita E. Hauser Conducting Fellow at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Versatile as a compose