Our Conductor

William Schrickel, music director and conductor Music Director of the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra since 2000, William Schrickel recently completed his first season as Music Director of the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra. He has conducted the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra and the Kenwood Chamber Orchestra and has led performances of his own translation of Stravinsky's Histoire du Soldat with the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota and The Musical Offering.

Schrickel joined the double bass section of the Minnesota Orchestra in 1976 and became assistant principal in 1995. He has performed twice as soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra under the baton of Leonard Slatkin. An active chamber musician, he is currently a member of the Hill House Chamber Players in Saint Paul. He was a founding member of the Minneapolis Artists Ensemble and performs as a guest artist with Ensemble Capriccio on two new recordingsof music by Skrowaczewski and Vieira.