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Steven Reineke
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Steven Reineke is one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music and is in his second decade as music director of the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. He is also the principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and principal pops conductor of the Houston and Toronto symphonies. He is a frequent guest conductor and can be seen on the podium with the Chicago, Dallas, and Detroit symphonies. He made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut in 2009.

On stage, Mr. Reineke creates and collaborates with a range of leading artists in hip-hop, R & B, Broadway, television, and rock including Killer Mike, Maxwell, Common, Kendrick Lamar, Ne-Yo, Bob Weir, Trey Anastasio, Barry Manilow, Cynthia Erivo, Ben Rector, Cody Fry, Sutton Foster, Amos Lee, Dispatch, and Jason Mraz. In 2024 he led the NSO on PBS’s Next at the Kennedy Center featuring Ben Folds DeClassified with Jacob Collier, Laufey, and dodie. He was previously seen with the NSO on PBS’s Great Performances with hip-hop legend Nas performing his seminal album Illmatic. In 2017 he was featured on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered leading the NSO in live music excerpts in between news segments—a first for the show’s 45-year history.

Mr. Reineke is the creator of hundreds of orchestral arrangements. His work is performed worldwide and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Casey at the Bat are performed frequently in North America, including by the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics. His Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were debuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company. A native of Ohio, Mr. Reineke is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, where he earned Bachelor of Music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He currently resides in New York City with his husband, Eric Gabbard.

Steven Reineke
Condutor

Steven Reineke is one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music and is in his second decade as music director of the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. He is also the principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and principal pops conductor of the Houston and Toronto symphonies. He is a frequent guest conductor and can be seen on the podium with the Chicago, Dallas, and Detroit symphonies. He made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut in 2009.

On stage, Mr. Reineke creates and collaborates with a range of leading artists in hip-hop, R & B, Broadway, television, and rock including Killer Mike, Maxwell, Common, Kendrick Lamar, Ne-Yo, Bob Weir, Trey Anastasio, Barry Manilow, Cynthia Erivo, Ben Rector, Cody Fry, Sutton Foster, Amos Lee, Dispatch, and Jason Mraz. In 2024 he led the NSO on PBS’s Next at the Kennedy Center featuring Ben Folds DeClassified with Jacob Collier, Laufey, and dodie. He was previously seen with the NSO on PBS’s Great Performances with hip-hop legend Nas performing his seminal album Illmatic. In 2017 he was featured on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered leading the NSO in live music excerpts in between news segments—a first for the show’s 45-year history.

Mr. Reineke is the creator of hundreds of orchestral arrangements. His work is performed worldwide and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Casey at the Bat are performed frequently in North America, including by the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics. His Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were debuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company. A native of Ohio, Mr. Reineke is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, where he earned Bachelor of Music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He currently resides in New York City with his husband, Eric Gabbard.