William Cabison

Conducting Fellow

William Cabison is a Conducting Fellow at the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra this season, serving as cover conductor for JoAnn Falletta. He has also been Assistant Conductor for La Calisto (Mannes Opera) and In the Green (Mannes Opera), as well as Guest Supporting Conductor at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Assistant Conductor of the Los Robles Master Chorale in California, and Assistant Conductor of the UCLA Chorale. Additional ensembles conducted include the Monteux Festival Orchestra, the Mostly Modern Orchestra, the American Modern Ensemble, the Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra, the Mannes Orchestra and the Mannes American Composers Ensemble. He graduated with honors from the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, where he studied piano. Currently based in New York City, William studies with David Hayes in the MM Orchestral Conducting program at the Mannes School of Music