Alexander Shelley discusses his approach toward building a cohesive ensemble and the importance of contemporary programming in conversation with Victoria Looseleaf from San Francisco Classical Voice. 

Fred Plotkin, a passionate opera expert, and author of Opera 101 and Classical Music 101, talks with Alexander Shelley, music director of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra and Naples Philharmonic (Florida), incoming principal conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, and incoming music director of the Pacific Symphony.