Pamela Purpus

Pamela Purpus

playethic@comcast.net

 317-295-0648

   8912 Jules Lane, Indiananpolis, IN, 46278

Founder, artistic director, conductor

“Musicians expect the conductor to be prepared, to know not only the ink (meter, entrances, and so on) but also the music’s essence (such as balance and articulations). Only a conductor who grasps a music’s motion and emotion can help musicians achieve the right sound quality.”

 

Pamela Purpus formed Play Ethic, a sinfonietta in 2009, providing a stimulus package for central Indiana symphonic musicians. “Orchestral music is a global, timeless currency,” she notes. “As performers, we routinely invest in each other, for each other.”

Purpus, who earned a master’s degree in horn performance at Indiana University, took a circuitous route to the podium: after suffering a freakish, life-threatening playing injury that unequivocally ended her professional horn career, Purpus dabbled with many instruments, from flute to doublebass—even landing the occasional job as freelance timpanist after studying under acclaimed Pittsburgh (Pa.) Symphony Orchestra timpanist Timothy Adams Jr. But since attending the inaugural Rose City International Conductor’s Workshop in Portland, Ore., Purpus quickly established herself as a promising young conductor.

Recent gigs include stints as guest music director and conductor for the Doña Ana Lyric Opera at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, N.M.

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