Conductor Kimo Furumoto leads the University Orchestra at California State University, Fullerton, in their second concert this year. In addition to his teaching responsibilities at Cal State Fullerton, Furumoto is music director/conductor of the Huntington Symphony Orchestra in West Virginia. Previously, he held the director of orchestral activities and chair, string division at Ohio University, and music director of the Concert Orchestra position at the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music. After completing a one-year position as conducting assistant with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, he was invited to return as a guest assistant conductor. He has also served as associate conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. He has appeared as guest conductor with orchestras both in the United States and Europe, and has worked with noted conductors such as Leonard Bernstein and Robert Shaw.

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