A welcome to our Music director Phillip Lenberg

We are thrilled to welcome Maestro Lenberg as our official conductor for the 2026/27 season. With him we look forward to many musical adventures to come. Phillip serves as Professor of Music at Mendocino College. A conductor, composer, and pedagogue, he holds master’s and doctoral degrees in orchestral conducting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. There he served as assistant conductor of the Las Vegas Philharmonic and the Henderson Symphony Orchestra, and as assistant conductor of orchestras and opera at the University of Nevada.

A committed advocate of contemporary music, Phillip has premiered numerous works by emerging composers and served as resident conductor of the Nextet New Music Ensemble and the Oakland Composers’ Collective. His own compositions have been performed by the Da Capo Chamber Ensemble and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, and have been featured at the Sundance Film Festival and CineVegas. He has been a guest conductor at San Francisco State University, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Sonoma State University, among others, and previously served as music director of the French American International School in San Francisco.