Isaac Newman (Quincy House, Class of ’25) is a music concentrator at Harvard, studying conducting with Federico Cortese and composition with Robert Kyr. In addition to music directing Mozart Society Orchestra, Isaac is also the assistant conductor of the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra. He studied orchestral conducting at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts. He conducted the Hasty Pudding Theatricals in their 40 show run in Cambridge, NYC, and Bermuda and has appeared as a guest conductor with the Harvard College Opera. Isaac is also a composer and a recipient of the Frances Boott prize in composition. In addition to conducting and composing, Isaac is a cellist and a two-time winner of the French Woods Festival Concerto Competition. Isaac is also a singer and actor and has performed in musical theatre and operetta since he was little. Outside of music, Isaac loves playing Ultimate Frisbee for Harvard’s Red Line and cooking Italian and Indian food.
Mozart Society Orchestra 