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Randall Tweed, D.M.A.
Musical Director
 The 2009-2010 performance season of the Grossmont Symphony
Orchestra (GSO) & Master Chorale (GMC) continues its musical
tradition of providing high quality art and entertainment to its
East County audience by performing a wide variety of classical music
and musical styles. Music in Sacred Spaces is the theme for
the new season of performances with concerts occurring at leading
sacred venues throughout San Diego County. From Baroque to the Twentieth Century, the
GSO & GMC, in addition to its chamber music ensembles of the
Grossmont Symphony String Quartet and Woodwind Quintet perform a
nine-concert season. The Grossmont Symphony Orchestra & Master
Chorale, East County's symphony orchestra and chorale!
Dr. Randall Tweed,
Director of Choral/Orchestral Activities
at Grossmont College, has been conducting opera, symphony, and
chorus throughout Southern and Baja California since joining the
music faculty in 1986. Dr. Tweed has frequently appeared as guest
conductor on concert music series throughout Southern California
including the Cabrillo Chamber
Orchestra, United States International Orchestra,
Spreckels Organ Society,
and various church music concert series. In the area of education
Dr. Tweed has appeared as adjudicator for the California Music
Teachers Association, the Music Educator’s National Conference and
has twice appeared as conductor for the Suzuki awards concerts.
Dr. Tweed’s performing experience is both in the
areas of vocal and instrumental fields winning competitions
sponsored by the La Jolla Civic University Orchestra and the Musical
Merit Foundation of Greater San Diego. Dr. Tweed earned the
Doctorate in Musical Arts (D.M.A.) from the School of Music at
Arizona State University, located in Tempe, Arizona. He has also
completed two Master of Music degrees from the University of
Southern California in addition to pursuing post-graduate study in
Berlin, Germany (studying at the Berliner Kirchenmusikschule) where
he was a recipient of a Konrad Adenauer
Foundation Fellowship.
In addition to expanding both the orchestral and
choral programs at Grossmont College, Dr. Tweed initiated a series
of concert programs dedicated to educating East County’s children
beginning in March of 1993 organizing a "musical petting zoo" for
the children, under the supervision of the members of the Orchestra
and Master Chorale, to "touch," "pet," and "play" the instruments of
the orchestra just prior to hearing the actual concert. Aside from
giving the members of the Grossmont Symphony Orchestra and Grossmont
Master Chorale the experience of learning and performing an
extensive variety of orchestral and choral literature, Dr. Tweed has
given those members the opportunity to acquire greater stamina and
self-assuredness by scheduling extra performances off campus. Being
a civic minded person as well as an artist and educator, Dr. Tweed
has contributed to the community by bringing his wonderful orchestra
and chorale to areas that otherwise would have "missed out." In
addition, he has succeeded in integrating community and college life
by providing quality art to his East County audiences.
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