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Bean Takes the Baton for PSO's 2022 Debut

Susan Van Dongen for US-1
1/26/2022
Conductor Kenneth Bean stands in front of an orchestra, holding a conductor's baton.

Hit the ground running.

That's a good description for Kenneth Bean's recent professional life, especially his appointment as the new Georg and Joyce Albers-Schonberg assistant conductor of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, as well as conductor of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, the PSO's youth orchestral partner.

He was brought on board in early autumn and tasked with launching rehearsals for the Symphonic Orchestra of the YOCJ almost immediately, since the ensemble needed to prepare a challenging program for its winter concert, which was performed January 23.

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