CSO Associate Conductor Peter Stafford Wilson Will Conduct Tulsa Ballet

Columbus Symphony Associate Conductor Peter Stafford Wilson has been appointed Principal Conductor with the Tulsa Ballet for the 2012-13 season. He will be leading the organization's productions of Ben Stevenson's Dracula and Val Caniparoli's Lady of the Camellias, as well as holiday performances of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.

In addition to his current roles with the Columbus Symphony and Tulsa Ballet, Wilson is now in his eleventh season as Music Director of Ohio's Springfield Symphony, and concurrently holds the post of Music Director of the Westerville Symphony.

Dracula will be his first production as the Tulsa Ballet's Principal Conductor, which will be performed at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center October 26-28.

About Tulsa Ballet
Tulsa Ballet is a professional ballet company whose purpose is to serve as an essential asset of its extended community through internationally acclaimed artistic excellence and exemplary education and outreach. Regarded as one of the top ballet companies in North American and recognized as a leader in the field, Tulsa Ballet consistently brings the finest works of the classical and contemporary repertory to the Oklahoma stage, presenting the same works and sharing the same world-renowned choreographers with the top dance organizations of the world. www.tulsaballet.org.