San Francisco Symphony
In 2004, Shwartz was named conducting fellow of the New World Symphony and, at the age of 25, was appointed by Michael Tilson Thomas to the post of Wattis Foundation Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and, concurrently, Assistant Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony. He became Resident Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony in 2006 and continued as Music Director of the Youth Orchestra from 2005-2009. In the summer of 2008, he led the San Francisco Youth Orchestra on a European tour, performing with them in Munich, Berlin, and Prague.