caption associated_acts birth_place background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
maestro ward stare rochester saint louis symphony orchestra philharmonic orchestra , lyric opera of chicago , rochester , new york classical_ensemble 27 august 1982 trombone classical , opera wardstare.jpg ward stare
 ward stare conductor , music director , musician
ward stare

ward stare -lrb- born august 27 , 1982 -rrb- is an american conductor .
stare is currently the music director for the rochester philharmonic orchestra and was formerly the resident conductor of the saint louis symphony orchestra -- a position created for him in the fall of 2008 by music director david robertson -- and concurrently acted as music director of the saint louis symphony youth orchestra .
