Douglas Kinney Frost, Music Director of Syracuse Opera, has led orchestras throughout the U.S. and South America consistently receiving high praise from journalists and his colleagues. “Under the baton of music director Douglas Kinney Frost the orchestra consistently presents concerts that are interesting, stimulating and thought-provoking,” says the Deseret News.

In concert, the breadth of his repertoire has been highlighted in performances with the National Symphony of Mexico, the Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and orchestras in Brazil and Uruguay, Russian Federal Orchestra in Moscow, St Petersburg Festival Orchestra, Kharkov Philharmonia in Ukraine, and the National Orchestra of Korea in Seoul, Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, and in the U.S. with the Colorado Bach Festival, Rochester Philharmonic, Westminster College, Utah, Virginia and Richmond Symphonies, among others.

Mr. Kinney Frost conducted performances of Porgy and Bess at the prestigious Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, and most recently lead the Boston premiere of Little Women at the New England Conservatory, performances of La Boheme at the Florida Grand Opera, a new production of Madama Butterflyand La Traviata with Anchorage Opera, The Magic Flute at the Syracuse Opera, Postcard from Morocco at the University of Michigan, Fidelio, Maria de Buenos Aires,and a new production of Alcinawith Opus Chamber Orchestra, and concerts in Moscow, Kharkov, and Salt Lake City. In the summer 2008, he was the associate conductor and chorus master for Opera Colorado’s production of Nixon in China, which was recently released on the Naxos recording label. In the spring 2009, he conducted Syracuse Opera’s productions of Romeo et Juliette and Little Women, and Mississippi Opera’s double-bill of Suor Angelica and Cavalleria Rusticana. In the 2009-2010 season, he conducts La Boheme, Susannah and Hansel and Gretel at the Syracuse Opera, and Gluck’s Armide at the University of Michigan.

As Music Director of Syracuse Opera, Douglas Kinney Frost has refocused the company's artistic vision and redefined its commitment to the community. He has broadened main-stage programming by conducting the company's first new production of an American work, Mark Adamo’s Little Women, while maintaining a commitment to producing the standard repertoire with distinction. He inaugurated a Resident Artist Program whose members appear this season throughout upstate New York in performances of Peter Brook's La Tragedie de Carmen, Kinney Frost's OPERAMANIA!, and a new adaptation of La Boheme titled Barrio Boheme, which is set in 1960's Spanish Harlem, created by Kinney Frost.

Mr. Kinney Frost was previously the Head of Music Staff and Chorus Master at Florida Grand Opera in Miami. Opera Now magazine credits him with “transforming the FGO Chorus into a superb, well-blended group.” The Miami Herald “would venture that FGO’s chorus can match even the best the world’s opera houses have to offer.” He has prepared choruses for over 20 FGO productions, in addition to being a house conductor and managing the company’s musical resources. He also served as a faculty member of the FGO’s acclaimed young artist program serving as Conductor.

Before coming to Miami, Mr. Kinney Frost spent six seasons as Associate Conductor and Chorus Master for Utah Opera, providing musical leadership over 25 productions, and conducting main-stage productions. He also led several cutting edge productions with the company’s young artist program, and created the Company’s nationally recognized educational programming.

In 2006, he completed seven seasons as Music Director of the Opus Chamber Orchestra in Salt Lake City, appearing with leading international instrumental and vocal artists. The Orchestra has given many premieres by prominent composers under Mr. Kinney Frost’s direction, including the world premiere production of Libby Larsen’s Dreaming Blue at the Kennedy Center’s Imagination Celebration.

As an advocate for arts education Mr. Kinney Frost has created numerous education and outreach programs for orchestras and opera companies. One of his opera education programs, OPERAMANIA, was broadcast for one season on PBS. He is frequently asked to lecture nationally and regionally about music and the training of young vocalists and conductors.  He has been a panelist at conferences for the National Endowment for the Arts, American Symphony Orchestra League, Conductor’s Guild, Utah Arts Council, Opera America and Virginia Commission for the Arts.

His training has included conducting study with Kenneth Kiesler and Jorge Mester. He has trained in workshops with Marin Alsop, Gustav Meier, and Carl St. Clair. Mr. Kinney Frost is a four-year participant in the Conductors Retreat at Medomak, and now serves on the Board of Directors of the conducting program as Alumni Chair.