The recording is available from Centaur Records, as is the album Christmas Around the World with the West Edge String Quartet, on which he performs on violin in addition to having created all the arrangements heard on the album. His Symphony #1, "Shreveport", was premiered by the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra in 2016. Having many close ties to theater, he has conducted nearly 100 different theatrical productions for the Majorie Lyons Playhouse of Centenary College, Shreveport Opera, the Greenbriar Theater of Ohio and other theaters throughout the U.S, with repertoire ranging from 1776 to Sweeney Todd. He has received numerous commissions to create new scores for theatrical works, including Elektra, As Bees in Honey Drown, and The Bat. In 1998 he was chosen by Emmy award winning artist William Joyce to compose the music for his stage adaptation of The Leafmen and the Brave Good Bugs. This project was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, and the CD of this music was released the following year. He recently composed incidental music for The River City Repertory Theatre's production of Tennessee Williams's "The Glass Menagerie," starring Tony winner Donna McKechnie. Maestro Poling has been a featured conductor on NPR's Performance Today, the Arkansas Educational Television Network, the Red River Radio Network, WGBH Boston and has appeared as violinist on Louisiana Public Television and PBS in addition to numerous television and radio stations throughout the country. Poling also has produced a number of recordings, including Reflections by the Shreveport Symphony in 1999, and Alive With the Spirit by the Faithlink singers in 2003, on which he also appears as conductor. In 2005, Maestro Poling made his debut in China conducting the Shenzhen Symphony and serving as one of three international judges for China's National Young Artists Competition. He has also been featured in Forum magazine as one of the top eight faces to watch. Currently, Poling is the general manager of Red River Radio. He is organist and choir director at St. George's Episcopal Church in Bossier City, LA. He is married to Lillian Hendrick and has one son, Aiden, from a previous marriage. References External links Kermit Poling Official Site 1960 births Living people American male composers 21st-century American composers American male conductors (music) Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumni Cleveland Institute of Music alumni Musicians from Shreveport, Louisiana 21st-century American conductors (music) 21st-century American male musicians