Julian Gau is the new music director of the Providence Medical Orchestra. He studied orchestral conducting with Bruce Hangen at the Boston Conservatory and music and math at Brown University. He is the music director of the Horizon Ensemble in Boston and the Chinese Ensemble of New York, and he is also a Conducting Fellow with the Chelsea Symphony. Recently he served as music director of Cabaret at Brown University and The Card Game & The Coffee Cantata at West End Lyric, as well as assistant conductor to Don Giovanni with Boston Summer Opera. He is also active as a pianist, cellist, and composer. In addition to music, Julian loves books, noodles, and time with friends.