WWU grad Ryan Dudenbostel conducts Western’s University Orchestra

Ryan Dudenbostel, 32, an Aberdeen native and a Western Washington University graduate, returned to Bellingham as an assistant professor in Western’s music department. He conducts the WWU Orchestra in a free concert at 8 p.m. Monday, November 17, in WWU’s Performing Arts Center.

No stranger to Bellingham, Dudenbostel has conducted for the Marrowstone Music Festival, Western’s Summer Stock Theatre and the North Sound Youth Symphony.