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Conductor of Evansville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (EPYO)
Dr. Brian St. John is in his first season as Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Evansville where he directs the Symphony Orchestra and String Orchestra. Dr. St. John comes to Evansville from Minnesota State University Moorhead where he was Assistant Professor of Music and director for the University Symphony Orchestra. St. John spent the years 1995-2008 in Boulder County, Colorado, where he was Resident Conductor for the Longmont Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Longmont Youth Symphony as well as Music Director for the Niwot Timberline Symphony. In addition to conducting hundreds of concerts in that span, St. John wrote and premiered seven original ballets, a piano concerto, a concertino for String Bass and Orchestra and a double concerto for Mandolin, Mandola and Strings. Prior to his years in Colorado, Brian was assistant conductor for the State Ballet of Missouri (now the Kansas City Ballet) and assistant conductor for the Philharmonia of Kansas City. Brian was also Assistant Conductor for the Colorado MahlerFest orchestra from the years 1993-1999.
Dr. St. John holds a bachelor's degree in viola performance and a master's degree in orchestral conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Orchestral Conducting from Arizona State University. At ASU Brian was an assistant conductor for the Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra, as well as a conductor for the ASU Sinfonietta.
St. John also served as Music Director for the North Valley Chamber Orchestra and was adjunct faculty at Paradise Valley Community College; both in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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