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William Jon Gray

• Assistant Professor, Department of Choral Conducting

Education:

• B.M. in Vocal Performance, New England Conservatory, 1983
• D.M. in Choral Conducting, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, 2008

Background:

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William Jon Gray teaches graduate-level conducting, choral literature, and score study.

He served for three seasons as Associate Conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival in California where he prepared and performed major choral/orchestral works in collaboration with internationally renowned conductor Bruno Weil. He served as Interim Conductor of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, preparing the Choir for performances with Raymond Leppard and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. As Artistic Director of the Bach Chorale Singers, William Jon Gray has received high praise for his performances of major choral/orchestral works. The Bach Chorale Singers' 1998 commercially released CD recording In Praise of the Organ: Latin Choral and Organ Music of Zoltán Kodály under Mr. Gray's direction received national attention and critical acclaim in the American Record Guide and the American Organist.

William Jon Gray served as Artistic Director of the Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra of Washington, D.C. from 1986 to 1993. He has been Assistant Conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, and has appeared as guest conductor with the National Chamber Orchestra, the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, and the Handel and Haydn Society.

Mr. Gray studied at Indiana University, the Juilliard School, the New England Conservatory, and Boston University, and has studied conducting with Robert Porco, Thomas Dunn, and Richard Pittman. William Jon Gray worked and performed frequently with Robert Shaw, and has appeared as a member of the Robert Shaw Festival Singers in recordings and concerts in France, and in concerts at Carnegie Hall.