Scott Gregg
Prior to taking his current position with the JSYO, Mr. Gregg was music director for education of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, music director for the Youth at the Beaches Arts Guild productions, assistant conductor of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and staff conductor with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Gregg has conducted the Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Philharmonic, the Orchestra National du Capitole de Toulouse, France, and the Kielce Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland, among others. A recipient of the Seiji Ozawa and Andrew Schenk Fellowships, he spent two summers at the Tanglewood Institute, studying with Maestros Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle and Robert Spano, and closed the festival’s season sharing the podium with Maestro Rattle. Gregg has also been a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, and a fellow at the Conductor’s Institute in South Carolina. Mr. Gregg was a Semi-Finalist in the International Conductors’ Competition in Besançon, France, and the Stokowski Conducting Competition in New York. Mr. Gregg made his solo debut as a violinist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard in music and astrophysics, and an Master of Music in conducting and violin performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, where he was awarded the Christopher Percy Prize in Conducting. Concurrently, Maestro Gregg was appointed to the conducting staff of the Peabody Conservatory Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as associate conductor of the Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra.
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Scott Gregg is currently in his 12th year as music director and principal conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra, a position endowed by the Winston Family. During his tenure, the JSYO has grown from a 60-member group to the artistically robust arts educational program it is today. He also currently serves as music director of FCCJ’s Summer Theater Experience and artistic adviser to the First Coast Community Music School.
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