2015 Program Notes, Book 3 |
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
TERRANCEMALONE GRAY’
s career as a violinist and conductor
has garnered him national and international recognition. Born in
Wisconsin, he began studying the violin with Elizabeth Grabow
Mueller at the age of eight. Mr. Gray went on to study with Marc
Zinger and Victor Aitay at DePaul University and later studied
with Ruben Gonzalez. He served as concertmaster of the DePaul
University Orchestra and as concertmaster of the Civic Orchestra
of Chicago. Mr. Gray later became a founding member of the
internationallyacclaimedChicagoSinfoniettaaswellasembarking
on the study of conducting. In his post-college years, Mr. Gray became Music Director
of the South Side Family Chamber Orchestra and Principal Conductor of CYSO’S
Concert Orchestra, which led to engagements at the Grant Park Music Festival as well
as the Rocky Ridge Music Festival in Colorado. In 1999 Mr. Gray became the Principal
Conductor of the Illinois Chamber Symphony, and during the 2002 season was Music
Director/Conductor and Professor of Violin at Kalamazoo College in Michigan. In 2010,
Mr. Gray made his debut conducting Chicago Sinfonietta at Orchestra Hall and spent
the year as cover conductor for the Joffrey Ballet under Scott Speck. Later that same
year, Mr. Gray was awarded a Conductor of the Year award from the Illinois Council of
Orchestras. As a chamber musician, he has performed internationally as amember of the
American Arts Trio, Tower Ensemble, EDU String Quartet and with such jazz greats
as Edward Wilkerson, Ari Brown and Orbert Davis. Mr. Gray is currently on the faculty
of the Sherwood Conservatory at Columbia College and The People’s Music School,
a member of Chicago Sinfonietta and concertmaster of the New Black Repertory
Ensemble, Conductor of the CYSO Concert and Debut Orchestras, and Music Director
of the South Side Family Chamber Orchestra.
BLUE MAN GROUP
is an award-winning global entertainment company best known
for its creative stage productions around the world. Blue Man Group developed
through collaboration between three close friends, Chris Wink, Phil Stanton and Matt
Goldman on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Blue Man Group currently has ongoing
theatrical productions in Las Vegas, Orlando, Boston, Chicago, New York and Berlin,
along with a North/South American tour. In addition to the theatre show, Blue
Man Group has toured the globe with their “Megastar World Tour,” a rock concert
parody, released five albums (including the Grammy
®
-nominated
Audio
), contributed
to numerous feature film scores, performed with prestigious orchestras around the
country, and appeared in advertising campaigns for prominent brands.
