Ms. Wilson is an upcoming young conductor who has conducted orchestras all over the United States and Europe.  This spring she makes her US professional orchestra debut by guest conducting the Macon Symphony Orchestra in Macon, GA.  She won this exciting opportunity as the grand winner in the competition portion of the International Academy of Advanced Conducting, a conducting workshop held at Mercer University in Macon, GA.  The world class teachers, who were experts in the technique of Ilya Musin, included Adrian Gnam and Leonid Korchmar, who teaches at renowned St. Petersburg Conservatory and conducts at the Kirov in Russia.  Ms. Wilson was recently appointed the conductor of the Repertoire Orchestra at the University of North Texas, where she is pursuing her Master of Music degree in orchestral conducting, and also conducts the progressive orchestra which is part of the Flower Mound Community Orchestras. 

 

While at the University of North Texas, Ms. Wilson is studying conducting with the world class musician and conductor Anshel Brusilow, who is the former Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and is also the former concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy., Her teachers have included such distinguished conductors and teachers as Jesus Lopez-Cobos, former Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Gustav Meier, world famous conducting teacher; Christopher Zimmerman; and Wayne Wyman.  In workshops she has conducted for well known artists such as Kenneth Kiesler, Carl St. Claire, Larry Rachleff, Tsung Yeh, and Christopher Wilkins. 

 

Ms. Wilson began her musical training in Florida where she was born.  Formal study in conducting began at the University of South Florida, and continued while at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).  Much of Ms. Wilson’s early experience was conducting opera with the stars of tomorrow in productions at CCM.  She conducted the Undergraduate Opera Project in a production of Die Fledermaus, with Sandra Bernhart of the San Francisco Opera directing.  She conducted Eugene Onegin with Jonathon Eaton of New York City Opera directing, who has staged this opera for the Bolshoi.   Also she was the assistant conductor for a production of Beatrice and Benedict with Malcolm Frasier directing, which won First Prize from the National Opera Association.  Her first formal conducting job was as assistant conductor of Opera in the Ozarks, where she learned the nuances of working with large forces and a large amount of repertoire.  More recently, she was the assistant conductor to Victoria Bond with the Harrisburg, PA Opera in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro.

 

Currently Ms. Wilson resides in Denton, TX where she studies conducting, conducts the UNT Repertoire Orchestra, is the associate conductor with the Flower Mound Community Orchestras, guest conducts, cover conducts, and refines her skills at workshops.  Recently she guest conducted the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra in Maryland on its inaugural season.  Since she is interested in developing tomorrow’s musicians, she has also worked with the Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra Association as the assistant conductor.  Besides conducting, she has also studied clarinet performance, composition, piano, and opera coaching.  Her career goals include conducting professional orchestras and operas, as well as teaching conducting to upcoming generations.