Learn from Great Conducting Teachers

A versatile conductor, keyboardist, singer, and educator, Dr. Brandon Hollihan enjoys a professional career full of various responsibilities and opportunities. He serves as Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Carson-Newman University in east Tennessee and is also the music director for First United Methodist Church, Jefferson City.

I have taught at the college level for 15 years, and have performed extensively over 45 years. I hold three degrees in music education, studying percussion and voice. I hold an Associate in Arts in music education with emphasis in jazz from Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas, a Bachelor of Arts in music with a minor in musical theater from Fort Hays State…

I'm a composer and conductor based in Berlin, and I've spent my career obsessing over one question: what makes music meaningful to the people who hear it? I studied composition at the Conservatories of Strasbourg and Berlin, and I'm currently completing an Artist Diploma at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Jörg Widmann's class.

I am a multifaceted musician with busy career as a conductor, arranger, pianist, and teaching artist. I call myself an “artrepreneur.” I founded my own orchestra called Ensemble 212 in New York and we have received critical acclaim for our innovative programming of works by living composers, exciting interpretations of the standard repertoire, and my own arrangements and…

Eric Paetkau is a conductor, violist, and educator with more than three decades of experience in the classical music world. From 2015 to 2022 he served as Music Director of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, leading the orchestra through a period of artistic growth and innovation.

Stephen Dominic Ellery conducts in London and around the UK performing opera in Arts Festivals, open air Summer Prom events. He has peformed to over 50,000 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark during endless tours at such venues as the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Munich Philharmonic Hall and Leipzig Gewandhaus.

Dr. Matthew Mailman is Professor of Conducting in the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University, a position he has held since 1995. Dr. Mailman has had extensive and diverse experience conducting operas, musicals, orchestras, bands, choirs, and chamber music.

I'm Xeniah! I'm located in the Las Vegas area where I am currently studying music tech and jazz composition. My areas of focus are in jazz/rock/blues guitar, classical/jazz/blues violin, music composition, conducting, and beginning to advanced level music theory.

Johnathan Couch is a native of Central Florida. He grew up playing piano and cello and eventually studied organ performance and music composition at Florida State University. He enjoys teaching, conducting, performing, and composing music. From working with youth orchestras to playing for church services, he is constantly connecting with others through music.

Alexander Prior can already look back at a critically acclaimed, international career spanning over 18 years. In that time he has worked with some of the world’s greatest orchestras and opera companies. Recent highlights have included performances with the San Francisco Symphony, Detroit, Queensland, and Houston Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, the…