CHORUS DIRECTOR
William Jon Gray 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, and also served as artistic director of the Bach Chorale Singers, for whom he directed the commercially released recording, “In Praise of the Organ: Latin Choral and Organ Music of Zoltán Kodály.”
William Jon Gray served as artistic director of the Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra of Washington DC from 1986 to 1993. He has been assistant conductor of Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, with whom he has also appeared as guest conductor, and has also appeared as guest conductor with the National Chamber Orchestra and the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Gray studied at Indiana University, Juilliard, 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. He is currently an assistant professor in choral conducting at Indiana University.
