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Peter Stafford Wilson

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Peter Stafford Wilson


ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR

Peter Stafford Wilson currently serves as Associate Conductor of the Columbus Symphony, where his duties include artistic leadership of the orchestra's nationally recognized educational programs. As Music Director of the Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestras, he has led the ensemble in appearances at the International Youth Orchestra Festival in Banff, Alberta, as well as tours to Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic.

Born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Peter Stafford Wilson graduated from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he was a protégée of the late Thomas Schippers. In 1995, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra appointed Wilson as Regional Pops Conductor for the summer season, and he subsequently led the orchestra in a series of widely acclaimed concerts in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.

In 1996, Wilson appeared on the American Symphony Orchestra League's Conductor Preview, an event showcasing American conducting talent in which he was one of nine participating conductors chosen from a field of over sixty nominees. Wilson has covered The Cleveland Orchestra since 1998, and on October 1, 2001, he participated in the New York Philharmonic Conductor Reading at New York City's Avery Fisher Hall.

Peter Stafford Wilson's American guest conducting invitations have come from the orchestras of Charlotte, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Louisville, North Carolina, Phoenix, and Seattle, among others. Internationally, his first conducting engagement with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta was so successful that he was immediately re-engaged.

Wilson has just completed his first season as Music Director of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. He is retaining his other positions locally, which include Music Director of the Westerville Symphony.

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