# Music Director - Link: https://jeffreybradbury.com/music-director/ - Published: 2024-02-25T16:32:00-05:00 - Author: Jeffrey D. Bradbury ![Image 1](https://i0.wp.com/jeffreybradbury.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/image- 1.png?resize=940%2C350&ssl=1 "image-1") > _“Jeffrey … did an outstanding job with the students and a superb concert was > enjoyed by all!” Tempo: May 2006_ > _“For someone so young, he brings a huge wealth > of knowledge and excitement to all the groups he conducts.” Tempo: Jan 2009_ Jeff Bradbury, originally from Philadelphia, now residing in Connecticut is a freelance conductor in the New York/Philadelphia area.  Recently, he served as the Assistant Conductor for the Regina Opera Company of Brooklyn and the orchestra director at the North Brunswick Township High School.  In 2009, the NBTHS Orchestra made its Carnegie Hall debut with Mr. Bradbury conducting as a guest of Distinguished Concerts International New York.  Mr. Bradbury received his Masters’s Degree in Conducting from West Chester University where he also earned a Bachelor of Science in Music Education.  Jeff Bradbury studied conducting with Kenneth Kiesler, Ovidiu Marinescu, and Gabriel Gordon and has studied viola under the instruction of Sylvia Ahramjian. He is also the founder and member of the West Chester String Quartet and The Shrewsbury String Quartet.  After receiving a scholarship in the summer of 2000, he performed the Mozart Duo in G Major K.423 for Violin/Viola with Mrs. Sylvia Ahramjian at Oxford University. Mr. Bradbury has been a member of the conducting staff at the Strings International Festival, and has served as musical director for the Spotliters’ production of Oliver!, Anything Goes!, Footloose, and Assassins. Mr. Bradbury served as guest conductor for the Central New Jersey Music Educators Intermediate Orchestra. In addition, he participated in the Eastman Summer Conducting program in Rochester, New York, and the Conductors Retreat at Medomak, where he studied with Kenneth Kiesler and Marianne Ploger. ![Jeff Bradbury, Conductor](https://i0.wp.com/jeffreybradbury.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2024/02/Jeff-at-North-Brunswick-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 "Music Director") No Caption ![Jeff Bradbury, Conductor](https://i0.wp.com/jeffreybradbury.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2024/02/Jeff-at-Audobon-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 "Music Director") No Caption ![StarWars 800Kbps.mov 800x450](https://i0.wp.com/jeffreybradbury.com/wp-content/ uploads/2024/02/StarWars-800Kbps.mov.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 "Music Director") No Caption As a violist, Mr. Bradbury appeared with various orchestras along the East Coast, including the Independence Sinfonia, Rowan University Symphony Orchestra, Old York Road Symphony, West Chester University Symphony Orchestra, Wilmington Community Orchestra, and South Jersey Philharmonic Orchestra.  Jeff has performed recitals at the Kimmel Center, Swope Hall, and the Westminster Church of West Chester. He also performs at the annual concerts at Jakeman Hall in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Mr. Bradbury served as principal violist for a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Orchestra Society of Philadelphia. Since 2010, Jeff Bradbury made several guest appearances for opera companies in New York and Philadelphia. Highlights of Mr. Bradbury’s 2009 performances have been as a guest conductor for the PMEA String Festival and the NJMEA High School Orchestra Festival. In 2011, Jeff conducted performances of Bellini’s Norma, and Puccini’s, Madama Butterfly. ![Jeff Bradbury Conducting Audobon Symphony Concert](https://i0.wp.com/jeffreybradbury. com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jeff-Bradbury-Conducting-Audobon-Symphony-Concert. png?resize=940%2C350&ssl=1 "Music Director") ## **Guest Conducting** * 2012 Regina Opera Company: A Concert of Opera Selections * 2011 Riverfront Opera Society: Norma * 2010 Bleecker Street Opera: Rigoletto * 2010 Capitol Heights Lyric Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia * 2010 Capitol Heights Lyric Opera: La Cenerentola * 2010 Somerset Valley Orchestra * 2009 Opera Seabrook: Rigoletto * 2009 Carnegie Hall Performance with NBTHS * 2009 North Jersey Region I H.S. Orchestra * 2009 PMEA District 5th/6th Grade String Festival * 2008 Old York Road Symphony * 2007 Chestnut Hill Symphony Orchestra * 2006 Central Jersey Music Educators Association Intermediate Conductor * 2006 CJMEA Intermediate Orchestra ## **Administrative Experience** * Director of Orchestras: North Brunswick Twp. High School * Creator/Founder: TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network * Music Director: Audubon Symphony * Music Director: Capitol Heights Lyric Opera * Music Director: Somerset Valley Orchestra * Assistant Conductor: Delaware Opera * Assistant Conductor: Regina Opera Company * Assistant Conductor: Opera Seabrook * Resident Staff Conductor/Artistic Administrator/Choir Master: Bleecker Street Opera * Music Director/Conductor, Personnel Manager, Web Master: Independence Sinfonia * Music Director: Spotliters Community Theater Group * Manager; New Jersey Intermediate All State * Manager; CJMEA Regional Ensembles * Chamber Music Assistant Director/Cover Conductor: Strings International Music Festival * Conductor: Manalapan Battleground Prep Orchestra * NJMEA: All State Procedures Committee/Theory Committee ![Jeff Bradbury Conducting North Penn Orchestra](https://i0.wp.com/jeffreybradbury. com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jeff-Bradbury-Conducting-North-Penn-Orchestra.png? resize=940%2C350&ssl=1 "Music Director") ## **Conducting Mentors** * Kenneth Kiesler * Scott Jackson Wiley * Jose Alejandro Guzman * Ovidiu Marenescu * Gabriel Gordon * Salvatore Scarpa * Marianne Ploger * Richard Owen ## **Education** * 2010: M.M. Conducting: West Chester University, PA * 2001: B.S. Music Education: West Chester University, PA * Current: Private studio ## Concert Videos ### West Chester University [⌊Wagner LAN Intranet Appletv 1280x720⌉⌊Wagner LAN Intranet Appletv 1280x720⌉[ [⌊West Chester Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 Mvt 3 Lan Internet Appletv 1280x720⌉⌊ West Chester Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 Mvt 3 Lan Internet Appletv 1280x720⌉[ ### CJMEA Regional Orchestra [⌊Beethoven 6 Mvt 1 Broadband Medium.mov 1 1280x720⌉⌊Beethoven 6 Mvt 1 Broadband Medium.mov 1 1280x720⌉[ [⌊Beethovn6 Mvt 2High Quality 1 1280x720⌉⌊Beethovn6 Mvt 2High Quality 1 1280x720⌉[ ### Audubon Symphony [⌊Beethoven 6 Mvt 1 Broadband Medium.mov 1 1280x720⌉⌊Beethoven 6 Mvt 1 Broadband Medium.mov 1 1280x720⌉[ [⌊West Chester Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 Mvt 3 Lan Internet Appletv 1280x720⌉⌊ West Chester Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 Mvt 3 Lan Internet Appletv 1280x720⌉[ ### Independence Sinfonia [⌊SaintSeans Cello Lan Internet Appletv 1280x720⌉⌊SaintSeans Cello Lan Internet Appletv 1280x720⌉[ ![Image](https://i0.wp.com/jeffreybradbury.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/image. png?resize=940%2C350&ssl=1 "Music Director") ## Repertoire List * Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 3,4,5 * Beethoven: Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus * Beethoven: Overture: Coriolanus * Beethoven: Overture: Egmont * Beethoven: Symphony 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9 * Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah” * Brahms: Hungarian Dances: 1,3,5,6,10 * Brahms: Serenade No. 1 * Brahms: Symphony No. 2,4 * Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn * Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 * Copland: Appalachian Spring * Copland: Old American Songs * Copland: Concerto for Clarinet * Copland: Rodeo * Corelli: Christmas Concerto * Dragonetti: Concerto for Double Bass * Dvorak: Serenade for Strings * Dvorak: Serenade for Winds * Dvorak: Symphony No. 8,9 * Elgar: Serenade for Strings * Elgar: Enigma Variations * Faure: Cantique: de Jean Racine * Granger: Mock Morris * Grieg: Holberg Suite * Handel: Entrance of the Queen of Sheba * Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 18. No. 1 * Handel: The Messiah * Haydn: Symphony No. 104 * Holst: St. Paul Suite * Holst: Brook Green Suite * Holst: Jupiter from “The Planets” * Ives: The Unanswered Question * Ives: Variations on “America” * Koussevitsky: Concerto for Double Bass No. 3 * Mahler: Symphony 4, 5 (Adagietto) * Mendelssohn: Symphony 4, 5 * Mendelssohn: Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream * Mendelssohn: Overture: Fingals Cave * Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 3,7 * Mozart: Overture: _Le nozze di Figaro_ * Mozart: Overture: _Cosi fan tutte_ * Mozart: Concert Aria: _Non so d’onde viene_ * Mozart: Concert Aria: _Bella mia fiamma_ * Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus * Mozart: Symphony No. 26, 40 * Mozart: Violin Concerto 3,4 * Parry: Lady Radnor Suite * Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 * Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini * Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 2,3 * Respighi: _Pines of Rome_ * Rossini: Overture: _The Barber of Seville_ * Rutter: Suite for Strings * Saint-Saens: Allegro Appassionato * Schubert: Overture in c minor * Schubert: Symphony No. 4,8,9 * Schumann: Concerto for Cello in a minor * Smetana: The Moldau * Sibelius: Andante Festivo * Sibelius: Finlandia * Strauss: Concerto for Norn No 1. in E flat * Stravinsky: L’histoire du Soldat * Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks * Stravinsky: _Firebird_ Suite 1919 * Suk: Symphony No. 2 * Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings * Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 * Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto * Vaughn Williams: Serenade to Music * Vorisek: Symphony in D Major * Wagner: Prelude to Act III _Lohengrin_ * Warlock: Capriol Suite * Wiren: Serenade for Strings * Vivaldi: Concerto No. 1 in E Major “_La Primavera” _(Spring) * The Assassins * Footloose * Anything Goes * Oliver! * Bellini: _Norma_ * Guilbert and Sullivan: _The Mikado_ * Mascagni: _Cavalleria Rusticana_ * Menotti: _Amahl and the Night Visitors_ * Mozart: _The Magic Flute_ * Offenbach: _Les Contes d’Hoffman_ * Puccini: _Madama Butterfly_ * Puccini: _Tosca_ * Rossini: _La Cenerentola_ * Rossini: _Il barbiere de Siviglia_ * Verdi: _Rigoletto_ ![Image 1](https://i0.wp.com/jeffreybradbury.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/image- 1.png?resize=940%2C350&ssl=1 "Music Director")