Antonia Joy Wilson

ASSOCIATE & ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR POSITIONS

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra: Exxon Affiliate Artists , MO

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, MO

Saint Louis Youth Symphony Orchestra, MO

Aspen Music Festival: Concert Orchestra, CO

Yale University - School of Music: Contemporary Ensemble, CT

University of Colorado at Boulder: Summer Opera Festival, CO

GUEST CONDUCTOR & TOUR ENGAGEMENTS

Shen Yun Performing Arts: International Tour of South America

Teatro Colón: Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra, Argentina (2 Invites)

Romanian National Radio & Chamber Orchestras, Bucharest (5 Invites)

The Colorado Symphony, CO (4 Invites)

Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra of Serbia, Belgrade

Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra: Tour of Spain & Africa

Michigan Youth Arts Festival Orchestra: Eastern Michigan University, MI

Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, NY

Midland Center for the Arts: Midland Symphony Orchestra, MI (Audition Concert)

California All-State Honor Orchestra,

Ontario

Sofia Metropolitan Orchestra, Bulgaria

Pardubice Chamber Orchestra, Prague

Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, Columbia

Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra & Morelia Chamber Orchestra, Mexico

San Francisco Community Center Orchestra, CA

Balkan Philharmonic, Macedonia

Vratza, Schumen, & Bourgas Philharmonic Orchestras, Bulgaria

Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, Czech Republic

Zabrze Philharmonia, Poland

Colorado Springs & Fort Collins & Longmont Symphony Orchestras, CO

Kunming Symphony Orchestra, China

Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, Zlin, Czech Republic

Bombay Chamber Orchestra, India

Congress Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg, Russia

West Bohemia Symphony & Beethoven Chamber Orchestra, Czech Republic

Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, IA

New Jersey All-State Orchestra: American String Teachers Association, NJ (2 Invites)

Monroe Symphony Orchestra, LA

Bay Area Women's Philharmonic, CA

Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, AL (2 Invites)

EDUCATION

University of Colorado at Boulder, CO
Doctor of Musical Arts degree: Orchestral Conducting

Yale University - School of Music, CT
Graduate Studies: Orchestral Conducting

University of Southern California, CA
Master of Music degree: Orchestral Conducting

University of Denver - Lamont School of Music, CO
Bachelor of Music degree: Violin Performance

St. Louis Conservatory of Music, MO
Undergraduate Studies: Violin Performance

FACULTY EXPERIENCE

Central Michigan University: Director, Orchestral Studies & Symphony 

International Opera Workshops: Plovdiv & Bourgas (2 Invites), Bulgaria 

International Conducting Workshops: Ireland & Bulgaria

Florida Southern College, FL

Private Teacher: Violin & Conducting

East Tennessee State University, TN

Aspen Music Festival: Conducting Course for Composers, CO

Crossroads Private School for the Gifted, Los Angeles, CA

MUSICAL TRAINING

Conducting Teachers:
Leonard Slatkin, Music Director & Conductor: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

Richard Boldrey, Professor of Opera: University of Colorado at Boulder

Giora Bernstein, Professor of Orchestra: University of Colorado at Boulder
Otto-Werner Mueller, Professor of Conducting: Yale University - School of Music

Arthur Weisberg, Professor of Contemporary Music: Yale University - School of Music

Daniel Lewis, Professor of Orchestras: University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Vincent LaGuardia, Jr., Director of Orchestra: University of Denver

Violin Teachers:
Harold Wippler, James Maurer & Roland Jones

Piano Teachers:
William McCorkle, Carol Tafoya & Steven Lee

Voice Teacher:
Jack Morris

Maestro Claudio Abbado, Master Class:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles

CONDUCTING AWARDS, HONORS, PRIZES, COMPETITIONS, WORKSHOPS & FELLOWSHIPS

Speaker/Moderator:

 I-V Symposium: Women Conductors, Brazil, Uruguay, NYC, Argentina & Canary Islands

Colorado State Legislature Proclamation: Antonia Joy Wilson & Shen Yun Performing Arts, CO

German Book Cover & Chapter: 

Women Conductors Around the World by Elke Mascha Blankenburg

Candidate:  Fifth International Musical Academy of Pescara - Competition for Conductors, Italy

Active Conductor:  Symphonic Workshops, Ltd., Opava, Czech Republic - Faculty: Georg Tintner & Larry Newland

First Prize Winner: 

International Classical Music Festival Conducting Competition, Mexico

Active Conductor:  Peter the Great: Conducting Seminar, Russia - Faculty: Georgy Ergemsky & Alexander Polishuk

Honorary Award Plaques:  Livingston Symphony Orchestra, NJ

Prize Winner & Guest Conductor:  Symphonic Workshops, Ltd., Marienbad, Czech Republic - Faculty: Georg Tintner

Award Winner & Concert Guest Conductor:  Symphonic Workshops, Ltd., Zlin, Czech Republic - Faculty: Antoni Wit & Kirk Trevor

Active Conductor:  Conductors Guild Workshop, Knoxville, TN

Finalist Conductor:  League of American Orchestras Conducting Workshop, Ann Arbor

Finalist Conductor:  League of American Orchestras Conducting Workshop, St. Louis - Faculty: Leonard Slatkin, Gustav Meier, Maurice Abravanel, Donald Thulean, John Farrer, Joseph Giunta & David Loebel

Finalist Conductor:  League of American Orchestras Conducting Workshop, Minneapolis - Faculty: Edo de Waart & Daniel Lewis

American Book:  Women Composers, The Lost Tradition Found by Diane Peacock Jezic

Active Conductor:  Exxon Conductor’s Symposium, Philadelphia - Faculty: Maestro Max Rudolf

Active Conductor:  Conductors Guild Summer Institute, West Virginia University, PA - Faculty: Kenneth Schirmerhorn, Rainer Miedel, Louis Lane, James Dixon, Otto-Werner Mueller & Harold Farberman

Active Conductor:  Conductors Guild Workshop, Philadelphia - Faculty: Maestro Max Rudolf, Frank Brieff & Joseph Primavera

Fellowship Conductor:  Aspen Music Festival, CO - Paul Vermel, Jorge Mester, Leonard Slatkin & Murray Sidlin

Conductor Master Class:  University of Southern California, Los Angeles - Maestro Claudio Abbado

Fellowship Conductor:  Aspen Music Festival: Choral Institute, CO - Faculty: Fiora Contino, Julius Hereford, Margaret Hillis & John Nelson

Certificate of Merit Award:  Denver Civic Chamber Orchestra, CO

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: APPEARANCES & INTERVIEWS

Teatro Colon: OFBA Subscription Concert Review: Spectacles - Very Good, Four Stars, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Oaxacan TV & Radio: Antonia Joy Wilson - First Prize Winner of International Conducting Competition, Mexico
Featured Speaker & Moderator: 

I-V International Women Conductors Symposium: Brazil, Uruguay, NYC, Argentina & Canary Islands
Shen Yun Performing Arts: YouTube, TV / NDTV, Radio, Newspapers / The Epoch Times & Website Programs / Ads, NY
Colorado State Legislature Proclamation: Antonia Joy Wilson & Shen Yun Performing Arts, CO
Serbian TV, Radio & Newspapers:  

Radio & Television Serbia - Media Press Conference, Belgrade

Bulgarian TV, Radio & Newspapers:  

Sofia & Bourgas Press Conferences -

30 TV / Radio Stations & Newspapers

Romanian TV, Radio & Newspapers:  Romanian National Radio Symphony & Chamber Orchestras & Academic Choir, Bucharest  

NPR-National Public Radio Feature Interview:  The Diane Rehm Show, WAMU-FM, Washington, D.C.

California Feature Newspaper Article:  Breaking the Glass Podium, Los Angeles Times, CA 

Midland Center for the Arts:  

YouTube, TV / Radio Stations, Newspaper & Website Programs / Ads, MI 

Michigan TV, Radio & News:  

MCTV-5; WSGW, WCMU, Delta College Radio; Saginaw & Midland Daily News 

Polish TV, Radio & Newspaper Article:  Zabrze General Newspaper, Poland

Bogota TV, Radio & Newspapers:  

Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra, Columbia

Mexican TV, Radio & Newspapers:  Aquascalientes, Guadalajara & Morelia Media Press Conference

NPR-National Public Radio Interview:  Beloit/Janesville Symphony Orchestra, Janesville, WI

Compact Disc: Dr. Antonia Joy Wilson, Music Director & Conductor with Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, CO 

Chinese TV: Yunan TV, Kunming TV, Channel 27 TV, Cable TV, & Educational TV, China

Chinese Newspapers: Yunan Daily, Kunming Daily, & Chuncheng Daily, China 

Feature TV Interview:  Antonia Joy Wilson and the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, KDTV, CO

Television Interviews: Cathy Unruh, Fox TV-13, FL; Channel 34, NJ & Channel 5, LA

Feature Articles:  Bill Dean, The Ledger, NJ; Ted Hoffman, The News Chief, FL

Radio Interviews:  Steve Githens, WONN & WLKF-AM, FL

Radio Interviews:  Jim Conder & Betsy Schwarm, KVOD-FM; Becky Ross, KPOF-AM, CO 

Feature Article:  Eugenia Zukerman Does it All, The Denver Post, CO

Featured Speaker: Conductor’s Guild Conference, PA

Bombay TV, Radio & Newspaper Interviews: Erica D’souza, Times-FM, India

Professional Music Video: Colorado School of the Arts - Interview / Video of Jefferson Symphony Concert, CO 

Feature Article:  JSO Conductor is Invited Worldwide, The Golden Transcript, CO

Featured Speaker:  Lions, Kiwanis & Applewood Business Clubs, CO

Feature Articles:  New Conductor’s ‘Charisma’ Sounds Sweet to JSO, The Jefferson Sentinel, CO

Hungarian TV, Radio & News: 

7th International Hungarian Television Conductors Competition, Budapest 

Czech Republic Radio: The Beethoven Chamber Orchestra performs in Hucvaldy

Feature Article:  Golden Symphony Selects New Conductor, The Golden Transcript, CO

Feature Article:  Jefferson Symphony Orchestra’s Series Finale, The Golden Transcript, CO 

Compact Disc:  Dr. Antonia Joy Wilson, Guest Conductor with New Jersey All-State Orchestra 

Feature Articles: Honored Leader & Musical Experience, West Essex Tribune, NJ

Feature Article: The Spanish Magazine, NJ

Feature Article:  Lively Arts-Here and There, The Sunday Denver Post, CO

Feature Interview:  A Night at the Opera, The News-Star, LA  

Featured Speaker:  Northeast Louisiana University, LA

Featured Speaker: American Association of Retired Persons, NJ

Featured Speaker: ASOL Conference, PA

Feature Article:  Women Composers Orchestra, Music Monthly, MD

Feature Article:  Women of Notes, The Sun, MD 

Featured Speaker:  Chambers of Commerce, TN & NJ

Featured Speaker:  Opera Guild, West Essex Chapter, NJ

TV Feature Program:  "Le Festivale Conductor," Cable Channel 3, CO

TV Interviews:  WGWN & KCNC Channel 4, CO / WJHL, TN

TV Commercial Spots:  Le Festivale, KWGN Channel 2-TV, CO

TV Interview:  Johnson City Symphony Orchestra, WJHL, TN

TV Press Conference:  1st Tennessee Bank, Johnson City, TN

Radio Interviews:  KVOD & KGNU-FM, KPOF-AM, CO / WJHU-FM, WYST-AM/FM, MD /  WKPT-AM, WQUT & WETS-FM, TN

Personal Radio Show:  Conductor’s Corner, WCSK-FM Radio, Kingsport, TN

Interview:  Women Composers Orchestra Provides Venue for Young Talent, The Evening Sun, MD

Featured Speaker:  Gettysburg College, PA

Interview:  Longmont Symphony Orchestra, Boulder Daily Camera, CO

Article:  Concert Saturday Shows Off Women Composers, The Evening Sun, MD

Interview:  Women Composers Orchestra Opens Women’s Fair Festivities, The Frederick News-Post, MD 

Featured Speaker:  Livingston Kiwanis Club & American Association of University Women, NJ 

Article:  “Women of Note” Concert Explores Music by Women, The Johns Hopkins University Gazette, MD 

Feature Interview:  New Conductor Set to Raise Baton, Cash in Livingston, The Star-Ledger, NJ

Feature Article:  Livingston Symphony Orchestra Welcomes Conductor, West Essex Tribune, NJ 

Feature Interview:  Conductor’s Musical Cast Well Versed on Freedom, Denver Post, CO 

Feature Interview:  "Le Festivale" to Perform Rarely Heard Verdi, Rocky Mountain News, CO

Feature Interview Article:  “Hymn of the Nations” Centerpiece of “Le Festivale,” Boulder Daily Camera, CO

Feature Article:  Antonia Joy Wilson Conducts at Notre Dame, Baltimore Sun, MD

Article:  Women’s Forum at Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins University Gazette, MD

Feature Interview:  Wilson’s Debut Signals New Era, Baltimore Messenger, MD

Feature Article:  Antonia Wilson to Conduct Longmont Symphony Orchestra, Longmont Daily Times-Call, CO   

Feature Interview:  Johnson City Symphony Orchestra to Have Exciting Season, Kingsport Times-News, TN Featured Interview:  Storyteller to Appear with Symphony, Johnson City Press, TN

Feature Interview:  Tri-Cities Orchestra Conductors, Bristol Herald Courier, TN   

Feature Interview:  Le Festivale, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO

Feature Interview:  Beethoven to Top 1st “Festivale,” The Denver Post, CO