The following individuals have led programs featuring the Concert Singers of Cary since 1991
Fuller S. Blunt 2000-01
William Henry Curry 1999-2001
Robert Hunter 2004
Michael Jinbo 1995
Kevin Kerstetter 2002
James Litton 1996
Stuart Malina 1997
Stephen J. Mulder 1998-99
Lorenzo Muti 1996-2002
Alan Neilson 2003-2004
Jackson Parkhurst 1994
Lawrence J. Speakman Artistic Director of Concert Singers of Cary 1991-
Gerhardt Zimmermann 1993-2001
Fuller S. Blunt
The late Fuller Blunt, a retired vocal music instructor, was a founder, member, and first President (1991-92) of Concert
Singers of Cary. Mr. Blunt also established and directed The Cary Singers, the antecedant of A Song
For All Seasons and Cary Voices
Unlimited in 1992 and 1993. He had also been a leading advocate for the arts, serving in leadership
capacities with such organizations as
Friends of Page-Walker,
Theater in the Park, and the Cary Cultural Arts
Commission. Mr. Blunt passed away September 13, 2001.
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William Henry Curry
Maestro William Henry Curry has been Associate Conductor of the
North Carolina Symphony since 1997. He was
previously Resident Conductor of the New Orleans Symphony and Associate Conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony.
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Robert C. Hunter
Robert Hunter has been director of the Triangle Wind Ensemble since 2004. He is also band director at Enloe High School in Raleigh.
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Michael Jinbo
Michael Jinbo was Assistant Conductor of the
North Carolina Symphony from 1991 to 1995. He is currently music director
and conductor of the Nittany Valley Symphony and Music Director for The Pierre Monteaux School for Conductors and
Orchestra Musicians.
- November 1995: Holiday Pops (NC Symphony, Raleigh Pops Series)
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Kevin S. Kerstetter
Kevin Kerstetter has served as organist and choir master for St. Michael's Episcopal Church of Raleigh since 1998. He is also assistant director and accompanist of the
Raleigh Boychoir.
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James Litton
James Litton has served as Music Director of the
American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey
since 1986. He has had a distinguished career in choral music, holding positions at the Westminster
Choir College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and other institutions.
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Stuart Malina
Maestro Stuart Malina is Music Director and conductor of the
Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra (since 2000). He was previously
Music Director and conductor of the Greensboro
Symphony Orchestra (1996-2000) and an accomplished concert pianist.
- November 1997: Holiday Pops (NC Symphony, Raleigh Pops Series
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Stephen J. Mulder
Stephen Mulder served as Assistant Conductor of Concert Singers of Cary from May 1999 to June 2000. He is currently
Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Gordon College in Barnesville, Georgia, a post he has held since July 2000.
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Lorenzo Muti
Maestro Lorenzo Muti is Music Director of the
Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle (since 1988, formerly the St.Stephen's
Chamber Orchestra), and was Music Director for the Opera Company of North Carolina for four years.
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Alan Neilson
Alan Neilson is founder and conductor of the
Raleigh Symphony Orchestra. He has been principal flutist with the North Carolina Symphony, Chicago Opera Ballet, Goldovsky Opera Company, and Miami Symphony. Mr. Neilson was Music Director at the Raleigh Little Theatre, Interim Conductor of the UNC Orchestra and was the guest conductor with the NC State University Symphony.
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Jackson Parkhurst
Jackson Parkhurst is currently Music Education Consultant with the
North Carolina Symphony. He was Assistant Conductor and Director of Education for the Symphony from 1980 to 1999. Jackson
Parkhurst was previously faculty member with the Brevard (NC) Music Center.
- November 1994: Holiday Pops (NC Symphony, Raleigh
Pops Series)
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Gerhardt Zimmermann
Maestro Gerhardt Zimmermann is Conductor Laureate of the
North Carolina Symphony. He was Music Director from 1982 to 2003.
He is also conductor for the Canton (OH) Symphony Orchestra and
the Breckenridge Music Institute in Colorado. He was previously the Associate Conductor of the
St. Louis Symphony.
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