George Gregory Hobbs
George Gregory Hobbs is conductor of the Highland Park Chorale, music director of Highland Park Presbyterian Church, and artistic director of the Highlander Concert Series. Comfortable leading musical professionals, students, or amateurs, he is committed to the performance of great music at the highest artistic level. Hobbs鈥檚 choral groups have performed in numerous settings throughout the United States and Europe in concert halls, historic cathedrals, and sanctuaries.
El Dr. Hobbs ha dirigido como invitado a conjuntos tan conocidos como el Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Voices of Ascension, Canticum Novum y los New York Virtuoso Singers; y ha dirigido en talleres a los Philadelphia Singers, la New World Symphony y la Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Tambi茅n ha formado parte del profesorado de la Facultad de M煤sica de la Universidad del Norte de Texas, de la Escuela de Artes Meadows de la Universidad Metodista del Sur y de la Universidad Internacional de Florida. Sus conjuntos han actuado en las Conferencias Regionales y Nacionales de la Asociaci贸n Americana de Directores de Coros; y ha dirigido sesiones de inter茅s en estas y otras conferencias.
His educational background includes studies a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Choral Music Education at Florida State University where he won the Robert Shaw Conducting Award; and Northwestern University where he was awarded the Doctor of Music degree in Conducting. 聽He conducted performances at Northwestern with the Women’s Chorus, the University Chorus, the award winning University Chorale, and the University Symphony Orchestra; and his dissertation was on the choral-orchestral music of Anton Bruckner. Additionally he was a conducting fellow with Chorus America, the Conductor’s Guild, and the League of American Orchestras.