Peter Bay is Music Director of the Austin Symphony Orchestra.

Life

He graduated from the

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and the

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. He has previously been Music Director and Conductor of the

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, Music Director of the Erie Philharmonic, the

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra (ASO), located in Annapolis, Maryland, has been in operation since 1962. Its founders include Kenneth W. Page, a well-respected civic leader in the Annapolis area during the 1960s who was also the music director of ...

, and the Breckenridge Music Festival, and has held conducting posts with the

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is an American orchestra based in the city of Rochester, New York. Its primary concert venue is the Eastman Theatre at the Eastman School of Music. History George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak Compa ...

, the

Richmond Symphony The Richmond Symphony is based in Richmond, Virginia and is the largest performing arts organization in Central Virginia and one of the nation's leading regional orchestras. The organization includes a full-time orchestra with more than 70 musicians ...

, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. He has been guest conductor for over seventy other orchestras around the

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Awards

* 1980 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Young Conductors Competition * 1987 Leopold Stokowski Competition sponsored by the American Symphony Orchestra

References

External links

"Peter Bay’s lecture brings Mendelsson’s compositions to life", ''Lake Travis View'', October 21, 2009, Charles McClure
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