Musicians

Joseph Gregorio is the current recipient of the SFBC Conducting Fellowship. Though currently working toward a master’s degree in composition under the tutelage of David Conte at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Mr. Gregorio is also an active conductor. He has co-conducted the Yale Recital Chorus and the Yale Repertory Chorus, served as an assistant conductor of the Yale Camerata, has guest-conducted the Cornell University Glee Club, and is presently the assistant conductor of the San Francisco Conservatory Chorus. Mr. Gregorio holds a B.A. magna cum laude in music from Cornell University, and a M.M. in choral conducting from Yale University, studying there with Marguerite Brooks and Simon Carrington. While at Cornell, he was the recipient of the Ellen Gussman Adelson scholarship in music and the Thomas Sokol award, and while at Yale, he received the Richard French and Hugh Giles prizes in choral conducting. Mr. Gregorio began his study of composition as an undergraduate at Cornell University with composer Steven Stucky. Gregorio’s music has been performed in the United States and abroad by the Yale University Pro Musica, the Yale Camerata, the Cornell University Glee Club, the Cornell University Chorus and the San Francisco Conservatory’s New Music Ensemble. He was selected to be a Category I participant in the 2005 Oregon Bach Festival’s Composers’ Symposium. He has also been chosen as the 2005–2006 composer-in-residence of the Sonoma County Chamber Singers.