Large Ensembles


All conservatory students participate in at least one of the following large ensembles:

Morning Division Large Ensembles

  • Choir
    • Melba Wright - conductor
  • Concert Band
    • Bryan Polacek - conductor
  • Guitar Ensemble
    • Tom Clippert - conductor
  • Jazz Band
    • Shawn Tracy - conductor
  • String Ensemble
    • Marta Jurjevich - conductor

Afternoon Division Large Ensembles

  • Concert Choir
    • Melba Wright - conductor
  • Concert Jazz Band
  • Guitar Ensemble
    • Tom Clippert - conductor
  • Latin Jazz Band
    • Michael McLaughlin - conductor
  • Merit Symphony Orchestra
    • Robert Hasty - conductor
  • Wind Ensemble
    • Roy Harris - conductor

Large ensembles meet for 55-120 minutes every Saturday. Large ensembles perform at the Winter and Spring concerts and Performathon. Ensembles have also performed at Orchestra Hall and the Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance.


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