Joseph H. Conyers
(The Post Searchlight)
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Bainbridge native Joseph H. Conyers,
assistant principal bassist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, has been
appointed to the Juilliard string faculty beginning this spring
semester. He will be joining Juilliard’s other distinguished bass
teachers: Timothy Cobb, Harold Robinson, and Eugene Levinson.
“We are absolutely thrilled that Joseph
Conyers will be joining the faculty to teach and mentor the next
generation of bassists here at Juilliard,” Provost and Dean Ara
Guzelimian said. Mr. Conyers is the associate principal bassist of the
Philadelphia Orchestra and an advocate for music education. He is now
accepting a roster of full-time students in the College Division.
Juilliard’s string department is
the largest department within the music division, representing about
one-third of the total student enrollment. The faculty includes
internationally acclaimed soloists, chamber and orchestral musicians,
and leading pedagogues as well as the world-renowned Juilliard String
Quartet.
Joseph H. Conyers was appointed assistant principal
bassist of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2010 after tenures with the
Atlanta Symphony, Santa Fe Opera, and Grand Rapids Symphony, where he
was principal bass. He has served as acting associate principal bass of
the Philadelphia Orchestra since 2017. Conyers has performed with
numerous orchestras as soloist across the country.
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