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Jed Gaylin
Conductor
“Generous” is the word listeners and performers use time and again to describe conductor Jed Gaylin’s approach to the orchestra, the score, and the audience. His unselfconscious spirit and joyful abandon paired with a probing intellect result in powerful programs, compelling interpretations, and evenings that are fresh and exuberant.
George Szell said, “In music one must think with the heart and feel with the mind,” a maxim Jed Gaylin embodies abundantly and passionately.
Orchestra members throughout the world, soloists, and opera singers often recount how Jed Gaylin’s rehearsals and performances elicit their very best, not only individually but collectively. He revels in making connections not only within a piece, but also between seemingly disparate and wide-ranging works to create an evening of surprising, captivating juxtapositions.
His dedication to exploring the music’s fullest potential in a collaborative spirit reaches beyond the stage to draw the audience into the creative act.
Listeners feel far more than just welcomed by words from the podium—they feel engaged as participants in a wordless musical conversation that is spontaneous, big-hearted, and eloquent.
As Music Director, Jed Gaylin leads both the Bay-Atlantic Symphony and Hopkins Symphony Orchestra in Baltimore with the same creative depth and an open spirit that he brings to the podium.
The Bay-Atlantic Symphony, is now not only consistently praised for its astonishing level of artistry and precision, it is also viewed throughout New Jersey as a model for how professional orchestras can become a vital focus and source of identity in their communities.
As a sought-after creative partner throughout the region, the Bay-Atlantic Symphony has forged residencies with area colleges, numerous towns, music festivals such as Cape May, and even casinos.
Mr. Gaylin serves as the Director of Orchestras at the International Music Festival and Summer Course of Cervera
(Spain) and has been a regular conductor at Opera Vivente in Baltimore.
His numerous guest appearances include St. Petersburg State Symphony, National Film and Radio Philharmonic (Beijing, China), Shanghai Conservatory Orchestra, Bucharest Radio Orchestra, Academia del Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain) among many others.
Jed Gaylin’s television and radio broadcasts included been National Public Radio’s
Weekend Edition, Voice of America, Bucharest Radio Orchestra, and the National Radio and Film Philharmonic (Beijing), and locally on WWFM in New Jersey and WYPR in Baltimore.
Mr. Gaylin earned both a Bachelor of Music in piano and a Master of Music in conducting at the Oberlin Conservatory, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting at the Peabody Conservatory.
He attended the Aspen Music Festival as a Conducting Fellow. Among other honors, he has received a National Endowment for the Arts grant and the Presser Music Award.
His conducting teachers have included Frederik Prausnitz, Leonard Slatkin, Jahja Ling, Murry Sidlin, Paul Vermel, and Michel Singher, and, for piano, Lydia Frumkin.
Find out more about Jed Gaylin at www.jedgaylin.com
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