Erie Chamber Orchestra
Director: Bruce Morton Wright
in residence at
Celebrating 30 years
of bringing music to the entire community
Erie Chamber Orchestra
Director: Bruce Morton Wright
in residence at
Celebrating 30 years
of bringing music to the entire community
Bruce Morton
Wright is an Instructor of Fine Arts and the Music Director at Gannon University.
Mr. Wright is the Director/Conductor of the Erie Chamber Orchestra, the
successor to the Erie Bayfront Orchestra which he founded in 1978, Director/Conductor
of the Erie Opera Theatre the Conductor of the Erie Ballet Orchestra and
Director of the Bemus Bay Pops Orchestra. He was the the Assistant Conductor
of the Vienna Conservatory of Music Orchestra to Herr Josef Muller and
made guest appearances with the orchestra. He has also appeared with the
Hectel Musik Zyklus von Wien, was guest conductor of the Edinboro Pennsylvania
Summer Festivals, the Music Festival of Bear Valley in Bear Valley, California,
and the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra. Before returning to Erie, Pennsylvania,
Mr. Wright was the Assistant Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Colombia
in Bogota, Colombia, guest conductor for the National Band of Colombia,
and the Director of the Music Academy of Tunja, Colombia. He received his
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from Gannon University and Mercyhurst
College in 1969, Kapellmeister Degree from the Vienna Conservatory
of Music in 1973, and his Master of Public Administration from Gannon University
in 2000.
Mr. Wright is very active with the Erie community and has served on the boards of the Martin Luther King Center, and Perseus House, a center for delinquent youths in Erie, Pennsylvania and the Erie County Historical Society. Since 1978 he has been an active member of the Arts Council of Erie and has served on the boards on the Minority Panel/ Association of Pennsylvania Orchestras Panel/ and Arts Education Panel of the Pennsylvania Council on the Art. Mr. Wright is a 1997 graduate of "Leadership Erie" and has also served on the boards of the Erie Civic Authority and the Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity. He presently serves on the boards of the Villa Maria Learning Center, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Wright is the recipient of the YMCA June 5, 1998 Black Achiever's Award "DREAMING, BELIEVING, and ACHIEVING" in appreciation and recognition for outstanding performance and community service, and the 1998 ERIE PENNSYLVANIA SUMMER FESTIVAL FOR THE ARTS award presented to Bruce Morton Wright for acting as Director of the "Robert Christopherson Memorial Violin Competition for Young People" since its inception. In 2003 Bruce Morton Wright became a "Trustee" for the Musician's Union Local 17, in Erie, Pennsylvania.
In January 2005 Bruce Morton Wright performed as the Guest Director for the State Theater Orchestra of Hildesheim. He performed six sold-out ‘New Years Concerts” in Hildesheim, Germany and surrounding communities. Recently, Mr. Wright appeared as a Guest Conductor of the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra in an April 2007 performance at Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania.A performer and supporter of the Arts, Bruce Morton Wright possesses a strong commitment to his community and toward furthering the arts in the City of Erie, Pennsylvania and Erie County.
The Erie Chamber Orchestra personnel consists of twenty-five to fifty-five professional musicians from the tri-state area who have been performing to enthusiastic and expanding audiences since the founding of the orchestra in 1978. A performer and supporter of the Arts, Bruce Morton Wright possesses a strong commitment to his community and toward furthering the arts in the City of Erie, Pennsylvania and Erie County.
The Erie Chamber Orchestra personnel consists of twenty-five to fifty-five professional musicians from the tri-state area who have been performing to enthusiastic and expanding audiences since the founding of the orchestra in 1978. The Orchestra is celebrating it's 30th Anniversary Season of bringing music to the entire Erie community..
For further information please contact the following web site:
Clarence Beyers Supporter of the Erie Chamber Orchestra/ Erie Opera Theatre.
Gannon
University Concert Band
Erie
Opera Theatre
Erie
Ballet Orchestra
First Bemus Bay Pops Orchestra 1998
For further information please contact the following web sites:
Bruce
Morton Wright, Director of Erie Chamber Orchestra/ Erie Opera
Theatre.
Clarence
E. Beyers, Supporter of the Erie Chamber Orchestra/ Erie Opera
Theatre.
Gannon
University, Residency of the Erie Chamber Orchestra/ Mr. Wright-Faculty
Member.
Erie
Chamber Orchestra, Home Page
Gannon
University
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