Brian St. John

Brian St. John is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Orchestras at the University of Evansville. At UE St. John directs the University Symphony Orchestra and String Ensemble and teaches conducting courses. Prior to joining the faculty at UE, St. John was at Minnesota State University Moorhead as Director of Orchestras. Dr. St. John spent the years 1995-2008 in Boulder County, Colorado, where he was Resident Conductor for the Longmont Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Longmont Youth Symphony and Music Director for the Niwot Timberline Symphony (now the Boulder Symphony Orchestra).  In addition to conducting hundreds of concerts in that span, St. John wrote and premiered seven original ballets, a piano concerto, a concertino for String Bass and Orchestra and a double concerto for Mandolin, Mandola and Strings.  Prior to his years in Colorado, Brian was assistant conductor for the State Ballet of Missouri (now the Kansas City Ballet) and assistant conductor for the Philharmonia of Kansas City. Brian was also Assistant Conductor for the Colorado MahlerFest orchestra from the years 1993-1999.

Dr. St. John holds a bachelor’s degree in viola performance and a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Orchestral Conducting from Arizona State University.  At ASU Brian was an assistant conductor for the Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra as well as a conductor for the ASU Sinfonietta. While in Arizona, St. John also served as Music Director for the North Valley Chamber Orchestra and was adjunct faculty at Paradise Valley Community College; both in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Brian serves on the conducting staff of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra where he conducts the Evansville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.

Brian St. John can be contacted via e-mail at brian_stjohn@msn.com.