Brian St. John

Brian St. John is Assistant Professor of Music at  Minnesota State University-Moorhead where he directs the University Symphony Orchestra. St. John spent the years 1995-2008 in Boulder County, Colorado, where he was Resident Conductor for the Longmont Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Longmont Youth Symphony as well as Music Director for the Niwot Timberline Symphony.  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. Brian 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 has studied conducting with Dr. Timothy Russell, Gustav Meier, Dr. Glenn Block and Gunther Schuller.