Brian Hughes (conductor)

Brian Hughes (* 1958 ) is an American conductor and music teacher.

Hughes studied music education at Olivet College , then conducting and music education at the University of Northern Iowa . He taught in various public schools for ten years and was a professor at Loras College in Dubuque for 15 years . Since 2005 he worked at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . He directed the symphony and chamber orchestras of the university as well as the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble .

Hughes became known as the leader of the Tri-State Wind Symphony, which he founded . He then worked for eight years with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra , which he directed for six years. 1999–2000 he directed the symphony orchestras of Hradec Králové and Mariánské Lázně and in 2001 gave concerts at the Beethoven Days in Karlovy Vary. In 2003 he toured Romania as a guest conductor of the Bucharest Philharmonic. In 2004 he performed a program of music by American composers with the Filharmonia Sudecka in Poland. The following year he was conductor of the Maud Powell Music Institute and Music Festival . During the 2005-06 season he was guest conductor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wind Ensemble , the US Air Force Heartland of America Band , the Quad-City Wind Ensemble , the Southeast Iowa Bandmasters Festival Band and the Pskov Symphony Orchestra .

As a representative of new music, Hughes conducted four world premieres, including that of the Requiem for soprano and chamber orchestra by Alex Nohai-Seaman . He has been awarded the Richard and Agatha Church Conducting Prize twice and the Dubuque County Fine Arts Society awarded him the 2005 Elisha Darlin Award .

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