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JERE
FLINT, Staff Conductor;
Music Director of the Atlanta SymphonyYouth Orchestra
The Zeist Foundation Chair
A
frequent conductor of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concerts,
Jere Flint leads the ASO's popular Symphony Street concerts
for children and regularly conducts concerts as part of the
Classic Chastain Series at Chastain Park. As conductor of
the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra since 1979, he occupies
the newly endowed Zeist Foundation Youth Orchestra Conductor
Chair, directing weekly ASYO rehearsals and three major concerts
a year, as well as other special concerts throughout the season.
When not on the podium, he is a member of the ASO's cello
section, where he has performed for more than two decades
Mr. Flint attended Wittenberg University in Ohio for his Bachelor
of Music degree, and was Assistant Director of the noted choir
there. While still a student, he conducted and arranged two
Christmas recordings by the Choir for Columbia Records. Mr.
Flint received his Master of Arts degree in Music in 1967
from the University of Washington in Seattle, while also serving
as manager of the University Festival Opera Company and Music
Director for the School of Drama. He later studied conducting
under Otto-Werner Mueller.
Music Director of the Atlanta-Emory Orchestra, Mr. Flint has
also conducted at the Brevard Music Center, Sewanee Summer
Music Center, and the Southeastern Music Center in Columbus,
GA.
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