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PEOPLE

 

Gloria Ahlers-Uecker

Mike Breidenbach

Cary John Franklin

Chris Gable

Jan Gilbert

Joan Griffith

Carleton Macy

Mark Mazullo

Sowah Mensah

Marjorie Merryman

Robert Peterson

Chuen-Fung Wong

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Cary John Franklin

Assistant Professor

Conductor of Orchestra and Wind Ensemble

Theory / Composition

 

 

 

 

 

Cary John Franklin is current conductor of the Macalester Wind Ensemble and the Macalester Symphonic Band. He is a graduate of Macalester College and received his Master of Music degree in Conducting from the University of Minnesota. He also studied at the Aspen Music School.

 

Mr. Franklin is a conductor of broad experience having worked extensively in the fields of orchestral music and opera. He is currently the Music Director and Conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis and has guest conducted the Minnesota Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and for the Washington Opera. He is also the former Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

 

Cary John Franklin is also a nationally recognized composer with commissions and performances from the Minnesota Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Cedar Rapids Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Washington Opera, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, VocalEssence, Chanticleer and the Dale Warland Singers.

 

You may reach Mr. Franklin by e-mail at <franklin@macalester.edu> or by phone at (651) 696-6540.

 

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