The Memphis Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of CONNER GRAY COVINGTON as assistant conductor for the 2012-13 season. He will also serve as music director of the Memphis Youth Symphony Program. Covington is currently assistant conductor of the Eastman School of Music Symphony Orchestra in Rochester, N.Y., and will complete a master’s degree in orchestral conducting at Eastman this month. A native of Louisiana, he initially trained in violin and receive his bachelor’s degree in that discipline at the University of Texas-Arlington. While at UTA he served as both concertmaster and assistant conductor of the UTA Symphony. 

Posted May 1, 2012