Orchestra
James Fellenbaum
James Fellenbaum enjoys an extraordinarily diverse career as a conductor, equally at home with Symphonic music, Chamber Orchestra, Pops, Ballet, Opera, Choral-Orchestral, and Film with Live Orchestra.
The 2025-2026 season marks his eighth year as Music Director of the Brevard Philharmonic, NC. Concerts include Classical, Holiday, Pops, and Music in the Schools programs, which have been met with critical and popular acclaim.
James is the Resident Conductor of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (KSO) having joined the organization in 2006. He conducts a variety of concerts with the KSO and has led the orchestra in a wide array of repertoire, ranging from the complete Brandenburg Concerti to orchestral music from Wagner’s The Ring Cycle. He is a frequent conductor on the KSO’s Pops series, and excels in Film with Live Orchestra concerts, including recent presentations of The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Home Alone, and Mary Poppins.
James is the Principal Guest Conductor with the longtime symphonic show Bugs Bunny at the Symphony. He has led the show with orchestras around the world, including recent engagements with FILMhamonique in Montreal, CA, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, CA, the San Francisco Symphony, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, AUS, the l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva, SUI, the Nashville Symphony, TN and the famous Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl.
James is the Director of Orchestras at the University of Tennessee (UT), a position he has held since 2003. He oversees and conducts the Orchestra Program, which includes the Symphony Orchestra – winner of the 2023 American Prize in orchestra performance, large ensemble program – Chamber Orchestra, Contemporary Music Ensemble, and the Opera Orchestra. He is also the Music Director of the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Association, which consists of six orchestras, led by the Youth Orchestra, which he conducts.
Choir
Dr. Jeffery Redding
Dr. Jeffery Redding, is the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the 2019 GRAMMY Music Educator Award recipient. He has led choirs in performances at national, regional, and state conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), earning top awards at prestigious festivals including Heritage Festivals of Gold (California, Chicago, New York), the Festival of Spirituals (Washington D.C.), and the International Music Festival (Verona, Italy), where his West Orange High School chorus received the Gold Award for best choir and he was honored as top director.
A sought-after guest conductor, clinician, and public speaker, Dr. Redding has conducted national and divisional ACDA Honor Choirs, as well as All-State and Honor choirs in numerous states. His international engagements include adjudicating at the International Choral Festival (Verona, Italy), conducting at the TAISM Festival of Choirs (Muscat, Oman), serving as Artistic Director for the Limerick Sings International Choral Festival (Limerick, Ireland), conducting in London, England, at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, and at the Vatican in Rome. Recent collaborative conducting engagements include “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the 2024 Pro Bowl, the 2025 Pro Bowl, and the 2025 Super Bowl.
Prior to UCF, Dr. Redding served as Director of Choral Activities at West Orange High School and West Virginia University. He has been featured as guest conductor at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Orchestra Hall. He also delivered a TEDx Talk. Dr. Redding is one of the conductors for Walt Disney World’s Candlelight Processional at Epcot and the conductor of Harmonious Live! found on Disney Plus and YouTube.
Recognized for his contributions to the profession, Dr. Redding received the R. Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Service Award from the Florida Chapter of ACDA. He is the founder
and Artistic Director of the Winter Garden Community Choir and the Founder & Artistic Director of the Orlando Choral Society. He also serves as the Director of Worship Arts for Tuskawilla United Methodist Church and sings with the professional male vocal ensemble, “Brethren.”
The Jeffery Redding Passion and Purpose Choral Series (Colla Voce Music, Inc.) and a choral series with Walton Music and Henshaw Music feature new works by various composers. Dr. Redding holds a Ph.D. in Choral Conducting/Music Education and a Master of Music Education from Florida State University, and a B.S. in Music Education from Florida A&M University. He is a member of ACDA, NAfME, FVA, NATS, and Chorus America, and has served in numerous leadership roles within these organizations, including currently as the Government & Relations Advocacy Chair for Florida ACDA.
Band
Dr. Michael Golemo
Michael Golemo has been the Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Iowa State University since 1999 where he conducts the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, teaches conducting and oversees a program of eleven bands. From 2005 to 2017, he also served as the Chair for the Department of Music & Theatre. Under his direction, the Iowa State University Wind Ensemble has performed across the United States, including Chicago’s Orchestra Hall and Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall, as well as touring Europe nine times.
A native of Chicago, Dr. Golemo earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northwestern University, studying conducting with John Paynter and saxophone with Frederick Hemke. He completed his doctorate in wind conducting at Michigan State University. Prior to Iowa State, he served as Assistant Director of Bands at The University of Akron (OH) and Director of Bands at Albion College (MI).
Dr. Golemo stays active nationally and internationally as a guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator. He has conducted all-state bands in Iowa, Nebraska, Louisiana, Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado and Texas. He has served as the guest conductor and clinician for numerous honor bands at the middle school, high school and collegiate levels in the United States, Europe, Taiwan and Japan. He has contributed articles to a variety of journals and publications including The Instrumentalist, The Journal of the Association of Concert Bands, The Podium, the Iowa Bandmasters Association magazine, and Teaching Music Through Performance in Band to name a few.
With over 400 instrumental arrangements, transcriptions and compositions to his credit, Dr. Golemo has had works performed by a variety of performers and ensembles – from Carnegie Hall to Russia – including Wynton Marsalis, Anita Baker, the Akron Symphony Orchestra and the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra. His music is published by Ludwig Music Publishers, Dorn Publications, Santa Barbara Music Publishers, Daehn Publications (C.L. Barnhouse Company), Great Works Publishing, Alliance Music Publications, and Timeworks, LLC.
A dedicated leader in the field, Dr. Golemo has served as President of the Iowa Bandmasters Association, the Big Twelve Band Directors Association and as the National President of Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity. He serves on the Board of Directors for the John Philip Sousa Foundation and chairs their Sudler Trophy Selection Committee. In 2007, he was elected to the prestigious American Bandmasters Association.
Dr. Golemo has received numerous awards, including the Iowa State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences’ Outstanding Achievement in Departmental Leadership and the Outstanding Achievement in Teaching awards. In 2022, he was honored with the distinguished title of University Professor at Iowa State University. In 2025, he was named Outstanding Music Educator of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations for a five-state region. He has received Kappa Kappa Psi’s Distinguished Service to Music Medal, that organization’s highest honor.
