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Kyle Wiley Pickett is the Music Director and Conductor of
the Juneau Symphony. He is also the Music Director and conductor of the
North State Symphony, a professional symphony in northern California
formed out of the merger of the Chico and Redding Symphonies - his two
previous orchestras. A versatile musician, his conducting activities
range from the symphony orchestra to opera to musical theater to choral
work. Wiley Pickett is a frequent guest conductor on the west coast and
previously held positions as Music Director with the Rogue Music Theater
in southern Oregon and Assistant Conductor with the Peabody Conservatory
Orchestra and Opera.
Wiley Pickett holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in
orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore where
he studied with world-renowned teacher and conductor, Frederik
Prausnitz. He also holds a Bachelor's degree in music from Stanford
University and a Master's degree in choral conducting from the
California State University at Chico. At both universities his
conducting teacher was Dr. William Ramsey. Wiley Pickett is also an
accomplished flutist, having studied with Frances Blaisdell and Robert
Willoughby. He also trained in voice with Wayne Connor and Judith
Bettina.
Dr. Wiley Pickett grew up in Los Gatos, CA. When he and his wife Alice, who is a stage actress and director, are not in Juneau, they live on Lake Shasta in Northern California with their son Ned and Dachsund Max. |
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