Born
in Chicago, Jeffery Meyer began his musical studies as a pianist,
and shortly thereafter continued on to study composition and conducting.
He is presently the Director of Orchestras at the Ithaca College
School of Music, as well as the founder and Artistic Director of
the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Jeff is also the Orchestra Director at LSM Academy and Festival.
He has worked with orchestras in the United States and abroad, including
ensembles such as the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Syracuse Symphony. In recent concert
seasons, he has been seen conducting, performing as piano soloist
and chamber musician, as well as conducting from the keyboard in
the United States, Canada, Russia, and Germany.
An active participant in the music of our time, he has collaborated
with many composers, and commissioned and premiered many new works.
He has been featured numerous times as both a conductor and pianist
as part of the “Sound Ways” International New Music
Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. As a pianist, Jeff has been
in residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts, and in residence
at the Aspen Festival as part of the Furious Band, a New York-based
group dedicated to contemporary music. He performs frequently with
percussionist Paul Vaillancourt as part of the piano and percussion
duo Strike. He has been broadcast on CBC, has recorded and performed
with the Philadelphia Virtuosi (Naxos), and has been heard as a
soloist at the Aspen Festival. During the 2001-2002 academic year
he lived and studied in Berlin and Leipzig as the recipient of a
DAAD grant in music, during which time he wrote incidental music
to David Mamet's Duck Variations, which was performed throughout
Berlin by the theater group Heimspieltheater. He was selected as
a semi-finalist in the 2004 Pedrotti International Competition for
Conductors, a finalist in the 2003 Vakhtang Jordania International
Conducting Competition and a semi-finalist in the 2003 Beethoven
Sonata International Piano Competition, Memphis, Tennessee. He was
also recently selected to be included in the 60th Anniversary Edition
of Who’s Who in America.
In addition to performing in masterclasses for such artists as Richard
Goode, John Perry, György Sebök, Robert McDonald, and
Leon Fleischer, he has studied chamber music with Julius Levine,
Charles Neidich, and Timothy Eddy. He has worked with conductors
such as Gustav Meier, Bridget Reischl, and Robert Spano. Jeff holds
degrees in piano as well as composition and completed his Doctorate
of Musical Arts in Piano Performance with Gilbert Kalish at the
State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Jeff is an active adjudicator, guest clinician,
and masterclass teacher. He has adjudicated throughout the United
States, including Alaska, as well as at the Hong Kong Schools Music
Festival. He has served on the faculties of the Dorian Keyboard
Festival, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Marrowstone Music Festival,
and LSM Academy and Festival.
Born
in Chicago, Jeffery Meyer began his musical studies as a pianist,
and shortly thereafter continued on to study composition and conducting.
He is presently the Director of Orchestras at the Ithaca College
School of Music, as well as the founder and Artistic Director of
the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Jeff is also the Orchestra Director at LSM Academy and Festival.
He has worked with orchestras in the United States and abroad, including
ensembles such as the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Syracuse Symphony. In recent concert
seasons, he has been seen conducting, performing as piano soloist
and chamber musician, as well as conducting from the keyboard in
the United States, Canada, Russia, and Germany. 