BU Tanglewood Institute Alum Returns to Direct Orchestra Program
Bassist Joseph Conyers (BUTI’98) will become the director of the Young Artists Orchestra program at Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Photo by Kriston Jae Bethel New Appointment
Philadelphia Orchestra bassist Joseph Conyers recalls his “magical summer” in Lenox
July 30, 2021 Twitter Facebook
Listen to Joseph Conyers talk about his time as a student at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and you’ll want to sign up yourself even if you’re long past high school and don’t play an instrument.
“It was a magical summer…that forever changed my life, for all kinds of reasons,” says Conyers (BUTI’98), acting associate principal bass in the Philadelphia Orchestra. “It introduced me to the Boston Symphony [Orchestra]. It was the first Big Five orchestra I’d ever heard, so that was transformative. And the friends I met there, they’re some of my dearest friends to thi