Cindy H. Petty
is a conductor, violinist and a music educator. She is taking a leave of absence from the JCO
for the 2010-2011 season.
Cindy H. Petty
is a conductor, violinist and a music educator. She is taking a leave of absence from the JCO
for the 2010-2011 season.
John Carter is looking forward to an exciting 2010/2011 season as interim director of the Jewish Community Orchestra. John has been active with the JCO for several years as a rehearsal conductor, and arranged the Hava Nagila encore for the combined JCO and handbell choir concert this past spring.
Among John's other active roles, John is conductor of the Oregon Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Portland Adventist String Orchestra, Trueheart Productions annual musicals, and the Advent Trombone Choir. He is also adjunct Faculty at Marylhurst University where he teaches the conducting course and coaches chamber groups. John also maintains a private studio offering instruction in conducting, horn, and orchestration.
John earned his doctorate (DMA abd) in Orchestral Conducting from UCLA in 2006 where, in addition to regularly conducting performances with UCLA’s two orchestras, he premiered 23 student orchestra compositions, premiered his own orchestrations, and conducted several horn ensemble premieres by prominent studio film composers. Recent past conducting positions include the Lewis & Clark College Orchestra, La Sierra University Orchestra, and a new orchestra John founded at Loma Linda University. John has also conducted at music festivals across the nation, including those at Cabrillo, Bard, and Bakersfield, as well as at Portland’s own Rose City Conductor’s workshop.
An avid backpacker, John lives in West Linn with his wife and two young sons.