Jeffery Meyer, Ithaca College Director of Orchestras, will spend the next two weeks as a member of the guest conducting faculty at the Beijing International Composition Workshop at China's Central Conservatory in Beijing.  He will be working with young composers in residence at the Conservatory, conducting nearly a dozen world premiere performances of works written by the composition fellows, and coaching Chinese musicians in the chamber group setting. 

He will also give a lecture entitled "Professionalism and Career Development for Young Composers".

 ITHACA, NY — The Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jeffery Meyer, was one of 26 American orchestras to win a 2010–11 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Award for Adventurous Programming. ASCAP and the League of American Orchestras present the award annually to orchestras of all sizes for programs that challenge their audiences, build...

Jeffery Meyer has started the 2010-11 academic year leaving an active summer behind.  In addition to his continued duties as the Artistic Director of the Water City Chamber Orchestra in Wisconsin, Meyer is also the Artistic Director of the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in St. Petersburg, Russia.  In May, the St. PCP made its United States debut under Meyer's baton in the "Wall To Wall, Behind the Wall" Festival at Symphony Space in New York City.  The orchestra was featured in the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times called its performances of works by Shostakovich, Schnittke, Pärt, Lutoslawski, Gubaidulina, Bacewicz, Slonimsky and Buzina "impressive," "powerful," "blazing," and "polished."

The Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra is seeking a new work to be written for the final concert of its 2010-11 season on May 4, 2011. Composers will submit three sample works and a resume, and the winning composer will be invited to write a new work for the May 2011 performance. The winning composer will be expected to attend the performance on May 4th as well as a rehearsal on Thursday,...

There is a difference between performing in front of your professors and performing with them. School of Music professor Jeffery Meyer ensures that his students not only train to be professionals but that they can perform among them.