Fellow Profile: Bridget Conley

Bridget Conley (she/her) is a third-year Tuba Fellow at the New World Symphony. She has performed with ensembles such as the Charleston Symphony, Spoleto Festival U.S.A. Orchestra, Seraph Brass, Yale Philharmonia, Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, Chamber and Conducting orchestras, Curtis Symphony Orchestra, Vanderbilt Wind Symphony and Conservatory of Amsterdam Philharmonic.

As a soloist, Bridget was the winner of the 2021 Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Solo Artist Competition. She was also a finalist in both the 2022 and 2023 Yale School of Music Concerto Competitions, the winner of the 2020 Vanderbilt Wind Symphony Concerto Competition and a semi-finalist in both the Mock Orchestral Audition and Small Ensemble Competition at the 2019 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference. An avid lover of new music, Bridget has commissioned and premiered various new works for solo tuba, including new works by Madeline Merwin, Emma Cardon and Guillermo Lago (commissioned by Néstor Martínez Jara and co-premiered by Martínez Jara and Conley).

In addition to her experience as a performer, Bridget is also a passionate educator and administrator. She holds a minor in pedagogy from Vanderbilt University, where she studied psychology and music cognition, and conducted independent research on brass pedagogy with Jeremy Wilson, Associate Professor of Trombone at Vanderbilt University. Bridget has also served on various councils and committees, including the Yale School of Music Student Advisory Council, Vanderbilt Blair Student Council and Vanderbilt University COVID-19 response committee.

Bridget holds a master of music degree in performance from the Yale School of Music, where she studied with Carol Jantsch of The Philadelphia Orchestra. She holds a bachelor of music degree in performance with a minor in brass pedagogy from Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, where she studied with Gil Long. In 2019, she spent a semester studying at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Perry Hoogendijk, principal tubist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Bridget is a native of Charleston, South Carolina. When she’s not playing tuba, Bridget loves cooking, exercising and a good book.

Personal Website
https://www.bridgetconley.com

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