Cary John Franklin
Educated in Minnesota at Macalester College in St. Paul and the
University of Minnesota, Mr. Franklin has worked with Pulizer Prize-winning composer
Dominick Argento, with his principal conducting teachers being John Nelson, William
McGlaughlin, and Murry Sidlin. His training includes time as Assistant Music Director
to both Dale Warland and Phillip Brunelle.
Franklin is the immediate past president of the American Composers Forum, a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, (ASCAP) and the recipient of numerous awards and honors including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Meet the Composer Awards, and fellowships from the Minnesota Arts Board and Schubert Club of St. Paul.
He has guest conducted the Minnesota Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Washington Opera, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and St. Louis Symphony and has served for 10 years as the music director of the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis. He is also the current conductor of the Macalester Symphony Orchestra and the Macalester Symphonic Band. He was previously the chorus master/associate conductor of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. He has recently completed a three-year residency with VocalEssence and three Minnesota high schools and is featured in the Fall 2005 THE VOICE OF CHURUS AMERICA, Tomorrow's Voices - Changing Lives in the Classroom
Franklin is the immediate past president of the American Composers Forum, a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, (ASCAP) and the recipient of numerous awards and honors including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Meet the Composer Awards, and fellowships from the Minnesota Arts Board and Schubert Club of St. Paul.
He has guest conducted the Minnesota Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Washington Opera, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and St. Louis Symphony and has served for 10 years as the music director of the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis. He is also the current conductor of the Macalester Symphony Orchestra and the Macalester Symphonic Band. He was previously the chorus master/associate conductor of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. He has recently completed a three-year residency with VocalEssence and three Minnesota high schools and is featured in the Fall 2005 THE VOICE OF CHURUS AMERICA, Tomorrow's Voices - Changing Lives in the Classroom