Keith Lockhart
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Keith Lockhart
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Keith Alan Lockhart |
| Born |
November 7, 1959 Poughkeepsie, New York |
| Occupation(s) | Boston Pops Orchestra Music Director |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Notable instruments | |
| Piano | |
Keith Alan Lockhart (born November 7, 1959) is the Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, and the Principal Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra. Lockhart was the Music Director of the Utah Symphony from 1998 - 2009, and has held honorary titles in many other orchestras.
In 1995, Keith Lockhart became the third conductor of the Boston Pops. Lockhart holds the Julian and Eunice Cohen Boston Pops Conductor chair. Lockhart has worked with a wide array of established artists from the entertainment world, and promotes programs that focus on talented young musicians from the Tanglewood Music Center, Brevard Music Center, Boston Conservatory, and Berklee College of Music.
Lockhart has conducted more than 1,500 Boston Pops concerts and introduced the innovative JazzFest and EdgeFest series, featuring prominent jazz and indie artists performing with the Pops. Lockhart has also introduced concert performances of full-length Broadway shows, including Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, and Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, along with the PopSearch and High School Sing-Off competitions.
Under Lockhart's leadership, the Boston Pops has commissioned several new works--including The Dream Lives On, a tribute to the Kennedy brothers, which was premiered in May 2010 during the 125th anniversary season-and dozens of new arrangements.
Born on November 7, 1959, in Poughkeepsie, New York, Lockhart is the elder of two children born to Newton Frederick and Marilyn Jean (Woodyard) Lockhart, who worked as computer professionals. He grew up in nearby Wappingers Falls and was educated in the public schools of New York's Dutchess County. He began studying piano at age seven. Lockhart graduated in 1981 from Furman University with a double major, German and piano performance. He then went on to get a master's degree in orchestral conducting from Carnegie Mellon University. Lockhart was initiated into Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity in 1978 by the Gamma Eta chapter at Furman University.
Lockhart's conducting career began as the associate conductor of both the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops orchestras, as well as music director of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. In 1995, Lockhart became conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding John Williams. He maintains this position to date. Additionally, from 1998 to 2009, Lockhart was also the music director of the Utah Symphony. In 2010, Lockhart became the principal conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra. Lockhart is also the Artistic Director of the Brevard Music Center summer institute and festival, a program which he attended as an adolescent.
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