Our Conductor
Jon Kalbfleisch
enjoys a multi-faceted musical life as a conductor, pianist, award-winning music director, freelance musician and organist. Having conducted ballet, opera, symphonic music, choral works, contemporary music and Broadway musicals, Jon has a wide-ranging interest in musical styles. In three short years as its music director and conductor, Maestro Kalbfleisch has guided the Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra to newfound heights both in terms of artistic success and community outreach. He looks forward to continuing that path by generating more interest in the orchestra as a vital part of the cultural scene in his native Southwest Oklahoma.
As a resident of the Washington DC area, Jon is resident music director for the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, and has himself won 5 Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Musical Direction, with 20 nominations to his credit. When not on the podium, Jon has performed with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, and with the National Symphony Orchestra Pops at Wolf Trap. With a Bachelor of Arts in Piano Performance from Cameron University, and a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from Southern Methodist University as a student of Anshel Brusilow, Jon has worked with such artists as: Kathy Bates, Carol Burnett, Pat Carroll, Dixie Carter, Sutton Foster, Lynn Harrell, George Hearn, Bronson Pinchot, John Raitt, Chita Rivera, Lea Solonga, and Frederica von Stade.
