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Artistic Director and Conductor
Dr. John Sinclair was appointed Artistic Director and Conductor of the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park in 1990. He selects all choral and orchestral works to be performed for the Choral Masterworks Concert Series and the Winter Park Bach Festival, as well as contracting visiting artists for all series. He conducts all performances of the Bach Festival Choir as well as their weekly rehearsals. Under his leadership, the Winter Park Bach Festival has earned high critical praise and was recently recognized by The New York Times as “one of the outstanding choral events in the country.”
One of Central Florida’s most visible musicians, Dr. Sinclair conducts the Walt Disney World Candlelight Processional at EPCOT, directs the Moravian Music Festivals, and participates in recording projects for Warner Brothers and the Walt Disney Corporation. He conducts approximately 150 performances each year. In the past 12 years, Dr. Sinclair has made more than 500 appearances as conductor, clinician, or lecturer throughout the United States and overseas, including conducting a principal mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City.
Dr. Sinclair is the Director of Music for Rollins College and holds the John M. Tiedtke Chair of Music. A master teacher, he has received many awards, including the Hugh F. McKean Teaching Award and the Arthur Vining Davis Fellowship, the two highest awards bestowed to Rollins College faculty members. He was twice named United Arts of Central Florida’s “Outstanding Music Educator of the Year” in consecutive years.
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