“The Johnstown Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Maureen Conlon-Gutierrez as concertmaster,” reads an unsigned Sunday (7/22) article in the Daily American (Somerset, PA). “Conlon-Gutierrez has appeared as soloist with various orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout Mexico, Europe, and the U.S. … In 2005 she was a semifinalist at the Sphinx Competition.… She co-founded the Trio Nova Mundi with whom she performed from 2001-2017 … in Latin America, Africa and the U.S. … Conlon-Gutierrez served as concertmaster with the Erie Chamber Orchestra, guest concertmaster of the Erie Philharmonic and the Sphinx Symphony, and is currently a member of the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra and Wheeling Symphony. She’s also been a member of the Erie Philharmonic, Sphinx Virtuosi, Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra, Penns Woods Orchestra and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.… [A native] of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico … she holds degrees from Rice University, Penn State University and Carnegie Mellon University…. Ron Horner, a member of the Concertmaster Search Committee and the JSO principal timpanist, said that, ‘The search committee … found Ms. Conlon-Gutierrez to not only be a fine musician, but also the best communicator and most inspiring of the candidates.’ ”
Posted July 27, 2018
