Reid Shriver, Conductor

Vilacello Chamber Orchestra Conductor Fellow

Reid Shriver is a conductor, tenor, and pianist currently based in Red Hook, New York. This season, he is serving as assistant conductor and librarian of the Bard College Community Orchestra. One of his collaborative enjoyments is working on new repertoire, and while at Bard, he premiered Sam Mutter’s Hast thou yet found solace in an ending? with members of the Bard College Conservatory of Music. This year, he has served as conductor in recording a new student choral arrangement of Ravel’s Boléro for a short film by Mona Benyamin with members of the Bard Chamber Singers. He is pursuing a Master of Music degree within the Graduate Conducting Program at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, studying under James Bagwell. This past summer, Reid was a fellow in the International Conducting Training Program at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he worked with Joe Miller and Brett Scott. As a performer, Reid has sung in numerous engagements with the Philadelphia Orchestra as a member of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, singing symphonic choral repertoire under various conductors. Reid holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education at the Boyer College of Music & Dance at Temple University, studying voice with baritone Marcus DeLoach. Between 2023 and 2024, Reid served as the Vice President and Artistic Director of the Temple University Repertory Orchestra and studied with José Luis Domínguez of the Temple University Symphony Orchestra.