John H. Head is currently the Music Director and Conductor of the Atlanta Pops Orchestra. After receiving his Master of Music degree from Indiana University, John became a member of the Aspen Festival Orchestra in Colorado. At the same time he served as Principal Trumpet with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. In 1963 he won the position of Principal Trumpet with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and held that position until his retirement in 1994. During his tenure with the orchestra he also served as Assistant Conductor to maestro Robert Shaw, and Managing Director of the summer “Pops” season.

Mr. Head’s other performance credits include guest solo performances with orchestras in the United States, Central America, and a solo recital at Westminster Abbey in London, England. He has also recorded four albums for solo trumpet with organ.

His many classical conducting credits include Music Director of the Atlanta Ballet, guest conductor for the National Ballet of Canada, the Tampa Ballet, the Baltimore Ballet, the Toledo Ballet, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and the Florida Orchestra. Mr. Head was chosen to conduct the world premier of the ballet Equus.

His most extensive experience and repertoire is in musical theater. John has served as music director for Theater of the Stars in Atlanta, Georgia, since 1969. In 1975 he conducted the first full musical production at Artpark in Lewiston, New York, and has returned to conduct most of the musicals produced there for the last twenty years.

Since his retirement from the Atlanta Symphony, he has devoted his time to his conducting and teaching career. His present teaching position is Coordinator of Brass Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta. In the fall of 1999 he served as conductor of the New Sigmund Romberg Orchestra on a tour of Taiwan.

John Head’s other activities include arranging and creating special orchestrations for symphony orchestras and featured singers. He brings a forty year, highly-diversified musical career to his new role as Music Director and Conductor of the Atlanta Pops Orchestra.

Leonard Altieri
Altieri & Associates Entertainment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 49493
Atlanta, GA 30359
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