| 词条 | Thomas Wilkins (conductor) |
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Thomas Wilkins (born c.1956) is an orchestra conductor.[1] {{as of | 2012 | 11 | alt =He is the music director of the Omaha Symphony Orchestra,[2] principal conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra,[3] and family and youth concerts conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.[4]}} Early life and educationWilkins was born in Norfolk, Virginia and grew up in a housing project, the son of a single mother and welfare recipient.[4] His inspiration to become an orchestra conductor came from a performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" he attended when he was eight years old.[1] Wilkins received a bachelor's degree in music education from the Shenandoah Conservatory in 1978, and a master of music degree in orchestral conducting from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1982.[2] Teaching and conductingWilkins has taught at North Park University, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Virginia Commonwealth University.[2] He worked as assistant director of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra. He also worked as resident director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Florida Orchestra.[2] Wilkins became music director of the Omaha Symphony in 2005,[2] and family and youth concert conductor of the Boston Symphony in 2011.[4] Notes1. ^1 {{cite news | title = Hollywood Bowl's Thomas Wilkins a classical case of beating the odds | author = Braxton, Greg | work = Los Angeles Times | date = 2009-09-09 | url = http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-blackconductors9-2009sep09,0,5274113.story | accessdate = 2012-11-19}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkins, Thomas}}{{US-conductor-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web | title = Thomas Wilkins, Music Director | publisher = Omaha Symphony | url = http://www.omahasymphony.org/music_director.asp | accessdate = 2012-11-19}} 3. ^{{cite web | title = About the conductor; Thomas Wilkins | publisher = Hollywood Bowl | url = http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/philpedia/thomas-wilkins | accessdate = 2012-11-19 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120825165744/http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/philpedia/thomas-wilkins | archivedate = 2012-08-25 | df = }} 4. ^1 2 {{cite news | title = Raising the baton; The BSO’s first black conductor applies his passion to inspiring a new generation | author = Johnson, Akilah | work = The Boston Globe | date = 2011-12-04 | url = http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/articles/2011/12/04/boston_symphonys_first_black_conductor_thomas_wilkins_applies_passion/ | accessdate = 2012-11-19}} 10 : 1956 births|Living people|American male conductors (music)|21st-century American conductors (music)|African-American classical musicians|Musicians from Omaha, Nebraska|Musicians from Norfolk, Virginia|21st-century American musicians|Classical musicians from Virginia|21st-century male musicians |
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