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Accompanist
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Frank Conlon, Accompanist
Throughout his career, Frank Conlon has played concerts and recitals in many of the concert halls and universities in the Washington, DC area, and has performed in cities across the U.S., as well as Canada, Central America, Europe, Japan, and India. He has played at Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Gardner Museum in Boston, Robin Hood Dell in Philadelphia, and locally at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Gallery of Art, the Phillips Collection, the Corcoran Gallery, the Library of Congress, Dumbarton Oaks, Schlesinger Concert Hall, and Wolf Trap. He has appeared as concerto soloist with many orchestras, including the Montreal Chamber Orchestra, the Alexandria Symphony, the Georgetown Symphony, the Washington Chamber Orchestra, the Washington Camerata, the Amadeus Orchestra, the Catholic University Orchestra, and the George Washington University Orchestra.
Earning his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Catholic University, Frank also spent summers in Aspen, CO and Vienna, Austria on a grant to study conducting. He is a professor emeritus on the music faculty at George Washington University and has also taught at Catholic University’s School of Music, George Mason University School of Music, Georgetown University, the Ellington School of the Arts, the Levine School of Music, and Sidwell Friends School, as well as serving as Artist-In-Residence for the DC Public School System. In addition, he’s been named an honorary member of the National Society of Arts and Letters and Friend of Music by the Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity.
Frank is a winner of the National Society of Arts and Letters competition and the Jordan Awards Contest, as well as the Brewster-Allison Competition in Austin, Texas. He has served as official accompanist for the National Symphony Young Soloist Competition, the National Opera Institute Auditions, and the National Federation of Music Clubs Contest.
One of the most active and sought-after ensemble musicians in the Washington area, Frank has also served for many years as minister of music at the Church of the Annunciation in Washington, and as director of music for Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church. We are indeed privileged to have him as our accompanist at New Dominion Chorale.
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