Music Director

JED GAYLIN serves as Music Director of the Bay Atlantic Symphony, Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra and Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra. He is also Principal Conductor of the Cape May Music Festival.

Previous posts have included Principal Guest Conductor of the National Film and Radio Philharmonic (Beijing, China), Director of Orchestras of the Cervera International Music Festival and Summer Course (Spain), Principal Guest Conductor of the Sibiu State Philharmonic (Romania) and Artist in Residence at Stockton University.

In 2018, Mr. Gaylin was tapped by Eastman School of Music composer Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez to conduct his Alla Balena Ensemble, which was performed at Eastman’s Kilbourn Hall, the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington DC and Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Mr. Gaylin has served as Music Director of the Bay Atlantic Symphony for 25 seasons. The Bay Atlantic Symphony is consistently praised for its astonishing level of artistry and precision. It is also viewed throughout New Jersey as a model for how professional orchestras can become a vital focus and source of identity in their communities. As a sought-after creative partner throughout the region, the Bay Atlantic Symphony has forged residencies with area colleges, numerous towns, music festivals such as the Cape May Music Festival and even casinos.

Atlantic City’s Borgata hosted the Symphony for an all-classical summer series in 2013. In 2012, Mr. Gaylin was named Artist in Residence at Stockton University. The Symphony’s ongoing Orchestra-in-Residence position is part of an innovative model in which the Bay Atlantic Symphony is integrated into the music curriculum. Also in 2012, Mr. Gaylin was named Music Director of the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

As a guest conductor, Mr. Gaylin has worked with such prestigious orchestras as the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra (Russia), Bucharest Radio Orchestra (Romania), Shanghai Conservatory Orchestra (China), Academia del Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain), Eastman School of Music Broadband Ensemble, Lodz Philharmonic (Poland), Pomorska Philharmonic (Poland), Gnessin Institute Orchestra (Russia), Moscow Chamber Symphony (Russia), Orquesta Sinfonica de Guanajuato (Mexico), Orvieto Festival Orchestra (Italy), Naples Philharmonic (Florida), Symphony New Hampshire, Opera Vivente (Baltimore), Wheeling Symphony (West Virginia) and the Xinjiang Philharmonic (China)