Gregory Cunningham Associate Professor of Music Instrumental Program Coordinator, Conducting Oakland Symphony Orchestra, Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band Contact cunningh@oakland.edu (248) 370-3015

Gregory Cunningham is beginning his 16th year as an Associate Professor of Music at Oakland University, where he serves as Director of Bands, conducts the Oakland University Wind Symphony and Symphonic Bands, and teaches orchestral/wind conducting and literature at the graduate and undergraduate levels. In addition to his university teaching duties, Dr. Cunningham concurrently serves as Music Director and Principal Conductor for two regional professional orchestras - the Warren Symphony (Warren, MI) and Oakland Symphony (Rochester, MI). While primarily responsible for MTD's large instrumental ensemble performance activities, Cunningham remains an active participant in all aspects of Oakland University’s undergraduate and graduate instrumental music education and applied programs.

Prior to his appointment at Oakland University, Gregory was the Doctoral Conducting Intern at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign from 1994-1997. During his residency, Cunningham taught courses in conducting, served as a staff conductor within the University of Illinois Band Department, was an Editorial Assistant for the Journal of the Council of Research in Music Education, made appearances as guest conductor with the Champaign-Urbana and Illini Symphony orchestras, and performed as the Principal Conductor of the Springfield-based (IL) Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony and Sangamon Valley Youth Chamber Orchestra.

From 1990-1994, Dr. Cunningham was Director of Bands and Music Department Chairman at Glenbard South High School, located in Glen Ellyn, IL. Prior to this appointment, Cunningham began his public school teaching as the Associate Director of Bands and Choirs at Glenbard East High School, Lombard IL, from 1987-1990.

In addition to his duties at Oakland University, Cunningham remains active as a clinician and adjudicator of middle and high school orchestras/bands throughout the country, and has served as guest conductor for various district and state level honors ensembles in the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast. He has presented/co-presented workshops for instrumental music teachers at the Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin Music Educators conferences, has co-presented at the 2004 MENC National Conference in Minneapolis, MN, and was a member of a panel of Oakland University faculty who presented at the 2005 Symposium on Music Teacher Education in Greensboro, NC. He has made guest appearances as an Artist-in-Residence at the University of Illinois–Urbana Champaign, the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, the University of North Carolina – Wilmington, and has also served on the summer faculties of the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Illinois Summer Youth Music, University of Iowa Summer Music Camp, and Shell Lake Music Camp.