Eric Conway, Conductor
Morgan State University Choir
Eric Conway is currently the Director of the Morgan State
University Choir as well as Chairperson of the Fine Arts
Department. He has served as Associate Conductor and
principal accompanist for the Morgan State University Choir
for the past twenty years under the leadership of the late
Nathan Carter.
He received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the
Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University where
he majored in Piano Performance and minored in Conducting.
While at the Peabody, Conway was a recipient of the
prestigious Liberace Scholarship, as well as a winner in
the Yale Gordon Concerto Competition where earned the honor
of playing Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the
Peabody Symphony Orchestra.
Some of his significant accomplishments as pianist include,
a tour of Eastern Africa, sponsored by the United States
Information Agency. One of the highlights of the tour was a
solo performance for Madagascan television and radio. He
has performed as soloist with several orchestras including,
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra,
Baltimore Concert Artists, Johns Hopkins Symphony
Orchestra, Georgetown University Orchestra, and the
Millbrook Orchestra in Shepardstown, West Virginia. In
January, 2006 he performed Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.
5 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerhoff
Symphony Hall to wide acclaim.
Dr. Conway is also sought after as a collaborative artist.
He has worked with several leading artists including Trevor
Wye, Hillary Hahn, Daniel Heifetz, William Brown, Janice
Chandler, to name a few. He is also an orchestral pianist
for the Baltimore Symphony. In 1994 and 1997, he toured
with the orchestra to Eastern Asia.
Dr. Conway’s choral accomplishments include working closely
with some of the greatest conductors of the 20th Century
including Robert Shaw, Sir Nevelle Mariner, and Donald
Neuen. In 2001, he was chorusmaster for the Baltimore
Symphony Chorus’ performance of the Verdi Requiem. He
travels around the mid-Atlantic area giving Choral Master
Classes and workshops for Collegiate and High School
levels. In June of 2006, Dr. Conway was Chorusmaster for
performances of Mahler Symphony #2, ending the tenure of
Baltimore Symphony’s music director, Yuri Temirkanov.
In addition to his musical accomplishments, he holds
degrees in both Accounting and Business Management and is
also a Certified Public Accountant.
Dr. Conway is married to Bessie Elizabeth Conway, and they
are blessed to have three sons, Eric, Jr.; Christopher; and
Ryan.
