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.
Most recently, he conducted the forces of both the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Soulful Symphony in the
Meyerhoff Hall’s Annual Martin Luther King Concert. In
addition to his musical accomplishments, he holds degrees
in both Accounting and Business Management and is also a
Certified Public Accountant. Most recently, Conway has been
appointed by Governor O’Malley as a member of the MD State
Arts Council.
Dr.
Conway is married to Bessie Elizabeth Conway, and they are
blessed to have three sons, Eric, Jr.; Christopher; and
Ryan.