William Drury

William Drury is the Associate Conductor of Wind Ensembles at New England Conservatory of Music, the Assistant Conductor of Orchestras at MIT and conducts the Wind Ensemble at Boston Conservatory of Music. Drury is also Concert Master of the 567th Air Force Band of Cape Cod, and plays saxophone with the Jimmy Capone Big Band. He has been assistant conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Boston and conductor of the Auros Chamber Orchestra, and has conducted ensembles at Harvard, Brown and Brandeis Universities and numerous US Air Force Bands throughout the nation. Drury has premiered works by composers such as Larry Bell, Daniel Pinkham, Alan Fletcher, Popkin and John Zorn. As a jazz saxophonist, William Drury has performed with Natalie Cole, The Coasters, Dave Stewart and MFB, and played lead tenor with the Bob Curnow Big Band. Before entering undergraduate studies, Drury worked for five years as a track laborer for the Burlington Northern Railroad.

B. S., political science, Gonzaga University; M.M. with distinction in performance,
New England Conservatory of Music. Conducting studies with Frank Battisti and
Richard Hoenich. Former faculty at Boston University. Recordings on Art of the
States, Criminal Records, Sierra Music, American Composers Forum, Tzadik, and
Centaur.

photo by susan wilson