Meet Our Conductors

Dr. Jeffrey Stirling, Philharmonic

Dr. Jeffrey Stirling (Philharmonic) is in his seventh season as a conductor with the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies.  He also directs the Saint Paul Civic Symphony and the Northeast Orchestra. Dr. Stirling holds degrees from Yale and Northwestern Universities and pursued advanced studies at the Tanglewood and Salzburg music festivals and at the Paris Conservatory under the auspices of the Fondation des Etats-Unis.  In recent seasons, Stirling has been a cover conductor for the Minnesota Orchestra, appeared with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and been a guest conductor with the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, Bemidji Symphony and Skylark Opera.  He has also directed the orchestra programs at the University of Minnesota’s School of Music, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Cloud State University, Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and at the University of Northern Iowa.  Stirling has also been a guest instructor for the Chamber Music Association of the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.