Leon Hyman, Music Director and Conductor

In 1977, Mr. Hyman co-founded The New Philharmonic of New Jersey, for which he serves as music director and conductor. This orchestra has received widespread acclaim and recognition as one of the state’s finest ensembles.

Mr. Hyman’s career as conductor has encompassed the areas of ballet, orchestra, chorus, opera and theatre. He has conducted the Robert Joffrey Ballet on tours of the former Soviet Union and the United States, the New York Philharmonic and the Columbia Symphony orchestras for Columbia Records, the American Symphony, the Philharmonia Virtuosi, the Orchestra da Camera of Long Island, the Jerusalem Orchestra and the New Jersey Symphony with the New Jersey Ballet. Mr. Hyman has conducted operas in New York and Dallas, the Tokyo production of West Side Story (directed by Jerome Robbins), Dancin’, 1776, Appletree, and Half-a-Sixpence on Broadway.

He has also had extensive experience conducting choral ensembles, including 25 years as director of the Montclair State University Chorus. In concert with The New Philharmonic, he has conducted the Pro Arte and Summit Chorales, the Morris Choral Society and Harmonium.

Mr. Hyman has served on the conducting faculties of the Juilliard School, Teachers College, Columbia University and Montclair State University.

 

Maestro Hyman’s photos courtesy of Wolfgang Lemmerz.