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Gerald J. Dolan, Jr.
music director and conductor of the wind ensemble

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Gerald Dolan has led NMYO as Music Director since 2011. He held the same position with the Northshore Youth Symphony Orchestra from 1995-2011. Mr. Dolan was conductor of the Senior Orchestra for eleven years, Wind Ensemble for three years, and conducted the Intermezzo Orchestra for eight years. Mr. Dolan returns to conduct the Wind Ensemble in the 2019-2020 Concert Season.

Mr. Dolan teaches instrumental conducting courses at Gordon College in the Graduate Summer Degree Program. Recently retired as the Director of Fine Arts for the Ipswich Public Schools, he was Director of Bands conducting the High School Concert Band, Pep Band, Jazz Ensemble, and the 6th Grade Band for 30 years. He continues to serve as the school's Director of Fine Arts.
The Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association (MICCA) awarded Mr. Dolan the Paul Smith Hall of Fame Award in 2015. The award recognizes a Massachusetts conductor who has been a musical and personal influence to students and the community. In 2002, Mr. Dolan was awarded the prestigious Lowell Mason Award, presented by the Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA) for outstanding leadership in, and contributions to, music and music education. In 2003, he was awarded the George Olmsted, Jr. Class of 1924 Prize for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching from Williams College.

He holds degrees from St. Michael’s College and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. As a recipient of a 1993 Fulbright Scholarship, Mr. Dolan served as head of music for the Speedwell School, an inner city comprehensive high school in Bristol, England.

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