ELIAS GILBERT

Elias Gilbert is a conductor, clarinetist, and composer from Santa Cruz, California, currently based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He is focused on pushing boundaries and bringing joy in instrumental music. Click here to view full bio.

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Elias serves as Associate Conductor of the Huxford Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Campus Orchestra at the University of Alabama, where he studies orchestral conducting with Ransom Wilson.

 

Elias has previously served as Music Director of the Johns Hopkins Medical Orchestra, Yale Undergraduate Chamber Orchestra, and Davenport Pops Orchestra, and Assistant Conductor of the Yale Symphony Orchestra and Colorado College Summer Music Festival. He has also played Principal Clarinet in the Yale Symphony, Peabody Symphony, and Colorado College Summer Music Festival Orchestras.

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Elias' compositions have been premiered at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, his arrangements have been performed by the Davenport Pops Orchestra and Yale Symphony Orchestra, and his critical editions are published by Frog Peak Music. View catalog. 

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Elias graduated from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University with a Master of Music in Clarinet Performance in 2026, studying with Alexander Fiterstein. He received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from Yale University in 2024.