DR. JOHN BANNON

Dr. Bannon conducts the St. Petersburg College Band and the SPC Community Orchestra, teaches conducting and music theory at St. Petersburg College, and teaches percussion at the Hillsborough Community College.

He is Principal Timpanist with the Florida Orchestra, and during summers he coaches chamber music and teaches percussion at the Kinhaven Music School in Vermont. He previously served as Principal Timpanist with orchestras in Anchorage, Oklahoma City, Mexico City, and Honolulu Symphony.

He has served as Conductor of the Oklahoma City University Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, the Oklahoma, and Associate Conductor of the University of Miami Symphony Orchestra. His guest conducting also include appearances with the Pinellas Youth Symphony, the Florida Youth Orchestra, and the FloriMezzo Orchestra.

Dr. Bannon received his early musical training in the public schools in Anchorage Alaska, and in St. Petersburg where he graduated from Northeast High School. He earned degrees in Percussion Performance from the University of South Florida (BA) and the University of Michigan (MM), and in Instrumental Conducting (DMA) from the University of Miami.

John is married to St. Petersburg native Carmen Newell Bannon, who is a flutist with the Florida West Coast Symphony in Sarasota, the Crested Butte Music Festival in Colorado, and a frequent extra and substitute with TFO

 


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