Joel Levy
Conductor
Wind Symphony Joel M. Levy received a Bachelor of Music Degree from the State University College at Potsdam, New York, and a Master of Music Degree in Performance from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. At Stony Brook Mr. Levy worked with clarinetist David Glazer, and studied flute, saxophone and clarinet with Eddie Daniels. As an active musician in the New York metropolitan area, Mr. Levy has performed with the Merrick Symphony, Long Island Concert Pops, Queens Festival Band, Long Island Masterworks Orchestra and the New York Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Levy played frequently in the Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Additional Broadway credits include Fosse, Little Women, Sweet Charity and Young Frankenstein. He has played with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Clem DeRosa's Mighty Swing Machine, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Lou Anderson Big Band, Leon Petruzzi Jazz Orchestra and many other jazz ensembles. He has worked as a backup musician for Phil Woods, Bob Mintzer, The Manhattan Transfer, Marvin Hamlisch, Al Martino, Tommy Tune, Bebe Neuwirth, and Jay Black.

Mr. Levy has taught at both the middle and high school levels on Long Island since 1980. He has been a Band Director at East Meadow High School for the past twenty-two years. His various ensembles have won numerous awards of distinction. He currently serves as Music Department Chairperson of East Meadow High School.

Joel Levy has been a guest soloist and clinician for several Long Island school districts and he has served as guest conductor for the Suffolk All-County Festival Bands. In 1997 he was guest conductor of the concert band and jazz ensembles at the U. S. Eastern Music Camp at Colgate University. In April of 2005 Mr. Levy was the guest conductor of the combined bands, comprising the Wind Symphony and the Symphonic Band at George Mason University in Virginia. Mr. Levy was also the guest conductor for the Atlantic Wind Symphony in 2006. He has been a conductor at the CW Post Band Festival on several occasions.

Under Mr. Levy's direction, the Nassau-Suffolk Wind Symphony has performed at All-National and All-Eastern MENC conferences. Guest soloists with the Wind Symphony have included Phil Smith, Joe Alessi, Stanly Drucker, Carol Wincenc, Lew Tabackin, Erik Ralske and Patrick Sheridan.

Mr. Levy has taught courses for Five Towns College and the State University College at Potsdam, New York. He is currently an adjunct member of the C.W. Post, Long Island University faculty, teaching clarinet, saxophone and flute. Mr. Levy is pleased to have been listed in Who's Who Among American Teachers on numerous occasions. In addition, Mr. Levy has been featured on Rico's The Lessonroom.com, and is a Rico educational clinician and performing artist.