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Carmon DeLeone is celebrating his 23rd season as Music Director and Conductor of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1995 he was named the "Illinois Music Director of the Year" by the Illinois Council of Orchestras. Under his leadership, the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra has expanded the scope and content of its musical programming and was named "Illinois Orchestra of the Year" in 1992. Maestro DeLeone has been Music Director of the Cincinnati Ballet since 1969, and just last season he also marked his twentieth year as Music Director of the Middletown Symphony in Ohio. At New York's Carnegie Hall, he has served as Conductor and Host of the "Family Concert" Series, and in Europe, he has conducted frequent performances with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. A talented composer as well, Maestro DeLeone has written many original scores for the Ballet -- most recently, his delightful, comic setting of The Princess and the Pea. His best known work, the full-length ballet in two acts, Peter Pan, garnered rave reviews at its opening and first revival in Cincinnati and equal praise when it was presented by Ballet West in Salt Lake City, Iowa City, and Anchorage. A newly choreographed production was produced by the Atlanta Ballet which presented 28 special "Millennium Performances" at London's Royal Festival Hall with Maestro DeLeone conducting. The Washington D.C. Ballet and Cincinnati Ballet also have a brand new production of Peter Pan. They have presented it throughout the USA and in Lisbon, Portugal. His other compositions for the Ballet include: Frevo, Guernica, With Timbrel and Dance Praise His Name, and Ruth Page's Billy Sunday, which was nationally televised in 1983 with Johnny Bench as host. The Maestro is frequently asked to guest conduct other orchestras throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, Puerto Rico and Europe. He has been featured in performances with orchestras in Dallas, Vancouver, New Orleans, and Pittsburgh among others. In 1991 he made his European debut with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Luxembourg. Following the Maestro's Carnegie Hall Debut with the Orchestra of St. Lukes, he was immediately re-engaged to conduct two more concerts at Carnegie Hall and host the rest of the prestigious hall's series of Family Concerts during the next season.
As a pops conductor, the Maestro lists Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, George Burns, Jerry Lewis, and Bill Cosby as just a few of the guest artists who have performed in concert with him. An extremely versatile musician, he has been a French horn soloist with orchestras throughout the United States, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, playing both the classics and jazz. A much-in-demand jazz drummer, Mr. DeLeone is equally at home in the recording studio or leading his own "Studio Big Band" in concert. As a radio personality, his credits include eleven years as host of the popular "Sunday Morning Music Hall" on Cincinnati Radio Station WRRM (98.5 FM) and co-host of the recent Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra concert series broadcasts on WFMT (98.7 FM) in Chicago. Maestro DeLeone is very pleased to have made his New York conducting debut with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for their season-opening gala performance of Carmina Burana and Revelations at New York's City Center. Maestro DeLeone earned B.M., B.S., and M.M. degrees from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. He served at CCM as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Opera and Music Theatre. During this tenure, he conducted productions of Prince Igor, La Cenerentola, Gianni Schicchi, The Crucible, La Callisto (American Premiere), and The Secret Marriage. He has been presented with the Conservatory's "Distinguished Alumni Award." At Indiana University, he conducted the world premiere and nationally televised production of John Eaton's children's opera, The Lion And Androcles. Maestro DeLeone is also a proud recipient of Cincinnati's most prestigious Post-Corbett Award for excellence in the arts. Carmon DeLeone's Music is available online from the WGUC.org Online Store.
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During his 12-year tenure as Assistant, and later Resident Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Maestro DeLeone served on its staff with Music Directors Max Rudolf, Thomas Schippers, Walter Susskind, and Erich Kunzel. He was also selected personally by Erich Leinsdorf to participate in an intensive master conducting seminar at Lincoln Center.