The
Maestro's Season marks Thomas Hinds’ 25th year on the MSO's podium as its music director and conductor. A graduate
of the University of North Carolina, Maestro Hinds was a
professional performing musician for ten years prior to
taking up the baton. His past podiums, as both a resident
and guest conductor, include the Ft. Worth Civic Orchestra,
Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra, Johnson City Symphony, the
Southern Regional Opera Company, the Birmingham Metropolitan
Orchestra, and the Brisbane (Australia) Conservatory.
Maestro Hinds received his training at the Aspen Festival in
Colorado, the Goldofsky Opera Institute in Massachusetts,
the Pierre Monteux Domain School in Maine, the Munchen
Philharmoniker Dirigierkurs in Munich, West Germany, and at
the American Conductors’ Guild Institute.
Under Maestro Hinds’ tenure, the MSO has developed far
beyond the normal expectations of a community orchestra.
From the number of concerts performed to its internationally
recognized fellowship program, the MSO continues to surpass
its sister ensembles across the South.
Each week, Maestro Hinds interviews a variety of guests from
central Alabama's music scene. Guest artists, Orchestra
members, MSO volunteers, arts patrons, and leaders on our
arts community all take their turn at the microphone during
the light-hearted and informal ten-minute radio program
every Friday morning at 8:50. Tune into Troy State Public
Radio, 89.9 FM.