Gregory van Sudmeier

Background

About Gregory van Sudmeier

CLIO Award winning Music Production, Music Direction, arranging, orchestration, Symphonic/Choral Direction, and Education. Atlanta Audible, with partner William Hanford Lee, Jr. Greg Sudmeier is Music Director-Conductor for the Diablo Ballet in Walnut Creek, CA and he has also been the Music Director-Conductor for the Fremont Symphony Orchestra, CA from 2012 through the 2015 season. Founder of the Skywalker Symphony at LucasFilm in Marin County, CA, Sudmeier has contracted and performed in many film and recording projects, including the Grammy nominated StarWars Trilogy with composer John Williams, and artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Randy Newman, Jimmy Webb, the band Journey, Aaron Neville, and composers Jeff Beal, Alan Sylvestri, Lawrence Rosenthal, Bill Ross, Christopher Young, among many others. As Music Director/Drummer for KPIX TV SF "The Afternoon Show," Greg worked with music luminaries such as Sammy Davis Jr, Les McCann, Mel Torme, Rosemary Clooney, Joe Williams, BB King, and many more. As guest conductor, Sudmeier has led the Oakland and San Jose Symphonies, and was touring conductor for the San Francisco Festival Pops. For twelve seasons he served as Music Director/Conductor for Peninsula Civic Light Opera in San Mateo, for five seasons he led the Burlingame String Chamber Orchestra, and since 2005 has been Resident Musical Director of Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City. For a combined 17 years, Greg also led various Choral programs in churches around the SF Bay Area, conducting Major classical choral/orchestral concerts and also leading in the Contemporary/Gospel/Inspirational idioms. A Northern California native, Sudmeier attended Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he received the Duke Ellington Scholarship for writing and arranging. He has served on the faculty of music programs at the University of Hilo, Hawaii, University of the Pacific, California State University East Bay, and Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, CA.