GREGORY X. WHITMORE
Dr. Gregory Xavier Whitmore
Conductor - Educator
F E A T U R E D R E V I E W S
"Yesterday was a treat. I got to sit in on a rehearsal at Cal State Fullerton with the amazing Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore and his University Symphonic Winds. They're premiering my piece Light The Night Sky this Sunday. It's always a revelation to rehearse with Gregg - my comments and critiques are turned into results pretty much immediately, and half the time I don't even need to make the critique because he's already heard it and addressed it before I can even say it. Pretty great!"
Composer Larry Tuttle (April, 2025)
"I haven’t been at the SCSBOA Conference for more than 40 minutes, and my eyes are already leaking. The CSUF Symphonic Winds’ performance of Eric Whitacre’s setting of Goodnight Moon was every strain of joy I share with kiddos at bedtime. Brava Dr. Joni Prado and congratulations Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore on that sublime and sweet musical moment."
Conductor Daniel Magallanes (February, 2025)
"I just listened again to your recording [of Frank Duarte's Song for Mother Gaia] with the CSUF Symphonic Winds. Very musical and classy!"
Conductor Stephen Rochford (June, 2023)
"I also wanted to take this time to thank you for your endless support on my journey to the teaching profession. I really enjoyed learning about your insight and knowledge in all of your classes. Your passion and enthusiasm especially in the Zoom setting kept me going in even the hardest of times. I can’t thank you enough."
CSUF Music Education Alumna Nicole Hua
Referring to her experiences in Dr. Whitmore's Music Education Courses @ CSU Fullerton (June 30th, 2022)
"I really had a great time with the group today. I’d just like to say Dr. Whitmore, you are an amazing educator. I was honored to get to see the way that you taught and guided the ensemble, and I was very impressed with how detailed you were. Everything you noticed and pointed out about the piece was spot on, and it felt great to have someone like yourself really dig into it ."
Composer Kelijah Dunton
Referring To The SCSBOA "All Southern" Honor Band's Performance of "Stillwater" (March 13th, 2020)
"Thank you again, Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore, for such a moving performance of Brooklyn Air last Saturday. You really do make remarkable, nuanced magic out of this piece."
Composer Michael Markowski
Referring To The Mt. SAC High School Honor Band's
Performance of "Brooklyn Air" (February 10, 2018).
"WOW!!! What a truly fantastic performance of the work! In fact, this is the finest performance by a high school level group of "Carnival". Congratulations to you and the students. I loved the tempo and energy. Plus your conducting was amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this with me. Bravo to you and the fine ensemble!."
Composer Paul D. Basler
Regarding The July, 2017 Performance Of His Composition, "Carnival" By The Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble At The Vienna Konzertahus (Vienna, Austria).
..."Next we had a clinic with Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore. Any of you in the LA area, or any who might travel there, I highly recommend Dr. Whitmore as a clinician. His highly positive, musical approach was most impressive. My kids (and I) had a great time and learned more about what it takes to be not only a player, but a musician."
Worthington Kilbourne High School
Director of Bands, Mr. Don Nathan
Referring To A Clinic With WKHS Bands
Conducted By Dr. Whitmore (March 26, 2018)
"...This Performance Was One Of The Best Premiere's Of One Of My Compositions".
Composer Narong Prangcharoen
Referring To The Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble Premiere of, "The Sea" (May, 2015)
Conducted By Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore
E V E N T S
June
22nd,
2025
June 22nd, 2025
Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble.
"Costa Rica Tour Bon Voyage Concert"
Meng Concert Hall, Cal State Fullerton Campus, Fullerton, California - 6:00 PM.
The Music of Perrine, Santos, Shostakovich, Sousa, and Ticheli.
June
27th, 2025
July
11th,
2025
June 27th, 2025
Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble
Costa Rica Tour Performance.
Teatro Nacional
San Jose, Costa Rica. - 8:00 PM.
The Music of Lauridsen, Perrine, Santos, Shostakovich, Sousa, and Ticheli.
July 11th, 2025
World Strides Honors Performance Series
Honors Symphonic Band
Sydney Opera House
Sydney, Australia - 7:00 PM.
The Music of Grainger, Giroux, Maslanka, Perkins, and Sousa.
Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble 10th Anniversary Video Tribute
"Maestro Whitmore warms up the Cathedral City musicians. Then they began to play and music lived as it was meant to live. Rich, precise canopies of colorful sounds and feelings were voluptuously and elegantly projected flowing over the audience like the sea. Those who heard their 20 minutes of three selections will not soon forget the tempos, the power and the precise control of this band."
White Plains (New York) Citizen Reporter
Reviewing Concert of The Cathedral City Symphony Band
(April, 2007)
N E W S & ANNOUCEMENTS
Dr. Whitmore will lead the Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble (PSYWE) on a twelve day performance tour of Costa Rica (June 24th - July 3rd, 2025). The performance tour will feature collaborative concerts with the Banda Sinfónica Juvenil, and the Banda Conciertos Heredia. Additionally the PSYWE will perform a standalone concert in the National Theater of Costa Rica. Whilst in Costa Rica, the PSYWE will also undertake a bevy of sightseeing and cultural excursions.
Dr. Whitmore will lead the World Strides Honors Performance Series High School Honors Symphonic Band in a residency and performance at the Sydney Opera House (July 5th - July 12th, 2025) .
Dr. Whitmore has been invited to lead a Professional Development Session for the Orange Unified School District's Office of Education's Arts Division Music Educator's Professional Development Day. (August 15th, 2025)
Dr. Whitmore has been invited to be the conductor of the Contra Costa County High School Honor Band. (Contra Costa County, CA - February 5th - 7th, 2026)
Dr. Whitmore Leads The Irvine Unified School District Massed Marching At The IUSD Band Spectacular (October, 2019)
Dr. Whitmore With Composer Jules Pegram, Pacific Symphony Maestro Carl St. Clair, and Saxophonist Dr. Andrew Harrison.
Dr. Whitmore With Dr. Olga Hubard, Dr. Randall Alsup, Dr. Kelly Parkes, and Dr. Hal Abeles
Dr. Whitmore Presenting Research at the International Society of Music Education (ISME) 2017 World Conference in Bakú, Azerbaijan.
Dr. Whitmore Leads the Mt. San Antonio Wind Ensemble at Chicago Symphony Hall - March, 2016.
