Adam M. Bodony is currently serving as Assistant Professor and Director of Orchestras at Purdue University. Before being promoted to Assistant Professor, Mr. Bodony served Purdue University as both Visiting Instructor and Visiting Lecturer.
Mr. Bodony is also currently Artistic Director of the New World Youth Orchestras in Indianapolis. Based at the Hilbert Circle Theatre, the New World Youth Orchestras is an organization with approximately 220 young musicians enrolled from all over the state of Indiana. Under Mr. Bodony’s direction, the organization’s top orchestra made its Carnegie Hall debut in 2016 and its Orchestra Hall (Chicago) debut in 2017. In 2018, the top orchestra performed at the Music For All National Festival in Indianapolis, and in 2019 will return to Carnegie Hall. Additionally, through partnerships with local universities, Mr. Bodony sets and oversees a pre-college music education curriculum for the members of the New World Youth Orchestras, including areas in music theory, music history, chamber music, and conducting.
Mr. Bodony also serves as an educational consultant for Music For All, a national organization based in Indianapolis dedicated to the advocacy of music education for all people. Additionally, Mr. Bodony serves as a festival coordinator for Music For All’s annual Orchestra America National Festival.
Mr. Bodony’s previous posts include Associate Conductor of the Missouri Symphony Orchestra’s Hot Summer Nights Music Festival (2013-2015), Artistic Director of the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra (2014-2016), and Cover Conductor and Pre-Concert Lecturer for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (2014-2015). He has also worked with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra (Czech Republic), as well as several high school, college, and community ensembles throughout the world.
Mr. Bodony earned a bachelor’s degree in both religious studies and trombone performance from DePauw University in 2008. He later received a master’s degree in trombone performance from Indiana University in 2011, where his primary teachers were Jim Beckel and Carl Lenthe, respectively. Mr. Bodony also pursed conducting studies at the St. Petersburg Conservatory (Russia) and Indiana University. His primary conducting teachers include Arthur Fagen, Leonid Korchmar, and Kirk Trevor.
As a trombonist, Mr. Bodony has frequently performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and can be heard playing 2nd trombone on two album releases under the Telarc label, conducted by Krzysztof Urbański and Jun Märkl, respectively.
In 2013, Mr. Bodony was honored with the Beckmann Emerging Artist Award given by the Arts Council of Indianapolis to a young professional with exceptional talent and promise in a given field.
Mr. Bodony is also currently Artistic Director of the New World Youth Orchestras in Indianapolis. Based at the Hilbert Circle Theatre, the New World Youth Orchestras is an organization with approximately 220 young musicians enrolled from all over the state of Indiana. Under Mr. Bodony’s direction, the organization’s top orchestra made its Carnegie Hall debut in 2016 and its Orchestra Hall (Chicago) debut in 2017. In 2018, the top orchestra performed at the Music For All National Festival in Indianapolis, and in 2019 will return to Carnegie Hall. Additionally, through partnerships with local universities, Mr. Bodony sets and oversees a pre-college music education curriculum for the members of the New World Youth Orchestras, including areas in music theory, music history, chamber music, and conducting.
Mr. Bodony also serves as an educational consultant for Music For All, a national organization based in Indianapolis dedicated to the advocacy of music education for all people. Additionally, Mr. Bodony serves as a festival coordinator for Music For All’s annual Orchestra America National Festival.
Mr. Bodony’s previous posts include Associate Conductor of the Missouri Symphony Orchestra’s Hot Summer Nights Music Festival (2013-2015), Artistic Director of the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra (2014-2016), and Cover Conductor and Pre-Concert Lecturer for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (2014-2015). He has also worked with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra (Czech Republic), as well as several high school, college, and community ensembles throughout the world.
Mr. Bodony earned a bachelor’s degree in both religious studies and trombone performance from DePauw University in 2008. He later received a master’s degree in trombone performance from Indiana University in 2011, where his primary teachers were Jim Beckel and Carl Lenthe, respectively. Mr. Bodony also pursed conducting studies at the St. Petersburg Conservatory (Russia) and Indiana University. His primary conducting teachers include Arthur Fagen, Leonid Korchmar, and Kirk Trevor.
As a trombonist, Mr. Bodony has frequently performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and can be heard playing 2nd trombone on two album releases under the Telarc label, conducted by Krzysztof Urbański and Jun Märkl, respectively.
In 2013, Mr. Bodony was honored with the Beckmann Emerging Artist Award given by the Arts Council of Indianapolis to a young professional with exceptional talent and promise in a given field.
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