Theodore Musick is a musician in Kansas City, practicing as a percussionist and conductor. Theo the founder of the Percussive Art Ensemble, a percussion group based in Kansas City. He is the Music Director and Conductor of the Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City. He is the Principal Percussionist of the Kinnor Philharmonic and the Millennial Choirs & Orchestra – Kansas City locale, and a member of the Fountain City Brass Band. With FCBB he has won numerous championships and competitions and won the Best Featured Soloist Prize in the U.S. Open Brass Band Championship with Xylophonia and was hailed as performing with “a truly witty bit of xylophone magic” by 4barsrest, the brass band magazine. He recorded Xylophonia on Fountain City’s album Over the Rainbow.
Theo is the Secretary for the Kansas Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society.
He earned Percussion Performance degrees from the University of Kansas (MM) and Washburn University (BM), where he studied with Michael Compitello, Tom Morgan, and Keith Mallory.
Gregory Campbell is a versatile and accomplished performing arts professional in performance and administration. He is currently the Assistant Music Director of the Shawnee Concert Band and Assistant Conductor with Overland Park Orchestra. Recent conducting engagements include the Southeast Kansas Symphony, Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City, Puccini's Suor Angelicawith Opera on Tap-Kansas City, Assistant Conductor/Prompter with Lawrence Opera Theatre, The Nutcracker at Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, Kansas, and Menotti's The Medium with Opera on Tap-Kansas City.
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Off the podium, Gregory is a seasoned classical music and opera marketing expert, having worked with esteemed institutions such as Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Minnesota Opera, Spire Chamber Ensemble, and the Kansas City Symphony. His marketing expertise enhances his approach to music-making, programming, and audience engagement, bridging the gap between tradition and innovation to connect with contemporary audiences.
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Gregory started his career in the performing arts as a classical trombonist. He performed extensively in the United States and Mexico with The Fountain City Brass Band, The Kansas City Symphony, Symphony Orchestra of Northwest Arkansas, The Wichita Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony of the Americas, Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, Miami Symphony Orchestra, Opera Naples, Klezmer Company Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica UANL (Monterrey, Mexico), Summer Opera Theatre of Washington DC, and the Ohio Light Opera.
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Gregory holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Miami, where he was a Mancini Fellow, and a bachelor's degree from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where he received the Richard Franko Goldman award in performance. His expertise and dedication have made him a respected figure in the performing arts community.
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