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Kevin M. Geraldi (Champaign, IL) began his appointment as Director of Bands at the University of Illinois in fall 2022. His responsibilities include conducting the internationally renowned Illinois Wind Symphony, guiding the graduate program in wind conducting, and providing administrative leadership for the university’s comprehensive and historic band program. Previously, Geraldi served for seventeen years as Director of Instrumental Ensembles and Professor of Conducting at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. He has held additional faculty positions at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina, and in the public schools of Westchester, Illinois.
Ensembles under Geraldi’s guidance have presented acclaimed performances in significant venues in the United States and Europe, at national and state conventions, and through recordings on the SoundSet, Equilibrium, Centaur, and JustinTime labels. He maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator, and is a leader in commissioning and premiering new works for band and chamber ensemble.
Geraldi is a co-author of The Elements of Expressive Conducting, a widely-used textbook for undergraduate conducting courses. His articles for music educators on concert programming and effective rehearsal strategies, as well as writings on the history and performance practice of chamber music for winds, brass, and strings, are published in The Instrumentalist, Music Educators Journal, Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, The Journal of Band Research, and the WASBE Journal. He is a frequent presenter at international, national, and state conferences.
Geraldi holds the DMA and MM degrees in conducting from the University of Michigan, and the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Illinois Wesleyan University. He is a recipient of the Conductors Guild’s Thelma A. Robinson Award, a National Arts Associate of Sigma Alpha Iota, and a member of the American Bandmasters Association.