Margaret Rehder
Margaret Rehder has been the Youth Philharmonic Music Director since 1999. Since 1984 she has led the orchestra programs at Reynolds High School and Wiley Middle School, and she has played with the Winston-Salem Symphony since 1979. She holds degrees in violin performance from Meredith College (B.M.) and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (M.M.).
Matthew Troy
Matthew Thomas Troy was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Winston-Salem Symphony in May 2008 and became Associate Conductor in 2011. As a part of this position, Mr. Troy is Music Director of the Youth Symphony and continues to serve as the Symphony’s Education Director. Mr. Troy has previously held positions as Assistant Conductor of the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra and Salisbury Youth Orchestra; Assistant Conductor of the University of North Carolina – Greensboro (UNCG) Symphony Orchestra and the Winston-Salem Youth Symphony. Mr. Troy is also the Founder and Music Director of the Fibonacci Chamber Orchestra. Recent guest conducting performances include the Greensboro Symphony, Carolina Chamber Symphony, Kensington Consort, Philharmonia of Greensboro, Gate City Camerata, and Triad Chamber Music Society. He earned a bachelor’s degree in music at UNCG, where he also completed his master’s degree in orchestral conducting as a student of Maestro Robert Gutter. Mr. Troy has also studied with renowned conducting pedagogues Maestro Gerard Schwarz and Maestro Kenneth Kiesler.
Fabrice Dharamraj
Fabrice Dharamraj, conductor of the Premiere Strings, holds a B.M. from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, (UNCSA) where he studied with Elaine Richey. He continued his studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) receiving an M.M. with Linda Cerone, has taken Doctoral music classes at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) with Dr. John Fadial and education courses at Western Carolina University (WCU). Performing engagements include Associate Concertmaster of the Greensboro Symphony, Principal Second Violin of the Winston-Salem Symphony and frequent performances with many other ensembles in the region including the North Carolina Symphony. As a teacher, Fabrice is currently on the faculty of Wake Forest University, an instructor at St. Mary’s Music Academy in High Point, NC and Arts at Grace Episcopal in Lexington, NC. In August 2010, Mr. Dharamraj will become the orchestra and choir teacher at Paisley Middle School in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Public School system. Previous teaching positions include Old Town Elementary; 6th grade, Jefferson Middle; 3rd and 4th grade, Diggs Elementary; the Community Music School of (UNCSA), Salem College Community Music School, Appalachian State University, Elon University, and the After School Strings Program of the Salisbury Symphony/Rowan County Public Schools.
