Michelle Merrill

Conductors

Michelle Merrill

Michelle Merrill
Music Director

Michelle Merrill begins her tenure with the Winston-Salem Symphony in the 2023/2024 concert season. Prior to her appointment, she served four years as the Assistant and then Associate Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and also serves as the Music Director of the Coastal Symphony of Georgia, where she has ignited the growth and expansion of the orchestra’s offerings both on and off the stage.  

Christopher Gilliam

Chris Gilliam
Symphony Chorus Director

A conductor praised for his “precision and clarity,” and performances hailed as “enlightened,” Chris Gilliam is the Director of Choral Activities at Wake Forest University, director of the Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus, the artistic director and conductor for the Winston-Salem Choral Artists, and Director of Music at Highland Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem.

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