Dr. Bruce Wood

Dr. Bruce Wood is the LYSO Symphony Orchestra Conductor. He is also the Associate Professor of Music Education at Texas Tech University. Dr. Wood received his Masters and Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and his Bachelor's degree from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. In addition, he holds certification in public school administration. Dr. Wood has been the orchestra director and chairman of the Department of Music at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. During that time, the department enrolled and graduated more string education majors than any other university in the State of Minnesota. Dr. Wood has extensive conducting experience, including ten years of public school instruction. During his tenure in the Owatonna, MN schools, the American String Teacher's Association named the district Most Outstanding Program in Minnesota. Dr. Wood was the founding Music Director of the Westerville, Ohio Symphony, and has conducted youth orchestras in Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as workshops, festivals and clinics throughout the Midwest and overseas.