Barlow Bradford

Dr. Barlow Bradford is a distinguished conductor, composer, arranger, pianist, organist, and teacher. He co-founded the Utah Chamber Artists, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1991 and had the honor of leading that organization to international acclaim. He is an associate professor in the School of Music at the University of Utah and has also taught at Brigham Young University-Hawaii.

Dr. Bradford has published numerous compositions and arrangements of choral and orchestral music. His focused, energetic conducting style led to his appointment as the first music director of the Orchestra at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he served from 1999 to 2003. Dr. Bradford was also the associate director of the world-renown Mormon Tabernacle Choir during that same time. Before that, he was the director of orchestras at the University of Utah.