Gene Dowdy

Resident Conductor

Eugene Dowdy conducted YOSA's Symphony Orchestra from 1984 to 1992 and was Interim Music Director in 2000.

Dr. Dowdy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Music at the University of Texas at San Antonio where he conducts the UTSA Orchestra and is the founding violinist of Rio Trio, UTSA's faculty piano trio. Dowdy is an active guest conductor of regional orchestras, festivals and contests throughout Texas and the Midwest, including nine summers on the faculty at Interlochen. Recent engagements include the Georgia and Iowa All-State Orchestras and Mexico's Camerata de Coahuila.

Dowdy is the founding director of the UTSA String Project, a nationally-recognized music teacher training program. During the spring of 2010, the project expanded to the UTSA Downtown Campus enrolling 80 elementary students in after-school string instrument classes.