THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA | 2017-2018
JEFF TYZIK
Principal Pops Conductor
GRAMMY Award winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America’s
most innovative and sought after pops conductors.
Tyzik is recognized for his brilliant arrangements,
original programming and engaging rapport
with audiences of all ages. This is the fifth season
that Tyzik has held The Dot and Paul Mason
Principal Pops Conductor’s Podium at the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra. He also serves as principal
pops conductor of The Florida Orchestra, Detroit
Symphony, and Oregon Symphony. This season,
Tyzik will celebrate his 24th season as principal pops
conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
Frequently invited as a guest conductor, Tyzik has
appeared with over fifty orchestras including the
Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Milwaukee Symphony,
Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony,
Indianapolis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los
Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique
de Monte Carlo, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
In May 2007, the Harmonia Mundi label released
a recording of works by Gershwin with Tyzik
conducting the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
and acclaimed pianist Jon Nakamatsu. This
recording stayed in the Top 10 on the Billboard
classical chart for over three months. Alex Ross of The
New Yorker, called it “one of the snappiest Gershwin
discs in years.” “His concert is the kind of thing that’s
likely to give classical music a good name, perhaps
even make it seem, dare I say, relevant,” writes John
Pitcher of the Gannet News Service.
As an accomplished composer and arranger,
Tyzik has had his compositions recorded by the
London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Kunzel and
the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, the Rochester
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony
and Doc Severinsen with the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra in London. He has also produced and
composed theme music for many of the major
television networks, including ABC, NBC, HBO,
and Cinemax, and released six of his own albums
on Capitol, Polygram and Amherst Records.
Tyzik worked closely with Doc Severinsen on many
projects including orchestrating many of the great
band leader’s symphony orchestra programs. He
produced a GRAMMY Award winning album, The
Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen, Vol. 1.
Tyzik’s subsequent recordings with Severinsen
garnered three more GRAMMY nominations.
A native of Hyde Park, New York, Tyzik began
his life in music when he first picked up a cornet
at age nine. He studied both classical and jazz
throughout high school and went on to earn both
his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the
Eastman School of Music. While there, he studied
composition/arranging with Radio City Music Hall’s
Ray Wright and jazz studies with Chuck Mangione.
Tyzik subsequently toured with Mangione as lead
trumpet and worked on five Mangione recordings
as a producer and performer from 1976 to 1981.
Committed to performing music of all genres,
Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists
as Megan Hilty, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison,
Wynonna Judd, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Dawn
Upshaw, Marilyn Horne, Arturo Sandoval, The
Chieftains, Mark O’Connor, and John Pizzarelli.
Tyzik has created numerous original programs
that include the greatest music from jazz, classical,
Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin and swing.
For more information about Jeff Tyzik, please visit
www.jefftyzik.com.
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