Julie Diamond is a private flute teacher and free lance performer in the Charleston area. She has played with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and local chamber music groups. She has a large private flute studio and is in demand as an adjudicator for various competitions as well as for audition preparation. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech where she studied Finance and flute performance. She has worked closely with many event planners in the Charleston area over the twenty years that she has been coordinating the music for both private and corporate events.
Rex Conner is an active musician and teacher in the Charleston area. He maintains a busy teaching studio and plays frequently with the Charleston Symphony. As a conductor, Mr. Conner has led the Siouxland Youth Orchestra, the Morningside College Orchestra, the Southcoast Symphony and is in his seventh year as conductor of the Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra. He has taught on the faculties of Morningside College, Idaho State University, West Virginia University, and Australia's Queensland Conservatory of Music. His orchestral positions have included the Columbus Symphony, the San Antonio Symphony, concertmaster of the Cincinnati Ballet the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra. Mr. Conner holds degrees in violin performance from the University of Kentucky and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Greg Homza is a multi-talented musician. An excellent cellist, he has played with orchestras in Indiana, as well as the Hilton Head Orchestra and Charleston Symphony. After finishing a Bachelor’s degree in cello at Indiana University, Greg went on to earn a Master’s degree in organ. He is the Director of Music at The Church of Saint John the Beloved in Summerville, and is also an active organ recitalist. It is unusual to find an individual so accomplished in so many aspects of music, and we are very fortunate to have him as a member of the Charleston musical community.
