Kyle Knox is Music Director of the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras and Resident Conductor of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. With the Madison Symphony, he leads six programs each season, including subscription concerts, the orchestra’s education series, MSO at the Movies, community concerts, and a range of special projects and collaborations.
As Music Director of WYSO, Kyle has grown the organization’s reputation as one of America’s premier youth orchestras. In addition to conducting the Youth Orchestra, he oversees its five orchestras, all instrumental ensembles, chamber program, WYSO Music Makers, and WYSO’s artistic faculty of over 50 conductors, coaches, and teachers.
Before turning to conducting, Kyle served as Assistant Principal Clarinet with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Santa Fe Opera.
He has participated in festivals domestically and abroad including Tanglewood, Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, Santa Fe Chamber Music, Caroga Lakes, and Bowdoin among others. He holds degrees from Juilliard and UW–Madison.
Kyle makes his home in Madison with his wife, violinist Naha Greenholtz, their three young kids and two cats.