As a conductor, Gregory has more than 20 years of international experience. A solid technique and an inherent passion for almost all genres of music combined with his love and knowledge of people, places Greg in a category distinctly his own.

As a student and member of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, he discoved at an early age, the world of symphonic music. As a student, Greg worked at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto,as an usher/page-turner, and was exposed to many, many musicians of both local and international status.  Those early days had an enormous impact on his early developement as an artist.

Greg began his conducting studies at both the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto.  Later he was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Oakville Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of David Miller, and enjoyed a variety of learning experiences and successful performances.  In 1990, Greg decided to expand and further his conducting studies at the Real Conservatorio Superior de la Music, in Madrid, Spain where he studied with Enrique Garcia-Asensio.

In 1993 Greg emigrated to the Netherlands, where in the past 17 years he has been Artistic Director/Conductor of several orchestras, such as the Colenso Consort (6 years), the Philharmonic Orchestra "Mozart" in Amsterdam (5 years), and the Utrecht Chamber Orchestra "Trajectum" (10 years).

In 1998 Greg participated in the Symphonic Workshops International Workshop for Conductors in the Czech Republic under the instruction of Kirk Trevor and Mariusz Smollij. This experience gave Greg the opportunity to get to know and work with the musicians of  the Bohuslav Martinü Philharmonic Orchestra. ( mp3 clip below, rehearsal)

He has worked with numerous well known Dutch performers such as Janine Jansen (violin), Lawinia Meijer ( harp), Matthijs Koene (panflute), Esther Apituley, (viola, mp3 below), Maarten Jansen (cello), Stefan Gerrittsen (guitar),  Daniel van der Hoeven (piano) and Dimitry Ferschtman cello).

Greg has also had the opportunity to work with several international musicians such as Audrey Riley,  Bob Gilmore, Stephen Eelhart (mp3 below), Jeremy Findlay, Jacob Plooij, Ned McGowan, The Telesto Trio and Najib Cherradi.

Gregory Hubert has a keen interest and concern for  musicians of the future. He has assisted many young musicians in giving them the chance to perform as soloists with his various orchestras. They include: Melissa Schaak (mp3 below),  Laura Veeze and Christina Day, violin, Wouter Verhaag, cello,and Hylke Wijchers, flute.

Greg's broad scope of musical tastes has resulted in many interesting, challenging, memorable and non-traditional performances for his orchestras.
In 1995 the Utrecht Chamber Orchestra "Trajectum" joined forces with Weshm, ( a Moroccan music ensemble featuring Najib Cherradi), in a spectacular "East meets West" performance in which Greg arranged Najib's music for the band and orchestra.

His most recent performance with Trajectum included the Oskar Morawetz Passacaglia, Elgar's "Wand of Youth" and Concerto for Cello and orchestra, featuring Maarten Jansen, cello solo, the Amsterdam-based band, GRAM,  and his own arrangement of Apocalyptica's "Farewell", arranged for cello quartet, orchestra and band.

The "Unsettled Scores"project co-produced by Greg and Robin Assen in 2009 was one of the most challenging programs he has undertaken. This was a cross-over between a classical orchestra and rockband,and featured a film montage of Johnny Depp films, with the score written by Robin Assen. The performance was held in the Beurs van Berlag in Amsterdam, and was Robin's final exam, graduating from the Conservatory of Amsterdam's Pop Music Division.

As a free-lance conductor Greg enjoys the repution of being flexible, musically creative while maintaining a strict adherence to the score and he is respected by the musicians who play under his direction.

He is constantly searching for ways to breathe  new energy into both classical audiences and performers. Greg enjoys bridging musical worlds with interactive, multimedia projects and programming. Greg has a talent for bringing together not only people but all the various art forms, ( visual, dance, the plastic arts) into his performances. He also interested and open to new challenges and furthering his career as a guest-conductor, Music Director, cellist, arranger and coach.

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