Grio100 Darin Atwater – the jazziest conductor to date
By Talia Whyte
There are only so many people who actually deserve to be called a leader and Darin Atwater is one of those people. As conductor of the Baltimore-based Soulful Symphony, Atwater is a trailblazer in the orchestral world for fusing traditional classical music with gospel, jazz, R&B and a dash of hip-hop.
Music has always been a part of Atwater’s life, starting at Washington, D.C. Third Street Church of God, where both of his parents sang in the choir. Atwater, who learned music primarily without instruction, dropped out of both Morgan State University and the Peabody Institute knowing early that success in the music business was in store for him.
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