An acclaimed conductor, educator and lecturer, Jonathan Griffith has led performances across North America, Europe and Asia. Griffith is co-founder and Artistic Director of Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY), which has brought together, under Griffith’s artistic leadership, thousands of musicians and choral singers in concert at prestigious venues across the United States, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Disney Hall. The founder and Music Director of the Distinguished Concerts Orchestra, Griffith also oversees DCINY’s mentoring program for conductors.

Maestro Griffith made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in 1989 and has since conducted well over 65 performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center combined. In addition to the major works of the classical repertoire, conducting highlights include the U.S. premieres Karl Jenkins' Stabat Mater and Te Deum; Sergei Taneyev's Upon Reading a Psalm; Miloš Bok's Missa Solemnis; Luigi Boccherini's Villancicos; and Eugène Goossens' reorchestration of Handel's Messiah, along with world premieres by Eric Funk, Seymour Bernstein, and Robert Convery.

Maestro Griffith’s additional conducting credits include the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City; Manhattan Philharmonic and New England Symphonic Ensemble, both at Carnegie Hall; The European Symphony Orchestra in Spain; Bohuslava Martinů Philharmonia and Philharmonia Chorus, Virtuosi Pragensis Chamber Orchestra, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, and Dvořák Chamber Orchestra, in the Czech Republic; and the Bialystok State Philharmonic in Poland, as well as numerous regional orchestras and choruses across the United States.

The Jonathan Griffith Singers, an ensemble drawn from singers across North America and founded in 1987, has made its mark internationally. In recent years, Griffith has led the Singers on highly acclaimed tours to Uruguay and Argentina; to the People’s Republic of China, premiering Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace in Beijing and Shanghai; and to Pisa, Italy. Dr. Griffith and the Jonathan Griffith Singers toured Turkey in June of 2013 performing the acclaimed Turkish oratorio Yunus Emre by A. Adnan Saygun in Istanbul with the Cemal Reșit Rey Orchestra and in Ankara and Eskinșehir with the Presidential Orchestra at the invitation of the TURKSOY governmental agency.

Dr. Griffith received his DMA in conducting from the Conservatory of Music/University of Missouri-Kansas City, a Masters in Music Education from Wichita State University, and Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Kansas.

The Carpe Diem Vocal Ensemble was founded in September, 2001 and performs a variety of musical styles, including standard choral repertoire, vocal jazz, musical theatre, opera and major choral works; John Rutter's Gloria, Feel the Spirit Song Cycle, Magnificat, Requeim and more. The group also has performed the Fauré Requiem, the Mark Hayes Magnificat and the Karl Jenkins Stabat Mater. Each year the ensemble performs Christmas and Spring Concerts, and occasionally a Halloween Concert. They were honored to sing the National Anthem for the Special Olympics Minnesota's Summer and Winter Opening Celebration Ceremony; an honor held since the Summer of 2003.

The Unified Choir of Dunaujvaros was established at 2011 especially for a special event started by the Global Sing for Peace movement: a Memorial Concert for the Victims of 9/11. The Choir itself was formed from 4 different Choirs of same city with 111 members alltogether. These choirs are: Mixed Choir of the Istvan Szechenyi High School, BonaVox Female Choir, Choir of Rudas-Banki High School and Mixed Choir of Dunaujvaros (as Organizer). In the same year - as a Christmas concert - we sung Karl Jenkins: Stella natalis as Hungarian premiére. At 3/6/2012 we performed Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man - Mass for Peace as a Hungarian premiére too. The choirs functioning separately too very well, but they attended to this Event with full power as the only Hungarians in The Bards of Wales (which is one of the most famous Hungarian poems).

Collegium Vocale is an auditioned community chorus committed to preserving and promoting the choral arts in the greater Atlanta community by performing a secular and sacred repertoire ranging from the renaissance to newly-commissioned music, including seldom-performed works. Organized in 1955 by faculty members of Emory University, Collegium Vocale is the second-oldest community chorus in the Atlanta area. In 2001, Kevin Hibbard became the seventh director. Members of Collegium Vocale are volunteers, and perform a cappella, with piano, organ, small ensemble, or full orchestra. Solo opportunities exist for members of the chorus, as well as for area professional singers.

The SCOC is in its 41st season of presenting music to the audiences of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada and surrounding area. This non-auditioned community choir attracts singers from a 90 mile radius of Swift Current and presents two concerts a year as well numerous community appearances. Marcia McLean directs the Christmas program and the spring concert, which is a major work with the Regina Symphony players, is conducted by Gregory McLean. Recent performances include Haydn's Creation, Mozart's Requiem, Handel's Messiah, Clausen's A New Creation, Rutter's Requiem, and Jenkins' The Armed Man.