The Conductors

Julie Mahoney, Conductor
Chris Perry, Associate Conductor

Julie Mahoney, Conductor

Julie Mahoney has been the conductor of the East Valley Pops Orchestra since 1994.  She was raised and educated in Omaha, Nebraska, graduating from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a Bachelor of Music degree.  She taught elementary and junior high band and orchestra for twelve years in the Omaha Public Schools, also playing viola in the local community orchestra.  She conducted the All-City Orchestra and the Elementary Youth Orchestra in Omaha.  Julie and her husband Skeets moved to Arizona in 1988.  She was principal violist for many years in the Chandler Symphony and taught elementary orchestra full time for the Mesa Public Schools until Spring of 2013.

Chris Perry, Associate Conductor

Chris Perry has been associate conductor of the East Valley Pops Orchestra since 2011. A native of Arizona, Chris graduated from Arizona State University in 2000 with a degree in music composition. From 2003 to 2010 he taught music and directed bands and orchestras for grades 5-12 in Scottsdale. He is also the Organist & Music Director at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Mesa and Assistant Conductor of the Mesa City Band.