German-born conductor Dr. Martin H. Seggelke is the Founding Artistic Director and Conductor of the Pinellas Wind Symphony, the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Pinellas Park Civic Orchestra, the Founding Artistic Director and Conductor of the San Francisco Wind Symphony (formerly: San Francisco Wind Ensemble), a professional level wind ensemble, and works as music and humanities professor and administrator at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Prior to the aforementioned appointments, Dr. Seggelke has held several professional positions as Music Director and Conductor for professional opera companies, orchestras and wind bands at youth, amateur and professional levels, and has been a music professor and conductor at universities in California, New York, Minnesota, Illinois, and Germany.

Ensembles under Dr. Seggelke’s leadership have enjoyed high critical acclaim at national and international conferences and performance venues. Composers, ensemble musicians, audiences and critics continue to praise his emotional, musical interpretations and his appealing concert programming. With the San Francisco Wind Symphony, he has recorded at Skywalker Ranch, at the 2015 WASBE Conference in San Jose’s California Theatre, and for the Mark Records label; with the ISU Wind Symphony he has recorded on the Naxos and Klavier labels, winning the American Prize in 2015.

Maestro Seggelke is a sought-after guest conductor, clinician, guest speaker and adjudicator. He has presented at national and international conferences, has authored book chapters and articles in various music magazines and has received numerous honors, awards and prizes. An advocate of contemporary music, he has commissioned and premiered a large number of new compositions. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting from the Eastman School of Music, and further degrees from universities in the U.S., Canada, and Germany. Together with his wife Alexandra, Martin Seggelke moved to the Tampa Bay area in 2016. His teaching activities actually extend past music and humanities: As a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, he can be found exploring the underwater world and sharing that passion with students. A certified Reiki Master Teacher (Usui and Karuna®), he practices Reiki throughout the community.