An academic, freelance, and youth orchestra conductor, Britney brings energy and attention to detail in every rehearsal and performance. Britney currently holds the positions of Director of Music and Arts and Assistant Professor at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown, PA, where she conducts the chorus, jazz band, and symphonic band, and the Hugh and Marty Talton Youth Conductor of the Maryland Symphony Youth Orchestra, which completed its inaugual season in June 2026. Previously, she was one of the assistant conductors of the Hartt Orchestra from 2022–2025, one of the assistant conductors of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Symphony Orchestra from 2019–2022, and the assistant conductor for the Eureka Ensemble in Boston, MA from 2020-2022. She was also the conductor for the “Fanfare for Composing Women” concert on June 15, 2023 in Brookline, MA, conducting the world premiere of the orchestrated Piano Concerto in G minor by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel with piano soloist, Sharon Su.
In addition to these appointments, Britney inspires and educates young musicians through her energic rehearsals and diverse programming. Britney was the conductor of the Virtuosi Orchestra with the Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestras and the conductor of the Miss Porter’s Orchestra at the Miss Porter’s School from 2023–2025. Britney has conducted regional orchestras in Connecticut and Maryland, including the Washington County All-County High School Orchestra in January 2026, the Connecticut Southern Region High School Orchestra in January 2023, and the Connecticut Western Region High School String Orchestra in February 2022, programming pieces by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, William Grant Still, and George Gershwin.
Recently, Britney was invited as a finalist for the Assistant Conductor programme with the Chineke! Orchestra in London, UK. She was also the conducting fellow at the Lake George Music Festival in August 2024 studying with Roger Kalia, and a conducting apprentice at the National Music Festival in June 2024 studying with Richard Rosenberg. Previously, she studied with Gerard Schwarz at the Eastern Music Festival Conducting Institute in 2020, with Joshua Gersen as a conducting apprentice with the New York Youth Symphony in 2015–2016, and with Eduardo Navega and the late Harold Farberman at the Bard Conducting Institute in 2015. Britney earned her doctorate in Instrumental Conducting from The Hartt School, focusing her research on Haitian classical music. Before attending The Hartt School to pursue her doctorate, she received her master’s in orchestral conducting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and her bachelor’s in music education from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
In addition to conducting, Britney teaches conducting privately and coaches high school drum majors in field conducting. She also arranges music for orchestra.