John Devlin is an established conductor in the Washington, DC area. He is Music Director and Conductor of both the University of Maryland Repertoire Orchestra and the Youth Orchestras of Prince William (VA). He is also the Associate Conductor of the Capital City Symphony and the Assistant Conductor of the Apollo Symphony Orchestra. In addition, John is a technical director for IMAG at the National Symphony Orchestra.

John is currently finishing a doctoral degree in Orchestral Conducting with James Ross at the University of Maryland School of Music. He earned his Master of Music degree at Maryland and has served as the Assistant Conductor of the University Symphony for the past six years. In 2008, he graduated summa cum laude from Emory University with a double major in Music and Latin.