Kevin Fitzgerald previously appeared with the North Carolina Symphony and Cirque de la Symphonie in 2024 at UNC Health Summerfest and in the Pops Series at Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall.

American conductor Kevin Fitzgerald won the Special Prize for Best Performance of a Contemporary Piece at The Mahler Competition in 2023—the first conductor to win this award. He has been Associate Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony since the 2022/23 season, conducting over one hundred performances. He was a Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellow in 2021, and he was awarded Career Assistance Grants by the Solti Foundation U.S. for four consecutive years beginning from 2019. 

In the 2024/25 season, Fitzgerald conducted subscription concerts with the Oregon Mozart Players and Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. He led Handel’s Messiah with the Jacksonville Symphony, returned as a guest conductor to the Cape Symphony, and had his debut at the Nashville Symphony.