William Eddins previously conducted the North Carolina Symphony in 2005. In addition to Ives' Symphony No. 3 and Gershwin's An American in Paris, the concerts featured Ravel's Piano Concerto in G and Milhaud's The Creation of the World.

William Eddins is Music Director Emeritus of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, where he was Music Director from 2004-2017, and a frequent guest conductor of orchestras throughout the world. Recent engagements include conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra with Yo-Yo Ma and collaborations with Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with both the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra.

Eddins has conducted the New York Philharmonic, the symphony orchestras of Boston, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Detroit, Dallas, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Before joining the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, he served the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as Associate Conductor (1998-1999) and Resident Conductor (1999-2004).

Internationally, Eddins was Principal Guest Conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland) from 2002-2006. He has also conducted the Staatskapelle Berlin, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Welsh National Opera, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Career highlights include taking the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra to Carnegie Hall in May of 2012 and leading the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra on tour in South Africa with soprano Renée Fleming.

An accomplished pianist and chamber musician, he regularly conducts from the piano in works by Mozart, Beethoven, Gershwin, and Ravel. Recently, Eddins has been performing Enrique Granados’ seminal solo piano work Goyescas (1911), having performed recitals in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and Houston in 2023.

Eddins has performed at the Ravinia Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, the Hollywood Bowl, Chautauqua Festival, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.