Dalton Guin-NCCO Conductor

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​​Dalton M. Guin, a native of Erwin, North Carolina, began his musical life in the choir loft of a Southern Baptist church. By 11 years old, when he began studying trumpet and horn, he knew he the rest of his life would be centered in music.Dalton served in the United States Marine Corps as a French Horn Instrumentalist from 2011-2018. He served with the Marine Forces Pacific Band in Kaneohe Bay, Hawai’I; and Marine Corps Band New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana; and attained the rank of Sergeant. Over this period Dalton served in various capacities, from music librarian and public affairs non-commissioned officer to assistant and acting Enlisted Conductor.

After exiting the Marine Corps, Dalton completed his Bachelor’s in Music Performance in 2023 at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the studio of Dr. Abigail Pack. He completed a Master’s in Instrumental Conducting at UNCG while studying with Dr. Jungho Kim and Dr. Jonathan Caldwell.

​As an instrumentalist, Dalton has performed with various ensembles around the United States, including:
  • The Kamuela Philharmonic
  • JALPAC Chorus Without Borders
  • Carolina Ballet (substitute)
  • The Oahu Civic Orchestra
  • Appalachia: A Southeastern Wind Symphony (substitute)
  • Goldsboro Theatre Society
  • Triangle Youth Ballet
  • Cor-tet Horn Quartet
  • The Bluestone Contemporary Ensemble
Dalton is an active Musical Theatre conductor, working with middle school, high school, collegiate, and professional musicians in productions of shows including:
  • White Christmas
  • Seussical: The Musical
  • The Little Mermaid
  • Big Fish
  • Pippin
  • Anastasia
  • Ragtime
He has attended workshops as a fellow, continuing his studies under Markand Thakar with Conducting Programs International in 2024, and with Dr. Robert Ambrose and Dr. Margaret Underwood at Wake Forest University’s inaugural conducting workshop in 2024. During the Sofia Arts and Music Festival 2026 in Bulgaria, Dalton led the Sophia Philharmonic performing Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Idyll.”

Dalton currently resides in Waynesboro, Virginia, where he freelances and performs with various groups in Virginia and North Carolina. He assumed the post of Music Director with the Nelson County Community Orchestra (NCCO) in Nelson County, VA in our 2026-27 season.
Updated August 2026