About Conductor, Sarah Ioannides...• Tan Dun – Water Passion, Water, Paper Concerto, 4...
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About Conductor, Sarah Ioannides: www.SARAHIOANNIDESMUSIC.com Now in her seventh season as Music Director of Symphony Tacoma, Sarah Ioannides has gained recognition as one of the most inspiring and creative conductors of her generation. Active as a guest conductor internationally with orchestras such as the Tonkünstler, Orchestre Nationale de Lyon, Seattle Symphony (Untitled Series), Calgary Philharmonic and Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, she has recorded world premieres with the Royal Philharmonic and most recently with the Malmö Symphony and Nordic Chamber Orchestra with a CD of music by Marie Samuelsson released in 2019. Previously Music Director of the El Paso Symphony, Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and Assistant Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, under her leadership, both Symphony Tacoma and Spartanburg Philharmonic have received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts for creativity in collaborations, community and commissioning projects. Sarah was named by the Los Angeles Times as “one of six female conductors breaking the glass podium”and was included as one of the top female conductors worldwide by Lebrecht’s “Woman Conductors: The Power List.” She is the Artistic Director of Cascade Conducting, a weeklong international masterclass held in partnership with Symphony Tacoma and Pacific Lutheran University. She continues to stay on the faculty of The Curtis Institute of Music’s Summerfest. As an arts advocate, Ms. Ioannides is an active adjudicator, panelist, public speaker, and educator. And has served both as a delegate at the World Culture Summit in Abu Dhabi and as NEA Panelist for the US Government. Admitted as an instrumental scholar on violin, Sarah was granted both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Oxford University. Furthering her education at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she received her Advanced Certificate in Conducting. As a Fulbright Scholar, Sarah pursued further training at The Curtis Institute of Music, earning a Diploma in Conducting; she was honored with the Presser Award and the Friends of Curtis Fellowship. She then chose to deepen her knowledge with a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from The Juilliard School. “The other big discovery was guest conductor Sarah Ioannides...vigorous, solid, and with an unusually vibrant sonority. Her programming ideas were provocative.” David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Enquirer
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AboutConductor,SarahIoannides:
www.SARAHIOANNIDESMUSIC.com
NowinherseventhseasonasMusicDirectorofSymphonyTacoma,SarahIoannideshasgainedrecognitionasoneofthemostinspiringandcreativeconductorsofhergeneration.ActiveasaguestconductorinternationallywithorchestrassuchastheTonkünstler,OrchestreNationaledeLyon,SeattleSymphony(UntitledSeries),CalgaryPhilharmonicandPhiladelphiaChamberOrchestra,shehasrecordedworldpremiereswiththeRoyalPhilharmonicandmostrecentlywiththeMalmöSymphonyandNordicChamberOrchestrawithaCDofmusicbyMarieSamuelssonreleasedin2019.
PreviouslyMusicDirectoroftheElPasoSymphony,SpartanburgPhilharmonicOrchestra,andAssistantConductoroftheCincinnatiSymphonyOrchestra,underherleadership,bothSymphonyTacomaandSpartanburgPhilharmonichavereceivedgrantsfromtheNationalEndowmentfortheArtsforcreativityincollaborations,communityandcommissioningprojects.
SarahwasnamedbytheLosAngelesTimesas“oneofsixfemaleconductorsbreakingtheglasspodium”andwasincludedasoneofthetopfemaleconductorsworldwidebyLebrecht’s“WomanConductors:ThePowerList.”
SheistheArtisticDirectorofCascadeConducting,aweeklonginternationalmasterclassheldinpartnershipwithSymphonyTacomaandPacificLutheranUniversity.ShecontinuestostayonthefacultyofTheCurtisInstituteofMusic’sSummerfest.Asanartsadvocate,Ms.Ioannidesisanactiveadjudicator,panelist,publicspeaker,andeducator.AndhasservedbothasadelegateattheWorldCultureSummitinAbuDhabiandasNEAPanelistfortheUSGovernment.Admittedasaninstrumentalscholaronviolin,Sarahwasgrantedbothherbachelor’sandmaster’sdegreesfromOxfordUniversity.FurtheringhereducationatTheGuildhallSchoolofMusicandDrama,shereceivedherAdvancedCertificateinConducting.AsaFulbrightScholar,SarahpursuedfurthertrainingatTheCurtisInstituteofMusic,earningaDiplomainConducting;shewashonoredwiththePresserAwardandtheFriendsofCurtisFellowship.ShethenchosetodeepenherknowledgewithaMasterofMusicdegreeinOrchestralConductingfromTheJuilliardSchool.
“TheotherbigdiscoverywasguestconductorSarahIoannides...vigorous,solid,andwithanunusuallyvibrantsonority.Herprogrammingideaswereprovocative.”
DavidPatrickStearns,PhiladelphiaEnquirer
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SarahIoannideshasperformed500+worksoforchestralrepertoirewith40+worldpremieresandnumerousUSpremieres.ShehasmostaffinitywithBrahms,Tchaikovsky,Prokofiev,Beethoven,andSibeliusandherfullrepertoirelistingisavailableuponrequest.Sarahconnectswithcommunitiestocreateprogramsthatarepoignantatrelevanttothismomentinsociety.
“SymphonyTacoma,underIoannides’assuredbaton,rosetoBeethoven’ssun(Beethoven’s9th)withenergy,passionandafull,richsoundthatfilledthesold-outtheater.”
SouthSoundMagazineMay2019
Sarah’sSpecialFocus
ExampleofWorksrelatedtoregionalprogramming(PacficNorthwestprogramming):• OttFire-Mountain–SpotlightinSymphonyMagazine(withoptionalfilm)• StellaSung-Oceana(withFilm)• KarelButz-RainierSunrise• IsraeliComposer:YanivGottfried:E.GuitarConcertow/MichaelNicoletti• CharlieAlbright–LiliBoulangerConcerto
“MountainandSea”wasnotjustaconcertbySymphonyTacoma—itwasaculminationofcreativity,education,outreachandadvocacythattouchedourcommunityandbroughtpeopletogetherina
powerfulsharedexperience.”-TacomaTribune2017
EnvironmentalWorks:• VietCuongRe(new)al–PercussionQuartet(using1SD,4wineglassesetc.)• DavidLudwigBleedingPines(March2020)• HannahLash–InHopesofReachingtheSun(prequeltoBeethoven9)• TanDun–WaterPassion,Water,PaperConcerto,4MultimediaTheatres
“WaterPassionprovesTacomaSymphony’smusicalchopsandvitality…withthiskindofimagination,skillandengagement,thisisthekindofeventthatprovestheTacomaSymphonyisanintegralpartof
ourcity’scultureandcommunalspirit”.-TacomaTribune2016
Multimedia’sinclude: ReichTheDesertMusic(with50minfilm) SaxophoneFusionwithJamesCarter SaxophoneFusionProgram(chamberw/MilhaudCréationduMondefilm) StarTrek,filmmusic&popsconcertsRareSoloistWorks:
♫ EvelynGlennieCommission:O’Boyle-PortraitsofImmortalLove(greatforValentines)
♫ IndianComposer,Wijeratne,TablaConcertowithSandeepDas♫ ClassicalAccordion,JamesCarter(programswithGubaidulina&Piazzolla)♫ ByronYasui’sConcertoNo.1forUkulele,featuringJakeShimabukuro
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SpecializinginWomenComposers
PremiersInclude:HannahLash(SymphonyTacoma2019),BeataMoon,AndreaTarrodi,PaulaPrestini,MarieSamuelsson,VenlaHinnemo,DeborahAnderson.A2019releaseofaCDofSwedishComposerMarieSameulssonwithNordicChamberOrchestra&MalmöSymphonyProgramsworksby:JenniferHigdon,AugustaReadThomas,JoanTower,VictoriaBorisova-Ollas,KatiAgocs,StephaneBerg,PatriciaAlmeida,SaraCaravallho,Elena-KatsChernin,AnneLeBaron,PaulaPrestini,RuthCrawfordSeeger,KarenTanaka,DobrinkaTabakova,GraceWilliams,JudithWeir,ClaraSchumann,FannyMendelssohn,HenrietteRenie,LouiseFarrenc,LiliBoulanger,NadiaBoulanger,BetsyJolas.
GuestEngagements
TonkünstlerOrchestra(Austria),OrchestreNationaledeLyon(France),RoyalPhilharmonicOrchestra (UK) – World Premier CD, Seattle Symphony (Untitled Series), RochesterPhilharmonicOrchestra,LouisvilleOrchestra,BuffaloPhilharmonicOrchestra,FlemishRadioOrchestra (Belgium), Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, ToledoSymphonyOrchestra,Hawai’iSymphony,TulsaSymphonyOrchestra,ChamberOrchestraofPhiladelphia, North Carolina Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, Arkansas Symphony,Charleston Symphony Orchestra, NewWest Symphony, Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra,Annapolis Symphony, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Municipal Orchestra of Caracas, NewHaven Symphony, Daejeon Philharmonic (Korea), Sweden: Nordic Chamber Orchestra,VästeråsSinfonietta,MalmöSymphonyOrchestra,MetamorphosisFestival(Athens,Greece),NaumburgOrchestra,PerthInternationalFestival(Australia),CyprusStateOrchestra,REMIXensemble (Portugal), Perth International Festival (Australia), Naumburg Orchestra (NYC),Cyprus State Orchestra, Wuttenbergisches Kammerorchester (Germany), TranslyvannianStatePhilharmonic(Cluj),NationalSymphonyOrchestraofColombia,NationalSymphonyofthe Dominican Republic, the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra (Venezuela), and the SouthAfricanNationalYouthOrchestra.UpcomingEngagements incl.: Calgary Philharmonic, Bilbao SymphonyOrchestraVermontSymphony,NovaScotiaSymphony,Curtis InstituteofMusic,CurtisSummerfest, leading theCascadeConductingMasterclass.2020seasonTrainingYoungMusicians:SimonBolivarYouthOrchestra,YalePhilharmonia,SouthAfricanNationalYouthOrchestra,MalmöAcademyofMusicOrchestra,CurtisInstituteofMusic,ChicagoCollegeofPerformingArts,BrevardMusicFestival,JacobsSchoolofMusic,IndianaUniversityOrchestra,OxfordUniversityOrchestra,CincinnatiSymphonyYouthOrchestra(MusicDirector)
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AboutConductor,SarahIoannides:
www.SARAHIOANNIDESMUSIC.com
AnotefromSarah:Inspiredbynature,theanimalworld,andthepowerofhumancreativity,Iseektofinduniqueopportunitiestopresenttoaudiences,workslikeTanDun’sWaterPassionAfterSt.Matthew,Holst’sThePlanets,SteveReich’sTheDesertMusic,DanielOttandDerekKlein’sFire-Mountain.Thesefreshpresentationsoforchestralmusicwithinspiringimagery,whenpresentedalongsideclassicalworkssuchasBeethoven’s9th“OdetoJoy”,Copland’sAppalachianSpringandRimsky-Korsakov’sScheherazadecreatetheopportunityforalltobeinspiredandperhapschallengedtoseetheSymphonyacrossabroaderhorizon.Myinternationalexperienceasaconductorandteacherhasdeepenedmyunderstandingofdiversecultures.Musicasacommonlanguagecanbethecatalystforaneverbetter,moreequitableworld.Wecancreatethatveryexperiencewithanexpandingrepertoireofvibrantsymphonicperformancesthatwelcomepeoplefromallwalksoflife.Withacommitmenttoinnovationinthearts,ithasbeenmygreatjoytobringtolifeoverfortyworldpremieresfororchestrasandchoirs.Engagingindialoguewithinourcommunityandbeyond,developinggrassrootsprojectsandintentionallycreatingprogramswithacurator’seyeempowersthevoicesoftodayalongsidetheepichistoryoforchestralmusic.IwasonceaskedwhatImighthavedonewithmylifehadInotbecomeaconductor.HadIfollowedadifferentpath,Imayhavebecomeaneuroscientist,studyingtheeffectsofclassicalmusiconbraindevelopment;howwearechangedasperformers,students,listeners,andultimatelyasmembersofaculturallyrichandcivilsociety.Ibelievewewouldshowtheunparalleledvalueofmusictohumanity;anessentialcomponentofeducation,asimportantasMath,English,andtheSciences.Myvisionasaconductoristosharethegiftofbothclassicalandcontemporaryorchestralmusicandindoingsotoentertain,andinspireyoutoembraceyourcreativespirit.
