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“intelligent, out of the
ordinary programming”
Vance
R Koven, The Boston Musical Intelligencer, 5/19/2010
“The first piece played
was “Upbeat!” composed by Ellen Taaffe Zwillich
…conducted by Cynthia Woods the outcome was dynamic and
immersing.”
John
Galigour, the Sun Valley News, 2/25/2001
Music Director
Music Director-Cambridge Symphony Orchestra
June 2006-current
A five concert season including:
three masterworks, each paired with an outreach
performance, one Family concert and one outdoor Pops.
Artistic Director-
Worcester Youth Orchestras-in Partnership with the
Boston Symphony Orchestra
June 2003-July 2009
Conduct top orchestra and oversaw
two younger orchestras and chamber music program, lead
artistic staff of 6, four concerts per year,
international tours, interacted with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra in ongoing partnership both artistically and
as a Director-this included a variety of educational
experiences such as master classes, side by side
rehearsals, guest conductors, sectionals and special
concerts.
Music Director-
Boston Community Music Center Chamber Orchestra
1999-2002
Community based orchestra of 4
concerts per year, 2 masterworks, 1 Pops, 1Family
Program
Music Director-
Nutmeg Youth Symphony Orchestra, CT
1997-1999
Rural youth orchestra program, two
concerts per year
Guest Conductor
Professional/Semi Professional Orchestras
Plevin Philharmonic,
Bulgaria
Hingham Symphony Orchestra, MA
Oregon East Symphony,
OR Greater
Newburgh Symphony, NY
Grande Rhonde Symphony,
OR
Varna Philharmonic, Bulgaria
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, TN
Nashua Chamber
Orchestra, NH
RUST Performing Arts Center, New
York
Dana Hall Young Artists Competition
Orchestra, MA
College/Community Orchestras
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Orchestra, MA Clark
University Sinfonia, MA
College of the Holy Cross Chamber
Orchestra, MA Eastern Oregon University
Orchestra, OR
Hartt Symphony Orchestra,
CT
Hartt Sinfonietta, CT
Middlesex Concert Band,
MA
New England Sinfonia, CT
Rocky Mountain Chamber Players,
CO Waltham
Symphony Orchestra, MA
Youth Orchestras
Eastern Jr. Districts Symphony
Conductor ‘08
Central Districts Jr. Districts
Symphony Orchestra ‘08
Longy Chamber Orchestra-youth
program, MA
Florida Youth Symphony Orchestra,
FL
Grande Rhonde Youth Symphony
Orchestra, Oregon
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio, TX
Festivals
Hot Springs Music Festival Chamber
Orchestra, Arkansas
Transylvania Symphony Orchestra,
Brevard NC
Rocky Ridge Music Center Festival
Orchestra, CO
Choral
Cambridge Community Chorus, MA
Salisbury Singers, MA
Master Singers of Worcester, MA
Dana Hall Chamber Singers, MA
Additional
Information
Chamber Music History
Performing Arts Center of Metro
West, Chamber Music Series, Artist in Residence
Cambridge Symphony Orchestra,
Chamber Music Division, Director
Worcester Youth Symphony
Orchestras, Chamber Music Program, Director
Performing Arts School of
Worcester, Chamber Music Division, Director
Winchester Community Music School,
chamber music faculty
Vermont Youth Symphony Orchestra
Association Reveille! Music Festival, guest
Artist and Faculty
Bay Chamber Concerts-Fall Foliage,
faculty and performer
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras
Chamber Music Program, faculty
Violin Faculty With
Winchester Community Music School
2001-2006
The Performing Arts School of
Worcester 2002-2006
Boston Community Music School
2000-2002
Guest Faculty With
Eastern Oregon University
Worcester Polytechnic University
Education
Artist Diploma in Orchestral
Conducting, The Hartt School of Music, 2001
Masters of Music in Orchestral
Conducting The Hartt School of Music, 2000
*Recipient of Dean Talent
Scholarship Award, The Hartt School of Music, ’99, ’00,
’01*
BM in Violin Performance,
University of Colorado-Boulder, 1994, *Recipient of
Quartet Scholarship
Fellow- Atlantic Center for
the Arts
Major Conducting
Teachers
Harold Farberman- Bard College,
David Becker- UW-Madison, Michael Morgan- Music Director
Oakland Symphony
Additional Study
Daniel Lewis-Emeritus UCSC, Apo
Hsu-National Taiwan Normal University, Gunther Schuller,
David Effron, Brevard Music Festival, IU-Bloomington
Major Violin Teachers
Peter Zazofsky, Muir String
Quartet/Boston Univesity, Harold Whippler, former
Concert Master Denver Symphony Orchestra, Vartan
Manoogian, UW- Madison ,Ozwald Lehnert University of
Colorado-Boulder
Quartet Study With
Takacs String Quartet
Muir String Quartet
Stanford String Quartet
Pro Arte String Quartet
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