Sarah Ioannides, Music Director of Symphony Tacoma, conductor, producer and curator, connects with audiences and communities by creating innovative and collaborative orchestral projects and programs that are moving and relevant to today’s society.
Ioannides is recognized as one of the most inspiring and creative conductors today. She is active internationally as a guest conductor with orchestras such as the Tonkünstler, Orchestre Nationale de Lyon, Seattle Symphony (Untitled Series), Calgary Philharmonic and Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra. Sarah has recorded world premieres with the Royal Philharmonic, the Malmö Symphony and Nordic Chamber Orchestra.
A coach and mentor for many young musicians and conductors, she is Artistic Director of Cascade Conducting and Composing, and coaches for The Curtis Institute of Music’s Mentor Network. Sarah Ioannides is in demand as guest speaker, presenter and conductor for institutions, organizations, conservatories and universities.
A coach and mentor for many young musicians and conductors, she is Artistic Director of Cascade Conducting and Composing, and coaches for The Curtis Institute of Music’s Mentor Network. Sarah Ioannides is in demand as guest speaker, presenter and conductor for institutions, organizations, conservatories and universities.
“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
What’s New
March 2023
Curtis Institute of Music
Curtis Institute of Music
Curtis Symphony Orchestra | Kernis: Earth | Kernis: Goblin Market
April 2023
Hamilton Philharmonic
Hamilton Philharmonic
Soprano, Alexandra Smither | Beethoven: Egmont Overture | Schubert: Ave Maria (solo soprano and strings) | Zosha di Castri: Dear Life (solo soprano and orchestra) | Schubert: Symphony No. 9
Symphony Tacoma
Symphony Tacoma
Percussion, Arx Duo | Bartok: Roumanian Dances | Nick di Berardino: Double Percussion Concerto (World Premiere) | Beethoven: Symphony No.7
May 2023
Symphony Tacoma
Symphony Tacoma
Bandoneon & Piano, Claudio Constantini | Constantini: Concerto for Bandoneon & Orchestra (US Premiere) | Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue | Price: Ethiopia’s Shadow in America | Gershwin: American in Paris
Concert Preview: Symphony Tacoma present World Premiere, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in Classics V
Symphony Tacoma is proud to present Classics V: Dancing Mallets & Pulsing Percussion. arx duo will perform, including the world premiere of Nick DiBernardino’s Double Percussion Concerto, on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 7:30 PM in the Pantages Theater.
Concert Review: Reconciliation 140 Years in the Making
Saturday night Symphony Tacoma continued their 76th season with their third Classics concert, Reconciliation, and premiered a suite of music from Tacoma Method, a new opera from local composer Gregory Youtz and Chinese poet and librettist Zhang Er.
Concert Review: ‘Tacoma Method’ Packs The Pantages
Saturday night Symphony Tacoma continued their 76th season with their third Classics concert, Reconciliation, and premiered a suite of music from Tacoma Method, a new opera from local composer Gregory Youtz and Chinese poet and librettist Zhang Er.