As a music director and conductor who is committed to diversity, collaboration, innovation and education, Sarah Ioannides invigorates programming and inspires audiences. Praised by the New York Times for her “unquestionable strength and authority”, she is Music Director of Washington State’s Symphony Tacoma. Sarah Ioannides is also the newly appointed Director of Orchestral Activities and Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the School of Fine Arts with Boston University.
Internationally, Sarah Ioannides has conducted on six continents with major orchestras including the Tonkünstler, the Royal Philharmonic, Orchestre Nationale de Lyon, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony, the Flemish Radio Konzerthausorchester, Bilbao Symphony, and some of the world’s greatest National Youth Orchestras, including the South African National Youth Orchestra, Andalusian Youth Orchestra and the Simón Bolívar Orchestra.
Sarah began her career with the Cincinnati Symphony, appointed Ioannides as the first woman appointed to a full-time conducting position and she has since conducted extensively in the United States including the Buffalo Philharmonic, Charleston Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Hawai’i Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Rochester Philharmonic, San Antonio Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony (untitled series) and the Toledo Symphony.
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
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Piano, Nicholas Namoradze | Murphy: Dark Night, Bright Stars, Vast Universe | Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor | Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Piano, Nicholas Namoradze | Murphy: Dark Night, Bright Stars, Vast Universe | Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor | Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
Symphony Tacoma
Symphony Tacoma
Mezzo-soprano, J'Nai Bridges | Bizet: Carmen Suite No.1 | Bizet: Carmen Suite No.2 | Ravel: Shéhérazade | Saint-Saëns: Samson & Delilah "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"
Symphony Tacoma
Symphony Tacoma
Symphony Tacoma Voices with Director Geoffrey Boers | Tacoma Youth Chorus with Director Judith Herrington | Marlette Buchanon, soprano | Di Lorenzo: Jingle Bels Swing-a-Ling-Ding | Clurman: Eight Days of Light | Frank Wildhorn: The Gift | Gjeilo: Tundra
Dallas Symphony – Women in Classical Music Symposium
“Harmony in Motion: Achieving Worklife Balance & Closing Remarks” – A discussion on achieving work-life balance from women in a variety of professions, in various stages of their personal lives/family building.
Concert Preview: Boston University Symphony Orchestra
BU School of Music presents the Boston University Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sarah Ioannides. This program weaves together themes of fate, nature, and cultural identity.
Concert Preview: Symphony Tacoma “Classics I: Cultural Crossroads”
Join Symphony Tacoma for their opening concert “Classics I: Cultural Crossroads”. A captivating evening filled with a lively blend of American jazz influences, South American rhythms, and vivid orchestral storytelling.