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Sarah Ioannides has gained recognition as one of the most inspiring and creative conductors of her generation. Her passionate conducting, innovative programming, and work with large-scale collaborative projects has been widely documented. Now in her sixth season as Music Director for Symphony Tacoma, she is also the founding Artistic Director of Cascade Conducting and Composing, an international masterclass. A zealous advocate of new music and multimedia artistic collaborations, Sarah has conducted over fifty premieres and initiated the commissioning of numerous works and multimedia orchestral presentations. Her guest engagements span six continents and include the Tonkünstler, Royal Philharmonic, Orchestre Nationale de Lyon, Cincinnati Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, and Bilbao Symphony.
A powerful and inspiring voice, Sarah is frequently called upon as a speaker on a variety of subjects as an arts advocate, artist and musician, Music Director and curator. Often the first women conductor appearing at the helm of the orchestra, Sarah was the first woman appointed to her Music Director positions. She is committed to helping the industry change gender and diversity on the podium by training, coaching and fostering new leadership develop of both women and minority conductors and composers to foster future equality and equity in the arts.
Event Highlights
June 2023
Cascade Conducting
Cascade Conducting
Sixth Annual Conducting Masterclass Artistic Director
Lake Chelan Bach Fest
Lake Chelan Bach Fest
Bach: The Magnificat | Bonds: Spirituals | Ravel: Tzigane, Rapsodie de Concert | Reinicke: Ballade | Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite
Lake Chelan Bach Fest
Lake Chelan Bach Fest
Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula, Rhapsodic Dance for Orchestra | De Falla: Ritual Dance | Gade: Tango Jalousie | Bizet: Carmen Suite No.1 | Williams: Star Wars Main Theme | Horner: Music from the Titanic (Medley) | Gershwin: Summertime from Porgy and Bess | Williams: Harry Potter Symphonic Suite | Lecuona: Malaguena | Sousa: Stars and Stripes Foreve...
August 2023
National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
Trombone, Scott Hartman | Glinka (arr. Childs): Overture Ruslan and Ludmilla | Murphy: Into the Darkness They Go, The Wise and the Lovely | Yagerline: Open World | Langford: Rhapsody for Trombone | Respighi: Pines of Rome | Hall: Dieu Et Mon Droit | Pryor: Thoughts of Love | Leoncallavo: On with the Motley | Himes: Evergreen (World Premiere) | Grah...
October 2023
Florida Orchestra
Florida Orchestra
Rossini: Gazza Ladra | Vaughan Williams Lark Ascending | Beethoven: Symphony No.6 Mvt I. | Respighi: Gli Ucceli (The Birds) Mvt II. | Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo In Spring |Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite
Symphony Tacoma
Symphony Tacoma
Piano, MacKenzie Melemed | Boulanger: D’un Matin du Printemps | Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini | Ravel: La Valse | Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
November 2023
Vancouver Symphony
Vancouver Symphony
Vaughan Williams: Overture to the Wasps | Corigliano: Red Violin | Debussy: Prelude A L’Apres midi d’un faune | Respighi Pines of Rome