"Ioannides stretched boundaries with an extraordinary program that spanned the worlds of classical and jazz."

– Cincinnati Enquirer

WORK

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

July 2023

02 - 10
July

NYO-USA

NYO-USA

All Day Event at Purchase College, NY

Appointed Resident Conductor | Coleman: World Premiere TBA | Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto | Barber: Violin Concerto | Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

14
July

Lake Chelan Bach Fest

Lake Chelan Bach Fest

@ 7:30 pm at St.Francis Catholic Church, Chelan WA

Bach: The Magnificat | Bonds: Spirituals | Ravel: Tzigane, Rapsodie de Concert | Reinicke: Ballade | Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite

15
July

Lake Chelan Bach Fest

Lake Chelan Bach Fest

@ 7:30 pm at St.Francis Catholic Church, Chelan WA

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

25
August

National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain

National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain

All Day Event

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

04 - 05
October

Florida Orchestra

Florida Orchestra

All Day Event

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

14
October

Symphony Tacoma

Symphony Tacoma

@ 7:30 pm at Pantages Theater

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

05
November

Vancouver Symphony

Vancouver Symphony

All Day Event

Vaughan Williams: Overture to the Wasps | Corigliano: Red Violin | Debussy: Prelude A L’Apres midi d’un faune | Respighi Pines of Rome

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