ABOUT

PC: Hilary Scott
Hilary Scott, The Boston Pops
Tamara's experiences range from teaching school-aged musicians to leading esteemed orchestras in the U.S. and abroad. In 2019, Tamara served as assistant conductor to Bramwell Tovey, Principal Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, at the 2019 London Proms.  That same year, Tamara was selected as one of 6 conductors to participate in a two-week residency in the Dallas Opera's prestigious Hart Institute for Women Conductors, which culminated in a final concert of overtures and arias with the Dallas Opera Orchestra and world-class singers. Tamara won 2nd prize in the Boston Pops' 2018 Leonard Bernstein Conducting Competition. She was a Conducting Fellow for the 2019 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music for which she received the Bruno Walter Conducting Fellowship and studied with Cristian Macelaru, Chief Conductor of the WDR Symphonie-orchestre. Previously, Tamara served for 2 years as Assistant Conductor for the Austin Symphony Orchestra. In various capacities, Tamara has conducted the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, the Dallas Opera Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra (Sofia, Bulgaria), Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, and Butler Opera Center. 

As a music educator, Tamara has conducted a variety of collegiate, youth and school ensembles, all of which she greatly enjoys. In February and March 2020, Tamara guest conducted the Longy Conservatory Orchestra at Bard College, including works by Debussy, Ives, Montgomery, Mazzoli, and Holst. She was co-music director/conductor of the University of Texas University Orchestra, and led the Indiana University Brass Choir, University of Texas Symphony Orchestra, Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Boston University All-Campus Orchestra in concerts, as well as worked extensively with the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras.  At the high school level, Tamara has served as Interim Conductor for the Austin Youth Orchestra's most advanced full-orchestra, Director of Orchestras at Lakeside High School in Atlanta, conductor of the University of Texas String Project's Chamber Orchestra and Music Faculty at The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia.

​Tamara received a Bachelor of Music Education at Indiana University, a Masters of Music Education at the University of Georgia, and a Masters in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Texas, Austin. She is currently completing coursework for her Doctorate in Musical Arts in Conducting from Boston University, while teaching elementary, middle and high school strings at The Westminster Schools. Tamara's current projects include completing her final DMA paper on 21st Century Conductor Leadership as well as hosting the video interview series, "Martinis with Maestros".

NEWS

Guest Conductor for the Longy Conservatory Orchestra in a program of Holst, Debussy, Mazzoli, Montgomery and Ives 
The ​Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music selects Tamara as Conducting Fellow 
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​Participants Announced for the Dallas Opera's 2019 Hart Institute for Female Conductors
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Tamara wins 2nd prize in The Boston Pops' Conducting Competition
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"Tamara Dworetz...gave a sensitive reading of “Frondi tenere...Ombra mai fu” from Handel’s Xerxes."
​-Gregory Sullivan Isaacs/TheaterJones
"Tamara Dworetz crisply led a flamboyant aria [Se Bramate d'amar chi vi sdegna] from Handel’s Serse."
-Scott Cantrell/Dallas Morning News

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS

DEBUSSY  | Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun
​Guest Speaker
October 9, 2020
DEBUSSY | Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun
IVES | The Unanswered Question
MONTGOMERY | Stardust
MAZZOLI | Sinfonia ("From Orbiting Spheres")
HOLST | The Planets
I. Mars
III. Mercury
IV. Jupiter
V. Saturn
​VII. Neptune
Pickman Hall @ The Longy School of Music
March 12, 2020 @ 7:30p
MUSSORGSKY | Prelude to Khovanshchina
RAVEL | Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
piano soloist, Pierre-Nicholas Colombat
GERSHWIN | An American in Paris
Boston University College of Fine Arts Concert Hall
March 19, 2020 (POSTPONED)
A. GLAZUNOV | Overture Solennelle
Boston University Tsai Performance Hall
February 26, 2020 @ 8pm
VERDI | La Forza del Destino, Overture
Tsai Performance Hall
February 24, 2020 @ 8pm
BRAHMS | Tragic Overture
LISZT | Piano Concerto no. 2
piano soloist, Kyra Xuerong Zhao​
Tsai Performance Hall
​December 8, 2019 @ 8pm
SCHUMANN | Cello Concerto
BRUCH | Kol Nidre
Naomi Steckman, cello soloist
Boston University Concert Hall
November 16, 2019 @ 4pm
PUCCINI | Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo to Act III
BIZET | Les pêcheurs de perles, Au fond du temple saint
HANDEL | Xerxes, Ombra mai fu
HANDEL | Xerxes, Se Bramate d'amar chi vi sdegna
​Angel Vargas, tenor
Chuma Sijeqa, bass
Kangmin Justin Kim, Countertenor 
The Dallas Opera Orchestra
The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
November 9, 2019 @ 7:30 CST
SMETANA | "Three Dances" from The Bartered Bride
Boston University Concert Hall
October 18, 2019 @ 8pm
BRITTEN | Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes"
Tsai Performance Hall
October 2, 2019 @ 8pm
PROGRAM
Assistant Conductor to Bramwell Tovey
August 31, 2019​
BARTOK | Concerto for Orchestra
​BEETHOVEN | Symphony no. 3 "Eroica"
MOZART | Symphony no. 39
STRAVINSKY | Dumbarton Oaks
July 27-31, 2019

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