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2nd prize winner in the Boston Pops' Bernstein-inspired conducting competition, Tamara Dworetz recently served as assistant conductor to Bramwell Tovey, Principal Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, at the 2019 Proms in London. 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. In March 2020, Tamara will guest conduct the Longy Conservatory Orchestra at Bard College in a concert, including works by C.Debussy, J. Montgomery, M. Mazzoli, and G. Holst.
Previously, Tamara served for 2 years as Assistant Conductor for the Austin Symphony Orchestra. 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. 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. |
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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
Music Education
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MUSIC EDUCATION
Tamara is a dedicated and passionate music educator who has served as the conductor for a variety of collegiate and youth orchestras. She was Interim Conductor for the Austin Youth Orchestra's most advanced full-orchestra and co-music director/conductor of the University of Texas University Orchestra. She has led the Indiana University Brass Choir, University of Texas Symphony Orchestra, Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Boston University All-Campus Orchestra in several concerts and has conducted numerous rehearsals with the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. Furthermore, Tamara served as the Director of Orchestras at Lakeside High School in Atlanta which is also her hometown. This summer, Tamara will serve on the conducting faculty of the inaugural Conductors Collective at Escalante. Tamara received a Bachelor of Music Education at Indiana University and a Masters of Music Education from the University of Georgia.
OFF THE PODIUM: CURRENT PROJECTS
~Tamara is currently organizing a consortium bringing together regional and collegiate orchestras to commission a new symphonic work by composer, Adeliia Faizullina. Go HERE for more information.
~Tamara is creating an instrumental excerpt book/treatise geared for conductors to learn the main orchestral/instrumental excerpts, including various interpretations, performance traditions, common difficulties, background information, best-known performances on youtube and iTunes and other important details.
Tamara is a dedicated and passionate music educator who has served as the conductor for a variety of collegiate and youth orchestras. She was Interim Conductor for the Austin Youth Orchestra's most advanced full-orchestra and co-music director/conductor of the University of Texas University Orchestra. She has led the Indiana University Brass Choir, University of Texas Symphony Orchestra, Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Boston University All-Campus Orchestra in several concerts and has conducted numerous rehearsals with the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. Furthermore, Tamara served as the Director of Orchestras at Lakeside High School in Atlanta which is also her hometown. This summer, Tamara will serve on the conducting faculty of the inaugural Conductors Collective at Escalante. Tamara received a Bachelor of Music Education at Indiana University and a Masters of Music Education from the University of Georgia.
OFF THE PODIUM: CURRENT PROJECTS
~Tamara is currently organizing a consortium bringing together regional and collegiate orchestras to commission a new symphonic work by composer, Adeliia Faizullina. Go HERE for more information.
~Tamara is creating an instrumental excerpt book/treatise geared for conductors to learn the main orchestral/instrumental excerpts, including various interpretations, performance traditions, common difficulties, background information, best-known performances on youtube and iTunes and other important details.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Boston University Symphony Orchestra
A. GLAZUNOV | Overture Solennelle
February 26, 2020
Boston University Tsai Performance Hall
Longy Conservatory Orchestra at Bard College
DEBUSSY | Prelude to the 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
March 12, 2020
Pickman Hall @ The Longy School of Music
Orchestra Appassionata
MUSSORGSKY | Prelude to Khovanshchina
RAVEL | Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
piano soloist, Pierre-Nicholas Colombat
GERSHWIN | An American in Paris
March 19, 2020
Boston University College of Fine Arts Concert Hall
Fort Worth Symphony - SOCI
TCHAIKOVSKY | Symphony no. 5
MENDELSSOHN | Symphony no. 4 "Italian"
BEETHOVEN | Symphony no. 7
June 1 - 20, 2020
A. GLAZUNOV | Overture Solennelle
February 26, 2020
Boston University Tsai Performance Hall
Longy Conservatory Orchestra at Bard College
DEBUSSY | Prelude to the 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
March 12, 2020
Pickman Hall @ The Longy School of Music
Orchestra Appassionata
MUSSORGSKY | Prelude to Khovanshchina
RAVEL | Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
piano soloist, Pierre-Nicholas Colombat
GERSHWIN | An American in Paris
March 19, 2020
Boston University College of Fine Arts Concert Hall
Fort Worth Symphony - SOCI
TCHAIKOVSKY | Symphony no. 5
MENDELSSOHN | Symphony no. 4 "Italian"
BEETHOVEN | Symphony no. 7
June 1 - 20, 2020
RECENT EVENTS
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
BARTOK | Concerto for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN | Symphony no. 3 "Eroica"
MOZART | Symphony no. 39
STRAVINSKY | Dumbarton Oaks
July 27-31, 2019
BBC Proms
Click HERE for Program
BBC Concert Orchestra,
Assistant Conductor to Bramwell Tovey
August 31, 2019
Boston University Symphony Orchestra
BRITTEN | Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes"
Tsai Performance Hall
October 2, 2019 @ 8:00pm
Zack Grass' DMA Tuba Recital
FORBES | David & Goliath, for tuba solo & euphonium-tuba ensemble
Zack Grass, tuba soloist
Marsh Chapel
October 15, 2019 @ 8:00pm
BU All-Campus Orchestra Fall Concert
SMETANA | "Three Dances" from The Bartered Bride
Boston University Concert Hall
October 18, 2019 @ 8:00pm
The Dallas Opera 2019 HIWC Concert
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 @ 7:30pm CST
Website
Naomi Steckman's PD Cello Recital
SCHUMANN | Cello Concerto
BRUCH | Kol Nidre
Naomi Steckman, cello soloist
Boston University Concert Hall
November 16, 2019 @ 4:00pm
Orchestra Appassionata
BRAHMS | Tragic Overture
LISZT | Piano Concerto no. 2
piano soloist, Kyra Xuerong Zhao
December 8, 2019 @ 8:00pm
Tsai Performance Hall
Boston University All-Campus Orchestra
VERDI | La Forza del Destino, Overture
December 9, 2019 @ 8:00pm
Tsai Performance Hall
BARTOK | Concerto for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN | Symphony no. 3 "Eroica"
MOZART | Symphony no. 39
STRAVINSKY | Dumbarton Oaks
July 27-31, 2019
BBC Proms
Click HERE for Program
BBC Concert Orchestra,
Assistant Conductor to Bramwell Tovey
August 31, 2019
Boston University Symphony Orchestra
BRITTEN | Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes"
Tsai Performance Hall
October 2, 2019 @ 8:00pm
Zack Grass' DMA Tuba Recital
FORBES | David & Goliath, for tuba solo & euphonium-tuba ensemble
Zack Grass, tuba soloist
Marsh Chapel
October 15, 2019 @ 8:00pm
BU All-Campus Orchestra Fall Concert
SMETANA | "Three Dances" from The Bartered Bride
Boston University Concert Hall
October 18, 2019 @ 8:00pm
The Dallas Opera 2019 HIWC Concert
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 @ 7:30pm CST
Website
Naomi Steckman's PD Cello Recital
SCHUMANN | Cello Concerto
BRUCH | Kol Nidre
Naomi Steckman, cello soloist
Boston University Concert Hall
November 16, 2019 @ 4:00pm
Orchestra Appassionata
BRAHMS | Tragic Overture
LISZT | Piano Concerto no. 2
piano soloist, Kyra Xuerong Zhao
December 8, 2019 @ 8:00pm
Tsai Performance Hall
Boston University All-Campus Orchestra
VERDI | La Forza del Destino, Overture
December 9, 2019 @ 8:00pm
Tsai Performance Hall
PHOTO GALLERY
PC: Hilary Scott, The Boston Pops