THE DALLAS OPERA Residency, The Hart Institute for Women Conductors
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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.
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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Participants Announced for the 2019 Hart Institute for Female Conductors at The Dallas Opera
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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
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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 for three years as the Director of Orchestras of the 150-student orchestra program 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.
~The Orchestra Appassionata ... a training orchestra for young musicians on the verge of a professional career
~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 for three years as the Director of Orchestras of the 150-student orchestra program 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.
~The Orchestra Appassionata ... a training orchestra for young musicians on the verge of a professional career
~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.
2019-2020 Calendar
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PRIOR
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 BU All-Campus Orchestra Fall Concert SMETANA | "Three Dances" from The Bartered Bride Boston University Concert Hall October 18, 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 Boston University Symphony Orchestra BRITTEN | Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes" Tsai Performance Hall October 2, 2019 @ 8:00pm BBC Proms Click HERE for Program BBC Concert Orchestra, Assistant Conductor to Bramwell Tovey August 31, 2019 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 Boston University All-Campus Orchestra J. STRAUSS | Pizzicato Polka RIMSKY-KORSAKOV | Dance of the Tumblers April 30, 2019 Boston University All-Campus Orchestra BERNSTEIN | One Hand, One Heart arr. Longfield BRAHMS | Hungarian Dance no. 5 March 6, 2019 Boston University Symphony Orchestra BEETHOVEN | Egmont Overture STRAVINSKY | Infernal Dance from Firebird (1919) February 4, 2019 |
UPCOMING
The Orchestra Appassionata BRAHMS | Tragic Overture LISZT | Piano Concerto no. 2 Kyra Xuerong Zhao, piano soloist Boston University CFA Concert Hall December 8, 2019 @ 8:00pm Boston University All-Campus Orchestra VERDI | La Forza del Destino, Overture December 9, 2019 @ 8:00pm The Orchestra Appassionata MUSSORGSKY | Prelude to Khovanshchina RAVEL | Concerto for the Left Hand Pierre-Nicholas Colombat, piano soloist MUSSORGSKY | Pictures at an Exhibition February 15, 2020 @ 6:00pm Boston University CFA Concert Hall BU Symphony Orchestra GLAZUNOV | Overture Solonnelle LIADOV | Baba Yaga February 26, 2020 Boston University All-Campus Orchestra TBD March, 2020 The Orchestra Appassionata DEBUSSY | La Mer Boston University All-Campus Orchestra TBD May, 2020 
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