ABOUT
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 (grades 3 - 12).
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.
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 (grades 3 - 12).
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.