"Orchestra Online" with guest JoAnn Falletta

JoAnn Falletta is the guest this week for Professor Paul Phillips's Fall 2020 class on orchestral music, "Orchestra Online," viewable on Zoom. | RSVP required for non-Stanford attendees.

Grammy-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta serves as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Connie and Marc Jacobson Music Director Laureate of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center, and Artistic Adviser to the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. She is hailed for her work as a conductor, recording artist, audience builder, and champion of American composers. As Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta became the first woman to lead a major America ensemble.  

With a discography of almost 120 titles, Falletta is a leading recording artist for Naxos. Her Naxos recording of Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan received two Grammys in 2008. She has introduced over 500 works by American composers, including well over 100 world premieres. In 2019, she was named Performance Today’s Classical Woman of The Year.

Falletta is a strong advocate and mentor for young professional and student musicians. She has led seminars for women conductors for the League of American Orchestras and established a unique collaboration between the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Mannes College of Music to give up-and-coming conductors professional experience with a leading American orchestra. She has had great success working with young musicians, guest conducting orchestras at top conservatories, and summer programs.