When the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra opens its 2018-2019 season at the end of September, its 65 musicians will perform under the baton of Maestra Nancia D’Alimonte. Hailed as “very accessible”, “passionate” and “personable”, the new conductor will now lead the orchestra after the death of Marc Allen McCoy in 2016. …

Gene Moon left his position as conductor of the Longview Symphony Orchestra for two years to become conductor at California Baptist University. Moon, who is also leaving his post as conductor and educator at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, said he was moving to Riverside, Calif., To be …

What Roz Schnick lacks in musical experience, she more than makes up for in her fundraising prowess, grossing $ 19,000 as the top contender in the Wannabe Symphony Orchestra Conductor Competition. This year’s Lacrosse. “I tried the viola and it was a disaster,” Schnick joked. “I can play on the …

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has chosen charismatic Italian conductor Fabio Luisi as its next musical director. Luisi will be appointed Music Director during the 2019-20 season and will assume the title of Music Director during the 2020-21 season, the DSO said, succeeding Jaap van Zweden, who ended his ten-year tenure. …