Music Director - Lois Ferrari

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As ACO Music Director, Dr. Ferrari has brought many celebrated guest
artists to the ACO stage: Peter Bay, Dick Floyd, Lauren Lane, Anton
Nel, David Whitwell, and Hai Zheng, just to name a few. She has also
been intimately involved with nurturing future virtuosi through the
ACO's annual Pearl Amster Youth Concerto Festival. As Dr. Ferrari
believes one of the more important responsibilities a conductor
shoulders is that of championing new music, the ACO sponsors a
bi-annual composition contest open to American composers of any age. |
The 2008-2009 season is Music Director Lois Ferrari's seventh season with the Austin Civic Orchestra.
Education
| A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where she received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting, Dr. Ferrari was a recipient of a full doctoral fellowship and was appointed Assistant Conductor of the renowned Eastman Wind Ensemble. She also earned a Master of Music degree in conducting and a Bachelor of Music degree in both performance and music education from the Ithaca College School of Music. Her major teachers have included Donald Hunsberger, Rodney Winther, David Effron, and Donald Neuen. |
Additional Activities
Aside from her duties at SU and with the ACO, Dr. Ferrari maintains a healthy guest conducting schedule and loves to work with musicians of all ages. She also nurtures a strong interest in playwriting and screenwriting and has won several awards for her efforts. Originally a New Yorker, Dr. Ferrari now resides in Austin with her two cats, Buddha and Gandhi.


