Toru Tagawa, Conductor E-mail:tagawatoru@gmail.com Cell: (520) 461-4537
Conducting Experience
2016 – Current Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra, Music Director, Conductor
2011 – Current Tucson Repertory Orchestra, Music Director, Conductor and co-Founder, Tucson, AZ
2015 – Conductors Guild, Symposium, Chicago, IL
2013 – Conductors Guild, Symposium, Boston, MA
2013- Current Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra, Guest conductor, Tucson, AZ
2013 Tucson Cello Congress, Guest conductor, Tucson AZ
2013 AMEA Honors Middle School Orchestra, Guest conductor, Tucson AZ
2012 Juilliard School of Music,Conducting Workshop for Music Educators, New York, NY
2012 ProMusica Arizona Orchestra Conducting Workshop, Anthem, AZ
2012 International Conducting Workshop and Competition, Macon, GA
2011 Queens College’s Conducting Workshop, Queens, NY
2010 Wieck Chamber Singers and Orchestra, Guest conductor, Tucson, AZ
2007 ASTA Conducting Workshop, Albuquerque, NM
2007 Interlochen Repertory Orchestra, Co-Founder/co-conductor, Interlochen, MI
2007 Interlochen Summer Music Camp, Ensemble Manager, World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Interlochen, MI
Education
2006-2008 The University of Arizona, Main Professor, Dr. Donald Hamann
MM Education,Graduate Teaching Assistant: Director of the String Project
1998-2000 Florida State University, Main Professor, Dr. Gary Kosloski
MM Violin Performance, Graduate Teaching Assistant
1994-1998 The University of Tulsa, Main Professor, Ms. Derry Deane
BM Violin Performance,Cum Laude, Concerto Winner, 1997
Conducting Teachers/Mentors
Dr. Thomas Cockrell, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Mr. Charles Bontrager, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Dr. Virginia Allen, Juilliard Conducting Workshop for Music Educators, New York, NY
Dr. Lawrence Golan, ProMusica Arizona Conducting Workshop, Anthem, AZ
Mr. Adrian Gnam, International Conductors Workshop, Macon, GA
Mr. Robert Gutter, International Conductors Workshop, Macon, GA
Mr. Maurice Peress, Queens College’s Conducting Workshop, Queens, NY
Dr. Donald Portnoy, Queens College’s Conducting Workshop, Queens, NY
Mr. Jung-Ho Pak, Interlochen Summer Music Program, Interlochen, MI
Dr. Sandra Dackow, Interlochen Summer Music Program, Interlochen, MI
Dr. Frank Ryan, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Symphony Experience, Violinist
2006-current Tucson Symphony, Tucson Pops and Arizona Opera Orchestras
2005-2006 Vancouver and Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestras
2004-2005 Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra
2001-2004 Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Arts Partner, Sturgis String Quartet,Full-time Violinist
2001 National Repertory Orchestra, Violinist
2000-2001 Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Full-time Violinist
1999, 2000 American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS), Graz, Austria
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