![]() Leveraging her experiences as an instrumentalist and educator Edwards turned to refine her career as a conductor. The 2022-23 season marks the tenth season for Edwards as Music Director of the Seattle Collaborative Orchestra, ninth season as Music Director of the Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra, and fifth season as Artistic Director of the Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute. More information about Diane Wittry's work is available at: Currently, Edwards balances her time between conducting in the Pacific Northwest, serving as a guest conductor/clinician across the country, and developing young musicians through instruction and collaboration with professionals in concert settings. She is also only the third American to be named - in recognition of her leadership in the arts and humanities - the recipient of the prestigious Fiorino Doro Award from the City of Vinci, Italy. Thompson Award for outstanding artistic leadership of a regional orchestra. Wittry has been the subject of profiles in The New York Times and Newsweek, and has received many honors and awards, including the American Symphony Orchestra League’s Helen M. Her second book, Baton Basics - Communicating Music through Gestures, is used at Universities for their conducting classes and for International Conducting Workshops in Bulgaria, Ukraine, and the United States. Her book Beyond the Baton, (Oxford University Press) about artistic leadership for conductors has become a standard text for the industry. During the past few seasons, she has conducted concerts in 11 countries as well as concerts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.ĭiane Wittry is sought after as a teacher of conducting. She has also conducted at the music festivals of Ojai (CA), Penn’s Woods (PA), and I-Park (CT). Dave H., San Franciscoĭiane Wittry has led performances by the Milwaukee Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Diego Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Osaka Symphony (Japan), the Sarajevo Philharmonic (Bosnia), Sias Symphony (China), among others. Every moment in the week long intensive workshop was centered on bringing out and developing the conducting skills of all those involved. "I was very impressed with the organization and learning environment created by all those involved from Diane and Anna, to the musicians and amazing supportive staff and sponsors. I'm incredibly grateful to have participated in this workshop." Emily K., Nashville The repertoire is some of my favorite music, the location is beautiful and refreshing, and the orchestra has shown such wonderful hospitality and support. "As a young woman, the opportunities to study under two female conductors has been so inspiring and I have learned so much in a short time. I highly recommend it." - Iliana F., Puebla, Mexico "This was an amazing experience, it was such a positive environment and Diane and Anna were always encouraging and personalizing their advice, we all come from different paths and have different bodies and quirks, they were just perfect in figuring out what we all needed to work on and I think every participant benefited greatly from this workshop. The ability to work with a great orchestra was remarkable." "The PNWCI was an enriching experience in a wonderful part of the country.
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