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		Annunziata Tomaro Instructor of Conducting Phone: 513-556-9521 Email: tomaroaa@uc.edu Building: Corbett Center for the Performing Arts Room: 2560
Area of Instruction: Conducting Faculty Since: 2007 Credentials: BM, University of Michigan; MM, University of New Mexico; DMA, CCM Biography: Praised as a “rising light in the musical firmament” and a “brilliant young Maestra” Annunziata Tomaro is equally at home in symphonic, operatic and contemporary repertoire. As founder and music director of The Phoenix Ensemble in Ann Arbor, Ms. Tomaro collaborated with distinguished artists such as William Bolcom, Peter Sparling and the Gemini Duo. During her tenure as conductor and music director of the Opera Theater and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy, Ms. Tomaro led new productions of operas of Wolf-Ferrari and Puccini as well as notable concert and choral performances. Since 2007, Ms. Tomaro has been music director and principal conductor of the College-Conservatory of Music Concert Orchestra and the contemporary ensemble, Café MoMus in Cincinnati. Among her many podium appearances at CCM are celebrated performances of Mahler and Shostakovich, as well as world and regional premieres of works by Kaija Saariaho, Cynthia Wong and Conrad Susa. In addition to conducting a wide range of symphonic works and championing new and emerging composers, Tomaro's opera performances include La bohème, Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Werther, Stravinsky's Mavra, Wolf-Ferrari's Il segreto di Susanna, Conrad Susa's Dangerous Liaisons, and the world premiere of Enid Sutherland's Daphne and Apollo Remade. Also a strong advocate of music education and an inspiring leader of younger musicians, Ms. Tomaro is highly sought after as a conductor of university and youth orchestras. Her award-winning live recording with The Phoniex Ensemble, “The Orchestra is Here to Play!” has become an instant classic with young audiences. Ms. Tomaro's honors include the Robinson Award, presented by the Conductor's Guild, in 1998 and the Presser Award in 2006, which led her to Lucerne, Switzerland to observe and discuss conducting with Claudio Abbado. In 2004, she participated in the prestigious Jorma Panula masterclass in Berlin, Germany. The following year, Ms. Tomaro was chosen as a Fulbright scholar and returned to Berlin, where she had the honor of being a guest in the rehearsals of Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic and Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper unter den Linden. In 2008, she was one of only four Americans invited to the 2nd Concurso Internacional “Jesús López Cobos” in Madrid, Spain. Since beginning her extensive musical studies at The Juilliard School, Ms. Tomaro has worked with some of the world’s most recognized conducting pedagogues including Gustav Meier, Kenneth Kiesler, Mark Gibson, Larry Rachleff, and Jorma Panula. Current Projects: CCM Concert Orchestra and CCM Contemporary Ensemble