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Robert Moody
Robert Moody has served as Music Director for the Winston-Salem Symphony (NC) since 2005, Artistic Director for Arizona Musicfest since 2007, and in the summer of 2008 became Music Director for the Portland (Maine) Symphony.
The first three seasons for the Winston-Salem Symphony tremendous successes for the orchestra. Sold out concerts, performances with superstar musicians from various genre (including Itshak Perlman, Van Cliburn, Midori, Amy Grant, and The Manhattan Transfer), strong reviews from press and audience, and an orchestra that is quickly becoming one of the real "gem" regional orchestras in the country; all of this led American Symphony Orchestra League President Henry Fogel to pronounce the Winston-Salem Symphony "one of the very healthiest orchestras" he visited during his tenure leading A.S.O.L. (now League of American Orchestras).
The Portland Symphony announced on May 30, 2007 the appointment of Robert Moody as Music Director Designate. He concluded the 2007/2008 season with PSO in much lauded performances of the titanic Mahler First Symphony ("Titan.") His first season as Music Director begins Fall of 2008; highlights of this first year include gala concert with the world's most beloved operatic soprano Renee Flemming, "welcome Maestro Moody" Fall concert performances of works such as Mussorsgky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 "From the New World," and living composer Mason Bate's Liquid Interface.
February 2009 will mark Moody's third season as Artistic Director of Arizona Musicfest, a five-week festival during the winter in Arizona's Desert Foothills region. The MusicFest Festival Orchestra consists of members of some of the nation's top orchestras (Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Phoenix Symphony), and offer four concert programs each February.
Moody served as Associate, then Resident Conductor of The Phoenix Symphony from 1998 through 2006. He led The Phoenix Symphony each year in a wide variety of concerts, including Classics, Chamber, Pops, Family, and the popular presentations of Handel's Messiah and New Year's Eve gala. Moody also founded The Phoenix Symphony Chorus, and for seven years was Music Director of the Phoenix Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Two recently recent Compact Disc recording mark a new chapter for Maestro Moody. The Canadian Brass released a CD entitled "Bach" late in 2007, and a second, entitled "Legends," in the summer of 2008. Moody is guest conductor on both CDs.