Assisting Music Director and Conductor of Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra Ryan Dakota Farris
November 2024
https://www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org/events/bso-taking-flight
Returning as a Full Participant in Conducting Master Class under Maestra Sarah Ioannides in June 2024
and with Ayis Ioannides, conductor/composer, and David Serkin Ludwig, composer
Tacoma, WA
with Symphony Tacoma principal musicians
New Works Composer Concert on June 27th - 7pm
Orchestra Concert held on June 29th - 4pm
at Pacific Lutheran University
Stravinsky - Histoire du Soldat Suite
Beethoven - Symphony No.2
De Falla - El Amor Brujo Suite 1920' - Mvts 1-7
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 1
Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 - "Ah, scostati!... Smanie implacabili"
New Composition TBA
https://www.cascadeconducting.com/masterclasses/orchestral?fbclid=IwAR2XwGPGjgITYRv16IOsNDRst9KO8G79tzeXSYZbvjD6eGvACECDHL70Gew
UNR Symphony Orchestra Final Spring Concert
Reno, NV
April 30, 2024 - 7:30pm
Nightingale Concert Hall
Graduate Assistant Conductor (and final concert at UNR in doctoral program)**
Repertoire:
Wagner - Rienzi Overture
Student Composition Winner - Wyatt Wilburn's Suite for Orchestra, First Movement **
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9
Topic:
THE SOUND OF STRUGGLE: A STUDY AND COMPARISON OF EXPRESSIVE MUSICAL FEATURES FROM WORKS BY “DWELLER” COMPOSERS
(1933 - 1956)
Held at University of Nevada-Reno library: MIKC 402
Reno, NV
First half open to the public
https://www.levinemusic.org/guided-listening/
Explore well-known works and discover new treasures of the musical repertory in our Guided Listening sessions with JoAnna Cochenet.
In each session, we’ll closely examine the music through clues and information left by the composer and inferred from their life, performance practice, and other historical and relative means. Please listen to the pieces at least once before coming to the sessions to help prepare your ears, mind, and thoughts for the conversation about the works.
Guided Listening takes place online over Zoom. The link to join the Zoom will be provided the week of the event.
This year, we are exploring the music of various cultures as we find them in crossover or storytelling settings within the repertory of orchestral music, which, for many in the United States and Europe, may first bring to mind the orchestral music heritage of Western European orchestras. With only this, however, we leave out many other stories.
When cultures cross or are allowed to take up space of their own, we are either left with a wonderful blend of elements of more than one culture, or we can learn of important stories that are not always at the forefront, which includes being on the concert stage. The synthesis of sound creation may come in a fusion of more than one style or the storytelling of a region or person’s story. In our case, in this series, it is through the medium of the orchestra—and in all cases, through an effervescent kaleidoscope that is a representation and voice of humanity.
Just as there are many ways to create a final composition and many impetuses behind doing so, all are unique and told from the composer’s perspective. We set off in this series to explore several works and styles that have made their way to the orchestral medium, learning the voices of more and more composers and the stories of more and more people.
Friday, October 6, 2023
7 PM ET
Friday, December 8, 2023
7 PM ET
Friday, January 26, 2024
7 PM ET
Friday, April 19, 2024
7 PM ET
UNR Nevada Chamber Opera: Sweeney Todd
Performances on April 11-13th, 2024
Graduate Assistant Conductor, April 13th Matinee Performance
UNR - Nevada, Reno
Conductor: Jason Altieri
Assistant Conductor: JoAnna Cochenet
https://www.levinemusic.org/guided-listening/
Explore well-known works and discover new treasures of the musical repertory in our Guided Listening sessions with JoAnna Cochenet.
In each session, we’ll closely examine the music through clues and information left by the composer and inferred from their life, performance practice, and other historical and relative means. Please listen to the pieces at least once before coming to the sessions to help prepare your ears, mind, and thoughts for the conversation about the works.
Guided Listening takes place online over Zoom. The link to join the Zoom will be provided the week of the event.
This year, we are exploring the music of various cultures as we find them in crossover or storytelling settings within the repertory of orchestral music, which, for many in the United States and Europe, may first bring to mind the orchestral music heritage of Western European orchestras. With only this, however, we leave out many other stories.
When cultures cross or are allowed to take up space of their own, we are either left with a wonderful blend of elements of more than one culture, or we can learn of important stories that are not always at the forefront, which includes being on the concert stage. The synthesis of sound creation may come in a fusion of more than one style or the storytelling of a region or person’s story. In our case, in this series, it is through the medium of the orchestra—and in all cases, through an effervescent kaleidoscope that is a representation and voice of humanity.
Just as there are many ways to create a final composition and many impetuses behind doing so, all are unique and told from the composer’s perspective. We set off in this series to explore several works and styles that have made their way to the orchestral medium, learning the voices of more and more composers and the stories of more and more people.
Friday, October 6, 2023
7 PM ET
Friday, December 8, 2023
7 PM ET
Friday, January 26, 2024
7 PM ET
Friday, April 19, 2024
7 PM ET
UNR Symphony Orchestra Concert
December 12th - 7:30pm
Nightingale Hall, UNR Campus
Graduate Conductors Concert:
JoAnna Cochenet, Graduate Assistant Conductor
Repertoire:
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz - Brass and Percussion Carol Commission Feature: “Olentzero!” A Basque Christmas Folk Song - World Premiere
Geisel/Hague - You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch - with Xander Holcomb, bass
Waldteufel - Skater’s Waltz
Goeller - Appalachian Carol
Goeller - Fiesta de Navidad
Strommen - There’s Christmas in the Air
O’Neill/Kinkel/Phillips - Wizards in Winter
Rozsell - Holiday Mash-Up
Hylkila - Taiga (Snow Forests)
https://www.levinemusic.org/guided-listening/
Explore well-known works and discover new treasures of the musical repertory in our Guided Listening sessions with JoAnna Cochenet.
In each session, we’ll closely examine the music through clues and information left by the composer and inferred from their life, performance practice, and other historical and relative means. Please listen to the pieces at least once before coming to the sessions to help prepare your ears, mind, and thoughts for the conversation about the works.
Guided Listening takes place online over Zoom. The link to join the Zoom will be provided the week of the event.
This year, we are exploring the music of various cultures as we find them in crossover or storytelling settings within the repertory of orchestral music, which, for many in the United States and Europe, may first bring to mind the orchestral music heritage of Western European orchestras. With only this, however, we leave out many other stories.
When cultures cross or are allowed to take up space of their own, we are either left with a wonderful blend of elements of more than one culture, or we can learn of important stories that are not always at the forefront, which includes being on the concert stage. The synthesis of sound creation may come in a fusion of more than one style or the storytelling of a region or person’s story. In our case, in this series, it is through the medium of the orchestra—and in all cases, through an effervescent kaleidoscope that is a representation and voice of humanity.
Just as there are many ways to create a final composition and many impetuses behind doing so, all are unique and told from the composer’s perspective. We set off in this series to explore several works and styles that have made their way to the orchestral medium, learning the voices of more and more composers and the stories of more and more people.
Friday, October 6, 2023
7 PM ET
Friday, December 8, 2023
7 PM ET
Friday, January 26, 2024
7 PM ET
Friday, April 19, 2024
7 PM ET
UNR Wind Ensemble Concert
Nightingale Hall, UNR Campus
Dr. Reed Chamberlin, Conductor
JoAnna Cochenet, Graduate Guest Conductor*
Repertoire: Ives/Schumann/Rhoads Variations on “America”
UNR Symphony Orchestra Concert
November 16th - 7:30pm
Nightingale Hall, UNR Campus
JoAnna Cochenet, Graduate Assistant Conductor*
Repertoire: Puccini Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
UNR Symphony Orchestra
Large Sectional - Winds, Brass, Percussion
Strauss - Death and Transfiguration
https://www.levinemusic.org/guided-listening/
Explore well-known works and discover new treasures of the musical repertory in our Guided Listening sessions with JoAnna Cochenet.
In each session, we’ll closely examine the music through clues and information left by the composer and inferred from their life, performance practice, and other historical and relative means. Please listen to the pieces at least once before coming to the sessions to help prepare your ears, mind, and thoughts for the conversation about the works.
Guided Listening takes place online over Zoom. The link to join the Zoom will be provided the week of the event.
This year, we are exploring the music of various cultures as we find them in crossover or storytelling settings within the repertory of orchestral music, which, for many in the United States and Europe, may first bring to mind the orchestral music heritage of Western European orchestras. With only this, however, we leave out many other stories.
When cultures cross or are allowed to take up space of their own, we are either left with a wonderful blend of elements of more than one culture, or we can learn of important stories that are not always at the forefront, which includes being on the concert stage. The synthesis of sound creation may come in a fusion of more than one style or the storytelling of a region or person’s story. In our case, in this series, it is through the medium of the orchestra—and in all cases, through an effervescent kaleidoscope that is a representation and voice of humanity.
Just as there are many ways to create a final composition and many impetuses behind doing so, all are unique and told from the composer’s perspective. We set off in this series to explore several works and styles that have made their way to the orchestral medium, learning the voices of more and more composers and the stories of more and more people.
Friday, October 6, 2023
7 PM ET
Friday, December 8, 2023
7 PM ET
Friday, January 26, 2024
7 PM ET
Friday, April 19, 2024
7 PM ET
https://www.levinemusic.org/guided-listening/
Explore well-known works and discover new treasures of the musical repertory in our Guided Listening sessions with JoAnna Cochenet.
In each session, we’ll closely examine the music through clues and information left by the composer and inferred from their life, performance practice, and other historical and relative means. Please listen to the pieces at least once before coming to the sessions to help prepare your ears, mind, and thoughts for the conversation about the works.
Guided Listening takes place online over Zoom. The link to join the Zoom will be provided the week of the event.
This year, we are exploring the music of various cultures as we find them in crossover or storytelling settings within the repertory of orchestral music, which, for many in the United States and Europe, may first bring to mind the orchestral music heritage of Western European orchestras. With only this, however, we leave out many other stories.
When cultures cross or are allowed to take up space of their own, we are either left with a wonderful blend of elements of more than one culture, or we can learn of important stories that are not always at the forefront, which includes being on the concert stage. The synthesis of sound creation may come in a fusion of more than one style or the storytelling of a region or person’s story. In our case, in this series, it is through the medium of the orchestra—and in all cases, through an effervescent kaleidoscope that is a representation and voice of humanity.
Just as there are many ways to create a final composition and many impetuses behind doing so, all are unique and told from the composer’s perspective. We set off in this series to explore several works and styles that have made their way to the orchestral medium, learning the voices of more and more composers and the stories of more and more people.
Friday, October 6, 2023
7 PM ET
Friday, December 8, 2023
7 PM ET
Friday, January 26, 2024
7 PM ET
Friday, April 19, 2024
7 PM ET
UNR Symphony Orchestra Concert
Thursday, October 5th - 7:30pm
Nightingale Hall, UNR Campus
JoAnna Cochenet, Graduate Assistant Conductor*
Repertoire:
Berlioz - Rákóczi March (Hungarian March) from Faust*
Schubert - Konzertstück for violin & orchestra in D major
Respighi - Poema Autunnale
Stephanie Sant’Ambrosio, Faculty Soloist
Elgar - Enigma Variations
https://events.unr.edu/event/university_of_nevada_reno_symphony_orchestra_concert_pre-concert_talk_dma_lecture
Accord Symphony
Washington, D. C./Columbia, MD
https://merriweathermusic.com/chrysalis/
July 30th, 2023 - 5pm
Juan Gallastegui, Music Director & Conductor
JoAnna Cochenet, Guest Conductor*
Program:
Mozart -Marriage of Figaro
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, 1st mvt
Borodin - Prince Igor: Polovetsian Dances*
Williams - Star Wars Saga,* ET, Jaws
Watkins - Soul of Remembrance*
Gershwin/Vrtacnik - Summertime* w/Ayanna Freelon, soprano
Giordano - La mamma morta* w/Fairouz Foty, soprano
Delibes - Flower Duet
Puccini - O mio Babbino Caro
Bizet - Toreador
Verdi - Libiamo, ne Lieti Calici
Flaherty/Alabaca - Ragtime: Wheels of a Dream* - Anitra McKinney, Mezzo-soprano, and Jim Williams, Baritone
Bernstein - Westside Story: “I feel pretty”* - Ayanna Freelon, Fairouz Foty, Anitra McKinney
Bernstein - Somewhere
Cascade Conducting Master Class
with Maestra Sarah Ioannides
Also: Dr. Geoffrey Boers, David Ludwig, Ayis Ioannides
Tacoma, WA
with Cascade Conducting Orchestra, led by Symphony Tacoma principal musicians
Concert: Saturday, July 1st, 2023
Pacific Lutheran University
Repertoire:
George Walker - Lyrics for Strings
Stephanie Berg - Ravish and Mayhem
P. Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations
L. Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale”
L. Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 1st movement exposition (workshop only)
Gabriel Faure - Pelleas and Melisande Suite
Bela Bartok - Romanian Dances
Ayis Ioannides - Ma ero giovane
https://www.cascadeconducting.com/
Prague Summer Nights Young Artists Music Festival
Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Conductor, Maestro John Nardolillo
Assistant Conductor, JoAnna Cochenet
Alexandra, VA
June 1-11, 2023
Performances at:
The Secret Garden at the Rectory on Princess St., Alexandria, VA (Relocated for inclement weather to: George Washington Masonic Temple, Alexandria, VA)
Theatre House at the Castleton Festival (Lorin Maazel Virginia estate)
https://praguesummernights.com/
Guided Listening Lectures with JoAnna Cochenet
Theme: “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West”
Guided Listening sessions with conductor JoAnna Cochenet help listeners better understand well-known works and lesser-known treasures of the orchestral, chamber orchestra, film, documentary, ballet, and opera repertory.
This year’s theme is “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West.” The music and discussions this year will focus on stories, history, and scenery from parts of the Western United States. Inspired by unique and fascinating materials, the works are representative of different perspectives from the “American West” in music; and music which has only been written over the past century. Examples from parallel works will be drawn for comparison and contrast, as the deeper dives go into the presented music in each session.
Lecture 4 – Dr. David Wendell Nelson’s Little Bighorn (Tone Poem with Video)
Friday, May 12, 2022 – 7pm ET/4pm PT
c/o Levine Music
The lectures will run over an hour, around 75-90 min.
https://www.levinemusic.org/2022-23-guided-listening/
University of Nevada - Reno Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, May 4th, 7:30pm
Nightingale Concert Hall
Reno, NV
Dr. Jason Altieri, Conductor
JoAnna Cochenet, Assistant Conductor*
Spring Concert 2
Repertoire:
Fairy Tale No. 1 “Arthur” - Rob Smith (Student Composition Winner)*
Symphony No. 1 - Gustav Mahler
Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Conductor
Nevada Chamber Opera
April 2023
Thursday, April 20th, 7:30pm UNR Recital Hall - staged
Saturday, April 22nd, 2:30pm Trinity Episcopal Church, Reno, NV - concert style
University of Nevada, Reno
DMA Recital
https://events.unr.edu/event/acis_and_galatea
Nevada Chamber Opera
Full Conducting Participant
Cascade Conducting Master Class 2023
Cascade Conducting Orchestra, led by Tacoma Symphony musicians
June 26-July 1st
Tacoma, WA
Conducting Teacher: Maestra Sarah Ioannides https://sarahioannidesmusic.com/
Additional Conducting Mentors and Composers: Ayis Ioannides, David Ludwig, Dr. Geoffrey Boers
Repertoire:
George Walker - Lyrics for Strings
Stephanie Berg - Ravish and Mayhem
P. Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations
L. Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale”
L. Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 1st movement exposition (workshop only)
Gabriel Faure - Pelleas and Melisande Suite
Bela Bartok - Romanian Dances
Ayis Ioannides - Ma ero giovane
University of Nevada - Reno Symphony Orchestra
Tuesday, March 7th, 7:30pm
Nightingale Concert Hall
Reno, NV
Dr. Jason Altieri, Conductor
JoAnna Cochenet, Assistant Conductor*
Spring Concert 1
Brahms - Academic Festival Overture*
Four Concerto Winners
Elgar - In the South
University of Nevada - Reno Symphony Orchestra Honors Concert
Tuesday, February 28th, 7:30pm
Nightingale Concert Hall
Reno, NV
Dr. Jason Altieri, Conductor
JoAnna Cochenet, Assistant Conductor*
Spring Concert 1
J. Brahms - Academic Festival Overture*
UNR Symphony Concerto Competition Winners
Guided Listening Lectures with JoAnna Cochenet
Theme: “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West”
Guided Listening sessions with conductor JoAnna Cochenet help listeners better understand well-known works and lesser-known treasures of the orchestral, chamber orchestra, film, documentary, ballet, and opera repertory.
This year’s theme is “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West.” The music and discussions this year will focus on stories, history, and scenery from parts of the Western United States. Inspired by unique and fascinating materials, the works are representative of different perspectives from the “American West” in music; and music which has only been written over the past century. Examples from parallel works will be drawn for comparison and contrast, as the deeper dives go into the presented music in each session.
Lecture 3 – Ferdinand Grofé’s Grand Canyon Suite and Death Valley Suite (Orchestral Works)
Friday, Feb 10, 2022 – 7pm ET/4pm PT
c/o Levine Music
The lectures will run over an hour, around 75-90 min.
https://www.levinemusic.org/2022-23-guided-listening/
Guided Listening Lectures with JoAnna Cochenet
Theme: “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West”
Guided Listening sessions with conductor JoAnna Cochenet help listeners better understand well-known works and lesser-known treasures of the orchestral, chamber orchestra, film, documentary, ballet, and opera repertory.
This year’s theme is “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West.” The music and discussions this year will focus on stories, history, and scenery from parts of the Western United States. Inspired by unique and fascinating materials, the works are representative of different perspectives from the “American West” in music; and music which has only been written over the past century. Examples from parallel works will be drawn for comparison and contrast, as the deeper dives go into the presented music in each session.
Lecture 2 – William Grant Still’s Old California and The American Scene (Orchestral Works)
Friday, Dec 9, 2022 – 7pm ET/4pm PT
c/o Levine Music
The lectures will run over an hour, around 75-90 min.
https://www.levinemusic.org/2022-23-guided-listening/
*Soloists:
Alexandra Gordon, English Horn
Rob Smith, Trumpet
JoAnna Cochenet, DMA Graduate Conductor
Repertoire:
Mozart Impresario Overture
Strauss Serenade in Eb, Op. 7
Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite III
Copland Quiet City*
Haydn Symphony No. 104, IV. Finale
UFA Room 144 Recital Hall
University of Nevada-Reno
Reno, NV
5pm
https://events.unr.edu/event/doctoral_conducting_recital_joanna_cochenet
University of Nevada - Reno Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Jason Altieri, Conductor
JoAnna Cochenet, Assistant Conductor*
Fall Concert 2
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Procession of the Nobles*
Adolphus Hailstork - Sonata da Chiesa for Strings
Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Guided Listening Lectures with JoAnna Cochenet
Theme: “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West”
Guided Listening sessions with conductor JoAnna Cochenet help listeners better understand well-known works and lesser-known treasures of the orchestral, chamber orchestra, film, documentary, ballet, and opera repertory.
This year’s theme is “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West.” The music and discussions this year will focus on stories, history, and scenery from parts of the Western United States. Inspired by unique and fascinating materials, the works are representative of different perspectives from the “American West” in music; and music which has only been written over the past century. Examples from parallel works will be drawn for comparison and contrast, as the deeper dives go into the presented music in each session.
Lecture 1 – Aaron Copland’s Billy the Kid Suite (Ballet), and Virgil Thomson’s Suite from The Plow that Broke the Plains (Film)
Friday, Oct 21, 2022 – 7pm ET/4pm PT
c/o Levine Music -
The lectures will run over an hour, around 75-90 min.
https://www.levinemusic.org/2022-23-guided-listening/