Tag: Jessica Gethin

  • Moving Forward: Opportunities for Women Conductors

    It’s been a banner year for opportunities for women conductors.  Since this time last year we’ve shared stories about: Elim Chan, the first woman to win the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition Rei Hotoda, the first woman Associate Conductor to the Utah Symphony Orchestra JoAnn Falletta renewed her contract with the Buffalo Philharmonic Agata Sorotokin, who…

  • Jessica Gethin Wins Conducting Award

    Australian conductor Jessica Gethin is the 2015 winner of the Brian Stacey Emerging Conductor Award.  From the press release: The annual awards, established in 2002, recognise an Australian conductor, early in their professional career, who shows significant promise and skill. Gethin is the fourth woman to receive the award (prior winners were Kellie Dickerson, 2002;…