Artistic Staff
Symphony Orchestra Conductor
Annunziata Tomaro joined the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music faculty as adjunct instructor in 2007, while she completes her doctorate of musical arts degree. Her previous studies were at The Juilliard School, the University of Michigan and the University of New Mexico.
She is founder of The Phoenix Ensemble, a professional chamber orchestra based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As music director of the ensemble, Tomaro conducted a wide range of repertoire including many contemporary works. Her collaborations were with world-renowned artists such as William Bolcom, the duo Gemini, and Peter Sparling.
Ms. Tomaro’s opera productions include The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Werther, Stravinsky’s Mavra, Wolf-Ferrari’s Il Segreto di Susanna, Conrad Susa’s Dangerous Liaisons and Enid Sutherland’s Daphne and Apollo Remade.
Ms. Tomaro has been the assistant conductor for Maestri Mark Gibson, Larry Rachleff and Steven Mercurio at the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy. She was the recipient of the Presser Music Award at CCM and the Robinson Scholarship, presented by the Conductor’s Guild. She was as well a Fulbright scholar to Berlin, Germany.