An interview with NYC-based conductor Tara Simoncic, music director of the Louisville Ballet. We discuss her unique journey from being a serious trumpet player to becoming a conductor. Tara specializes in ballet and conducts major companies in America and internationally.

Highlights

• The past three months for New York - 5:33
• New York has been changing over the last months - 9:19
• Competition in a city like New York - 9:54
• Thinking like an optimist - 13:19
• The music director role in ballet - 19:20
• What's the real challenge? - 20:51
• The online season - 27:02
• Being a ballet conductor - 28:16
• How the ballet world is changing - 38:41
• 10 years of doing auditions - 44:53
• Loving the theatre - 49:09
• Having a connection with opera - 52:09
• Her early days - 53:20
• Dancers are smart musically - 1:11:19

Episode Resources

• Connect with Robert Hunt Simonds:
• [email protected]
• http://roberthuntsimonds.com/
• Performing Labor's music: http://craigwagnermusic.blogspot.com
• Connect with Tara Simoncic:
• Tara's website: https://tarasimoncic.com
• Louisville Ballet: https://www.louisvilleballet.org
• "Mastery" by Robert Greene: https://www.amazon.com/Mastery-Robert-Greene/dp/014312417X