Michelle Di Russo

Associate Conductor at North Carolina Symphony
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, US
Languages
  • Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Musicians
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Associate Conductor
      • Jul 2022 - Present

    • Assistant Conductor
      • Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

    • United States
    • Musicians
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Management
      • Aug 2021 - Present

    • Co-Creator and Instructor
      • Jun 2020 - Present

      Girls Who Conduct is an initiative created in 2020 to empower and encourage the upcoming generation of women, women-identifying, and non-binary conductors by providing a program for training, mentorship, and camaraderie and in order to foster diversity and inclusion in classical music. https://girlswhoconduct.org Girls Who Conduct is an initiative created in 2020 to empower and encourage the upcoming generation of women, women-identifying, and non-binary conductors by providing a program for training, mentorship, and camaraderie and in order to foster diversity and inclusion in classical music. https://girlswhoconduct.org

    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Joel Revzen Conducting Fellow
      • Jul 2022 - Jul 2022

      July 6 - July 24 DONIZETTI, L'elisir D'amore Gemma New, Conductor Assisted and conducted staging rehearsals, music runs and tech runs July 19 BRUBECK, Ansel Adams July 24 COPLAND, Rodeo (four dance episodes) BREWBAKER, Blue Fire RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Scheherezade July 6 - July 24 DONIZETTI, L'elisir D'amore Gemma New, Conductor Assisted and conducted staging rehearsals, music runs and tech runs July 19 BRUBECK, Ansel Adams July 24 COPLAND, Rodeo (four dance episodes) BREWBAKER, Blue Fire RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Scheherezade

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Interim Director of Orchestras
      • Jul 2021 - Jul 2022

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Conducting Fellow
      • Aug 2020 - Jul 2022

    • United States
    • Musicians
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Cover Conductor
      • May 2022 - Jun 2022

      May 31 - June 4MENDELSSOHN, Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano and OrchestraKUUSISTO, Symphony, Opus 39 Sphinx Organization VirtuosiOsmo Vänskä, conductor Erin Keefe, Violin

    • Cover Conductor
      • May 2022 - May 2022

      Thu May 19 — Sat May 21, 2022LISZT, Les PréludesTHOMPSON, Seven Last Words of the UnarmedTCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony No. 5Thomas Wilkins, conductor

    • United States
    • Performing Arts
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Cover Conductor
      • May 2022 - May 2022

      May 7, 2022 5:00PM Grażyna BACEWICZ: Overture Edvard GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, Op. 35 Ruth Reinhardt, conductor Gabriela Martinez, piano May 7, 2022 5:00PM Grażyna BACEWICZ: Overture Edvard GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, Op. 35 Ruth Reinhardt, conductor Gabriela Martinez, piano

    • United States
    • Performing Arts
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Conducting Fellowship - Residency
      • Feb 2021 - May 2022

    • Cover Conductor
      • Apr 2022 - Apr 2022

      Thursday, April 7, 2022 Esa-Pekka SALONEN: Helix RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major Hélène Grimaud, piano PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100 Roderick Cox, conductor Thursday, April 7, 2022 Esa-Pekka SALONEN: Helix RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major Hélène Grimaud, piano PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100 Roderick Cox, conductor

    • United States
    • Musicians
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Cover Conductor
      • Mar 2022 - Mar 2022

      Friday, March 18, 2022 Lee III: Chuphshah! Harriet's Drive to Canaan Gershwin: Concerto in F Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 St. Louis Symphony Stéphane Denève, conductor Friday, March 18, 2022 Lee III: Chuphshah! Harriet's Drive to Canaan Gershwin: Concerto in F Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 St. Louis Symphony Stéphane Denève, conductor

    • Artistic and Digital Coordinator
      • Jan 2021 - Oct 2021

    • Assistant Conductor
      • Jan 2019 - Aug 2020

      Assistant conductor Assistant conductor

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Assistant Conductor
      • 2017 - May 2020

    • United States
    • Musicians
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Conducting Fellow
      • Jul 2019 - Jul 2019

    • Conducting Fellow
      • Jul 2019 - Jul 2019

    • Conducting Fellow
      • May 2019 - Jun 2019

      Cortona, Italy. Cortona, Italy.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Assistant Conductor
      • Aug 2015 - May 2017

    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • POD Teacher
      • 2009 - 2015

Education

  • Arizona State University
    Doctor of Musical Arts, Orchestral and Opera Conducting
    2017 - 2020
  • University of Kentucky
    Master's degree, Orchestral Conducting
    2015 - 2017
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina 'Santa María de los Buenos Aires'
    Bachelor's degree, Orchestral Conducting
    2009 - 2015
  • Florida Day School
    High School Diploma, Science

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