GSO Assistant Conductor

Joining the Greenwich Symphony as Assistant Conductor in 2010, Tara Simoncic is in the forefront of young American conductors. In addition to her new position with the Greenwich Symphony, Ms. Simoncic has recently been appointed Assistant Conductor of the Harrisburg Symphony as well as the Music Director of the Harrisburg Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Beginning her conducting career as Apprentice Conductor with the Knoxville Symphony in 1997, Ms. Simoncic has since served as Music Director of the Norwalk Youth Symphony (CT), Music Director of the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra (NJ), Conductor of the Flexible Orchestra (NYC), and Assistant Conductor of the Martha Graham Dance Company (NYC). An active guest conductor, Ms. Simoncic has worked with the New Amsterdam, Kingsborough, and Northshore Symphony Orchestras as well as the Brooklyn Philharmonic. She has served as a cover conductor at the Manhattan School of Music where she previously studied. Her passion for working with young people led her to guest conduct the Kinhaven Music School in (VT), the Omaha Youth Symphony, and the Northern Connecticut Regional High School Honors Orchestra.

Ms. Simoncic began studying trumpet at the age of 6. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from the New England Conservatory, a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from Northwestern University, and a Professional Studies Diploma in Orchestral Conducting from The Manhattan School of Music. She has studied conducting in Russia, England, and the Czech Republic and her teachers include: David Gilbert, George Hurst, Zdenec Macal, George Manahan, Victor Yampolsky, and Kirk Trevor.

Most recently, Ms. Simoncic received the Bruno Walter Scholarship to study conducting with Marin Alsop and Gustav Meier at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, CA.