Music Director Sarah Ioannides has announced that she will end her then 12-year tenure with the Symphony Tacoma at the end of the 2025/26 season.
Born in Australia of Cypriot and Scottish descent, Sarah Ioannides trained in the UK (Oxford University, Guildhall School) and USA (Juilliard School and Curtis Institute). Before assuming her role at Symphony Tacoma, she established a reputation as the dynamic music director of both the El Paso Symphony Orchestra and the Spartanburg Philharmonic.
Since becoming the first woman to hold a full-time conducting position as Assistant Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, her conducting career has taken her to six continents.
