Aram Demirjian Professional CV

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OVERVIEW

• Assistant Conductor, Kansas City Symphony
• Aspen Music Festival, winner of the prestigious Robert J. Harth Conductor Prize
• Third Prize, Memphis Symphony International Conducting Competition

POSITIONS HELD
Kansas City Symphony: Assistant Conductor (Present)
New England Conservatory Preparatory School: Conducting faculty (2011-12)
Handel & Haydn Society: Conducting apprentice (2010-11)
New England Conservatory Laboratory Orchestra: Co-conductor (2009-11)
Lowell House Opera: Candide, music director (2010-11)
New England Concert Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro, music director (2010)
– in collaboration with Partners in Health: Symphonic Relief for Haiti
Harvard Bach Society Orchestra: Music director (2006-2008)

GUEST CONDUCTING & COVER CONDUCTING
Charlotte Symphony: Cover conductor (Feb 2012)
Memphis Symphony Orchestra: Guest conductor (Oct 2011)
Boston Pops: Guest conductor (June 2010)
Cover conductor (2009-12)
New England Conservatory Symphony: Guest conductor (Mar 2011)
New England Conservatory Contemporary Ensemble: Guest conductor (Feb 2011)
Yo-Yo Ma and Members of the Silk Road Ensemble: Guest conductor (Mar 2009)

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
Aspen Music Festival: Robert J. Harth Conductor Prize (2012)
American Academy of Conducting at Aspen (2010-12)
Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar 2012: Full participant (Feb 2012)
Memphis Symphony International Conducting Competition: 3rd Prize (2011)
Dimitris Mitropoulos International Conducting Competition: Finalist (2010)
European American Musical Alliance: Conducting and theory (2008)
Pierre Monteux School: Conductor and cellist (2007)

EDUCATION
Master of Music, Orchestral Conducting, with academic honors (2011)
New England Conservatory
Bachelor of Arts, Music and Government, cum laude (2008)
Harvard University

PRINCIPAL TEACHERS & MENTORS
• Hugh Wolff
• Michael Stern
• Robert Spano
• Larry Rachleff
• Mei-Ann Chen
• David Loebel