Music Director Sarah Ioannides with Symphony Tacoma.
In Monday’s (3/10) Tacoma Weekly (Washington), an unsigned article states, “After 12 years of inspiring excellence among players in Symphony Tacoma, conductor and music director Sarah Ioannides will step down from the podium at the conclusion of the 2025/26 season. ‘I am very grateful to have been Symphony Tacoma’s music director and to have shared so many extraordinary, diverse performances with the orchestra, choir, and audience,’ she said…. Ioannides cut quite a figure standing before the symphony, her conducting style both animated and subtle as she led the master musicians through classical and contemporary music… Ioannides attracted new Symphony Tacoma audiences through an expanding and diversifying repertoire. She was known … for commissioning and collaborations within the community including Cascade Conducting Masterclass in partnership with Symphony Tacoma and bringing internationally acclaimed artists to the symphony stage…. Locally, she was honored by Pierce County and the City of Tacoma with a ‘Sarah Ioannides’ named day…. Details of the 2025/26 season are scheduled to be announced soon … The search for the next music director will begin with the 2026/27 season featuring guest conductors as candidates.”
