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Robert Moody
Music Director
Instrument: Conductor
Robert Moody’s most recent appearance with the PSO was November 14, 2006, as part of the Tuesday Classical series where he led a program of music by Marquez, Mozart and Tchaikovsky, featuring pianist Orion Weiss, a last-minute replacement. Prior to that he conducted a program entitled “Pops Goes to the Movies” in January 2006.
He drew critical acclaim, with the Portland Press Herald’s Christopher Hyde declaring Moody’s “one of the best Pops concerts in recent memory” with “no gimmicks... just good music brilliantly played.” Hyde’s enthusiasm extended to the Classical concert as well: “[Moody gets] the tiniest details right, then builds a monumental structure on that foundation. ... He is an energetic and engaging conductor who seems well-liked by the orchestra, which gave him their best performance in many months.”
Robert Moody was appointed music director of the Winston-Salem Symphony in 2005, and his talent, energy and rapport with audiences there have been credited with infusing new energy into the organization and growing audiences. He is also serving concurrently as Artistic Director of Arizona MusicFest, a five week festival during the winter in Arizona's Desert Foothills region. This season marks his eighth year leading the Oklahoma City Philharmonic's “Discovery” concert series.
In addition, Moody is a frequent guest conductor with orchestras across the United States. Other recent and upcoming guest conducting appearances include debuts with the Seattle, Grant Park (Chicago), Ravinia Festival, Kitchner-Waterloo (Canada), El Paso, Lubbock, Anchorage, as well as return engagements with the Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Ft. Worth, Tucson, and Annapolis Symphonies.
Last season marked the end of a tremendously successful eight-year tenure with the Phoenix Symphony, where Moody had served as Associate, then Resident Conductor since 1998. He also led the Phoenix Youth Symphony during his tenure there, and his casual manner and ability to speak with ease from the podium helped novices and enthusiasts alike gain a greater appreciation for orchestral music.
Moody made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in 1999, the same summer he stepped in to conduct at the Santa Fe Opera, filling in to international acclaim for the company’s ailing director, John Crosby. His tutelage under the direction of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas with the New World and San Francisco symphonies was chronologued in the May 2002 issue of Symphony Magazine.
Moody's conducting experience with great classical and pops artists includes Yo Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Evelyn Glennie, Doc Severinsen and Celine Dion.
A native of South Carolina, Robert Moody earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Furman University in his hometown of Greenville. He completed a master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he studied conducting with Donald Neuen.
Moody is a slightly obsessed snow skier and runner. He ran his first marathon in 2005 as a proud founding member of The Phoenix Symphony Running Club. He also spends part of each year skiing in Keystone, Colorado.
He drew critical acclaim, with the Portland Press Herald’s Christopher Hyde declaring Moody’s “one of the best Pops concerts in recent memory” with “no gimmicks... just good music brilliantly played.” Hyde’s enthusiasm extended to the Classical concert as well: “[Moody gets] the tiniest details right, then builds a monumental structure on that foundation. ... He is an energetic and engaging conductor who seems well-liked by the orchestra, which gave him their best performance in many months.”
Robert Moody was appointed music director of the Winston-Salem Symphony in 2005, and his talent, energy and rapport with audiences there have been credited with infusing new energy into the organization and growing audiences. He is also serving concurrently as Artistic Director of Arizona MusicFest, a five week festival during the winter in Arizona's Desert Foothills region. This season marks his eighth year leading the Oklahoma City Philharmonic's “Discovery” concert series.
In addition, Moody is a frequent guest conductor with orchestras across the United States. Other recent and upcoming guest conducting appearances include debuts with the Seattle, Grant Park (Chicago), Ravinia Festival, Kitchner-Waterloo (Canada), El Paso, Lubbock, Anchorage, as well as return engagements with the Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Ft. Worth, Tucson, and Annapolis Symphonies.
Last season marked the end of a tremendously successful eight-year tenure with the Phoenix Symphony, where Moody had served as Associate, then Resident Conductor since 1998. He also led the Phoenix Youth Symphony during his tenure there, and his casual manner and ability to speak with ease from the podium helped novices and enthusiasts alike gain a greater appreciation for orchestral music.
Moody made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in 1999, the same summer he stepped in to conduct at the Santa Fe Opera, filling in to international acclaim for the company’s ailing director, John Crosby. His tutelage under the direction of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas with the New World and San Francisco symphonies was chronologued in the May 2002 issue of Symphony Magazine.
Moody's conducting experience with great classical and pops artists includes Yo Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Evelyn Glennie, Doc Severinsen and Celine Dion.
A native of South Carolina, Robert Moody earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Furman University in his hometown of Greenville. He completed a master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he studied conducting with Donald Neuen.
Moody is a slightly obsessed snow skier and runner. He ran his first marathon in 2005 as a proud founding member of The Phoenix Symphony Running Club. He also spends part of each year skiing in Keystone, Colorado.
