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the Orchestra Nazionale della RAI di Torino .
In 2014 , Ms . Peleggi was invited to study with David Zinman in London , and again in 2016 at the Tonhalle , Zurich . In 2014 , she was also invited as assistant conductor at the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo ( Osesp ). Ms . Peleggi has been promoted to associate conductor for 2017 . She holds a Master in Conducting from the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome and received the Diploma d ’ Onore , the Chigiana ’ s highest award .
In 2016 , Ms . Peleggi was on the podium of the BBC Concert Orchestra , Tonhalle Orchester and Orchestra del Teatro Verdi di Trieste , while returning to both Osesp and Ospa . That same year , she was selected as a Conducting Fellow at the League of American Orchestras and toured with her mentor , Marin Alsop and Osesp as assistant conductor , at the Edinburgh International Festival , BBC London Proms and Luzerne Summer Festival .
Ms . Peleggi holds the title of Honorary Conductor from the Coro Universitario di Firenze , where she worked for 10 years as Principal Conductor and Artistic Director . In 2011 , she received a special award from the Italian Government ( Ministero dei Beni Culturali ). She is the winner of the 2015 – 2017 Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship and the recipient of the 2016 Bruno Walter Foundation Scholarship from the Cabrillo Contemporary Music Festival .
Valentina Peleggi is making her BSO debut .
Jonathan Carney
BSO Concertmaster Jonathan Carney is in his 16 th season with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra , after 12 seasons in the same position with London ’ s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra .
Born in New Jersey , Mr . Carney hails from a musical family with all six members graduates of The Juilliard School . After completing his studies with Ivan Galamian and Christine Dethier , he was awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship to

Tom Hall ’ s

Farewell Concert Tom

Saturday , March 11 , 2017 at 8 pm
Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College
Join us as we celebrate Tom Hall and his 35 years as Music Director with Baltimore Choral Arts . Tom will lead the Full Chorus and Orchestra in a program featuring diverse selections representative of his magnificent leadership , and featuring works that are particularly meaningful to both Tom and the chorus . The program will include Haydn ’ s Lord Nelson Mass with vocal soloists , Copland ’ s Walls of Zion , Lauridsen ’ s Sure on this Shining Night , and more .
The audience is invited to a champagne reception after the concert .
CONCERT SOLOISTS
Hyunah Yu Curtis Bannister Katherine Sanford Kevin Deas
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