Nancia D'Alimonte
Orchestra Director
gwumusdir@mac.com
ext. 46338
Phillips Hall B-143
DMA in Orchestral Conducting, Eastman School of Music, 2002
An internationally recognized conductor, D’Alimonte is currently the Music Director and Conductor of The George Washington University Symphony Orchestra (DC), Music Director and Conductor of NIH Philharmonia (MD) and an Education Programs Consultant for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the National Philharmonic (MD). Guest conducting appearances have included concerts with the “Mihail Jora” Bacau Philharmonic in Romania, National Chamber Orchestra at Organ Hall in Chisinau, Moldova (sponsored in part by the US Embassy), Finger Lakes Symphony Orchestra (NY), Macon Symphony Orchestra (GA) and Brighton Symphony Orchestra (NY).
D’Alimonte is a Doctor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music in orchestral conducting (recipient of Eastman’s prestigious Evan Whallon conducting award) and was a winner of the International Conductors Workshop Award (GA). During recent summers, she participated in various conducting institutions including the International Academy of Advanced Conducting in St. Petersburg, Russia, International Institute for Conductors in Bacau, Romania, Aspen Festival, International Conducting Workshop in Sofia, Bulgaria, The Conductor’s Retreat and the Pierre Monteux School in Maine; and has participated in workshops with the American Symphony Orchestra League and Conductor’s Guild. Her principal teacher was Mendi Rodan. She has also had the opportunity to work with conductors Piotr Gorbanov, Sian Edwards, David Zinman, Daniel Lewis, Ken Kiesler, Gustav Meier and Adrian Gnam.
Deeply committed to working with aspiring musicians, Dr. D’Alimonte remains passionate about fostering talented performers and developing new audiences. During her directorship with the NIH Philharmonia, she has created a dedicated ensemble of doctors, researchers, federal workers and other professionals, performing high quality concerts for audiences that might not have the opportunity to hear live classical music in their community. Reputation has established a large audience following and D’Alimonte’s work with NIH Philharmonia has also been recognized by the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Maryland, as she has been awarded three grants for her efforts.
D’Alimonte is also a respected performer, as former principal horn of Oshawa Symphony (ON, Canada) for twelve years, Toronto Concert Orchestra, and Augusta Symphony and Opera (GA, USA). Publications include two book reviews for the Association of Recorded Sound Collections journal, and previously, she completed the conducting, editing and producing the music portion for The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Tonal Harmony, Analysis and Listening by Dr. Steven Laitz, Oxford University Press, March 2003. D’Alimonte presently lives in the greater Washington DC area.