The Eighth Annual Cascade Conducting Masterclass
with Sarah Ioannides

Pacific Lutheran University

June 13-21, 2025.

The Application Deadline is April 1st, 2025.
Auditor applications will be accepted until 15 days before the beginning of the Masterclass.

Orchestral Masterclass Information

About the Orchestral Masterclass

Cascade Conducting Masterclass offers orchestral conductors a unique & highly diverse array of opportunities and by popular request will extend the course yet again from June 13th to June 21st, 2025. 

Led by Artistic Director of Cascade Conducting, Sarah Ioannides, Music Director of Symphony Tacoma as well as the newly appointed Director of Orchestral Activities & Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the College of Fine Arts, Boston University. Additional faculty include her father, Ayis Ioannides, an internationally recognized conductor and composer, previously on the conducting staff of German opera houses for over ten years prior to taking up appointments as Chief Conductor in Finland and Cyprus, and Dr. Zeke Fetrow, Music Director of the Concord Orchestra in addition to guest speakers.  Each full participant will receive 100+ minutes of instructional podium time rehearsing the Cascade Conducting Orchestra, led by Symphony Tacoma principal musicians, work with the Cascade Composers culminating in readings and performances which will be professionally recorded.  


Other opportunities include:

All podium sessions will be video recorded.

Tuition

$2650 - Full Participant

$950 - Partial Participant (podium time ⅓ of full participant)

$600 - Auditor

Tuition to be submitted upon acceptance only.

More than $10,000 worth of fellowships are available.

Repertoire

1. Adagio–Allegro - 9’

2. Adagio cantabile - 10’

3. Scherzo: Vivace - 6’

4. Finale: Allegro - 7’

Instructor

Sarah Ioannides

Sarah Ioannides has gained recognition as one of the most inspiring and creative conductors of her generation. Now in her eighth season as Music Director of Symphony Tacoma, Sarah is active as a guest conductor internationally she has worked with orchestras such as the Tonkünstler, Orchestre Nationale de Lyon, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, and Seattle Symphony, she has recorded world premieres with the Royal Philharmonic and most recently with the Malmö Symphony and Nordic Chamber Orchestra with a CD of music by Marie Samuelsson released in 2019.  

Application Process

STEP 1: REGISTRATION

Cascade Conducting Orchestral Masterclass

If you are applying as a full participant, please do so before the application deadline.

Application Deadline is April 1st, 2024

STEP 2: REGISTRATION FEE

Application Registration Fee

Payment Options: Online or by Check

We accept all major credit and debit cards, PayPal, Venmo, and digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Microsoft Pay. 

Check or Money Order: Choose "Pay by check" option after clicking the "Tuition Payment" button.

STEP 3: TUITION PAYMENT

UPON ACCEPTANCE

Tuition Payment

Only upon application approval.

Payment Options: Online or by Check

Submit a tuition payment online using the "Tuition Payment" button.

We accept all major credit and debit cards, PayPal, Venmo, and digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Microsoft Pay. 

Check or Money Order: Choose "Pay by check" option after clicking the "Tuition Payment" button.

Location

Mary Baker Russell Music Building

Pacific Lutheran University

868 Wheeler St S, Parkland, WA 98444 

This Cascade Conducting Masterclass will take place in the Mary Baker Russell Music Building on the beautiful campus of Pacific Lutheran University (PLU).

For more information or questions concerning lodging, food or the event venue, please contact us.