Kathleen Macferran, conductor

Kathleen is known in Seattle for her "programming flair" and "performances of elegance and distinction." The Seattle Post-Intelligencer stated, "Macferran knows precisely how to extract the maximum juice from any work, without appearing to do much of anything." She is Music Director of the Rainier Chamber Winds, and former conductor of the Bainbridge Orchestra and the Eastside Youth Symphony. She is also active as a guest conductor in the Puget Sound area. Kathleen appears on the Delos recording label with the Seattle Symphony Chorale. She also appears with the Rainier Chamber Winds on the MMC Recordings, Ltd. and RCWinds Recording labels. Kathleen holds a Bachelor or Arts in Music Performance and Education from Whitworth College and a Master of Music in Instrumental and Choral Conducting from Western Washington University. She was one of nineteen conductors chosen to conduct in the Oregon Bach Festival under the direction of Helmut Rilling in 1989, and one of seventeen conductors chosen to attend the Sandpoint Music Festival under the direction of Gunther Schuller in 1991. She has taught instrumental and choral music in the Mead, NOrth Kitsap, and Edmonds School Districts. In addition to conducting, Kathleen is a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication.

Kathleen is known in Seattle for her "programming flair" and "performances of elegance and distinction." The Seattle Post-Intelligencer stated, "Macferran knows precisely how to extract the maximum juice from any work, without appearing to do much of anything." She is Music Director of the Rainier Chamber Winds, and former conductor of the Bainbridge Orchestra and the Eastside Youth Symphony. She is also active as a guest conductor in the Puget Sound area. Kathleen appears on the Delos recording label with the Seattle Symphony Chorale. She also appears with the Rainier Chamber Winds on the MMC Recordings, Ltd. and RCWinds Recording labels.

Kathleen holds a Bachelor or Arts in Music Performance and Education from Whitworth College and a Master of Music in Instrumental and Choral Conducting from Western Washington University. She was one of nineteen conductors chosen to conduct in the Oregon Bach Festival under the direction of Helmut Rilling in 1989, and one of seventeen conductors chosen to attend the Sandpoint Music Festival under the direction of Gunther Schuller in 1991. She has taught instrumental and choral music in the Mead, NOrth Kitsap, and Edmonds School Districts.

In addition to conducting, Kathleen is a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication.

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