Worth, San Antonio, Buffalo, Columbus, Louisville, Minnesota, and Slovenian Philharmonic. Prior Guest Conducting has included Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, and the orchestras of Toronto, Houston, Indianapolis, Detroit, Seattle, Ft. Other guest conducting this season includes the orchestras of Bogota, Colombia Aachen, Germany Sacramento, California and a return to the Sewanee Music Festival in the mountains of Tennessee. Moody recently guest conducted the three major orchestras of South Africa in Durban, Johannesburg, and Cape Town he was immediately invited to return for more concerts in the Summer of 2020. Prior to that he served as Resident Conductor for the Phoenix Symphony, Chorus Master for Santa Fe Opera, and Associate Conductor for the Evansville (IN) Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2018 Moody completed eleven-years as Music Director for the Portland Symphony Orchestra (Maine), thirteen-years as Music Director of the Winston-Salem Symphony (NC). Players hail from the top orchestras in the world, including the Vienna and New York Philharmonics, Philadelphia and Cleveland Orchestras, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Memphis, and San Francisco Symphonies, and the San Francisco and Metropolitan Opera Orchestras. Moody is also Music Director of the lauded Arizona Musicfest, boasting one of the finest festival orchestras in North America.

Expanded and adventurous programming, the MSO’s first commercial recording in over three decades, and a new $25-million-dollar endowment have highlighted the past two seasons. 2019/2020 marks Maestro Robert Moody’s third season as Music Director of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

Oregon symphony schedule 2020