"Nan Washburn [is] a conductor
of many musical gifts...a rare presence...who has earned the right to stand on the
podiums in front of our finest orchestras."
HAROLD FARBERMAN
Director, Leopold Stokowski Competition
Director/Founder, Conductors Institute
"I’ve been impressed by the wide-ranging
scope of her knowledge, her warm rapport with her players and colleagues, and most
important, her ability to convey clear musical messages to an orchestra through her
precise conducting technique and communicative body language. She’s a joy to perform
concertos with!"
SHARON ROBINSON
Solo Artist & Cellist with Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
"I'm very impressed with you as a conductor
and as a music director....I loved what you did with The Encantadas and I thought
the orchestra played it wonderfully,
with understanding and emotion."
TOBIAS PCKER
Former Composer in Residence, Houston Symphony
"[Nan Washburn] is a first rate musician....She
has an impressive knowledge of the repertory, taste and imagination in program planning."
MICHAEL STEINBERG
Former Artistic Advisor
Minnesota Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony
"I cannot recommend a young conductor
more highly than Nan..."
LIBBY LARSEN
Former Composer-In-Residence, Minnesota Orchestra
"[Her] accomplishments with the Camellia
Symphony are really outstanding, and set a standard for orchestras throughout the
country. [She is] not only to be congratulated but to be thanked as well."
DONALD THULEAN
Vice President for Orchestra Services
American Symphony Orchestra League
"If orchestras across the country
would take a tip from [her] season, we would have many, many more people EXPERIENCING
the concert hall, and not merely contending with it."
MURRY SIDLIN
Resident Conductor, Oregon Symphony