"Sharp, distinct,and vibrant."

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Rebecca Bryant Novak

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Rebecca Bryant Novak | Conductor

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About

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“The music sounded sharp, distinct, and vibrant.”“The joy of the music shaped her conducting.”Südkurier

Rebecca Bryant Novak

is an assistant conductor of the Eastman Philharmonia and Eastman Symphony Orchestra and doctoral student at the Eastman School of Music. She is also the founder and artistic director of Ad Hoc, a flexible chamber orchestra based in Rochester, New York and named as a “Maverick Classical Music Ensemble” on ArtsJournal’s Sandow.Her recent guest conducting engagements include the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association, the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, the New Conductors Orchestra, the Massachusetts All-State Orchestra, and the Penfield Symphony Orchestra.

She previously served as the Associate Conductor of National Philharmonic, where she conducted Summer String Institute, Montgomery County Public Schools 2nd Graders Concerts, and the Johansen International Competition Showcase Concert, and served as the assistant conductor for the National Philharmonic Chorale.She has studied at master classes with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Southwest German Philharmonic, Hradec Králové Philharmonic, the Romanian Chamber Orchestra, and the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, among others, with teachers including Gerard Schwarz, Atso Almila, Johannes Schlaefli, Markand Thakar, Ken Lam, Matthias Bamert, Martin Sieghart, and Cristian Măcelaru. She has completed graduate studies in orchestral conducting at the University of Cincinati College-Conservatory of Music and the Peabody Institute.Her innovative musical programs have won significant awards and support, including SoundWebs – a concert series and commissioning project exploring wordless music in surprising sonic spaces, supported by People’s Liberty, philanthropic lab of the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. U.S. Bank Foundation – and The Listening Lab – an educational concert program that teaches students intentional listening skills, which was selected for the Peabody Institute Dean’s Incentive Award and the Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab, with further support from the John J. Leidy Foundation and Eddie C. & C Sylvia Brown Foundation.A first-generation college graduate, she is committed to access in education and has served as a teaching artist for underserved students with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids, MyCincinnati, and the Peaslee Neighborhood Center.Her wife, Jessica Smithorn, is principal oboist of the Chattanooga Symphony, and her family is from Festus, Missouri. Bryant and Novak are her grandmothers’ maiden names.

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