Accomplishments
CONDUCTING POSITIONS
| 1999- 1998- 2003- 1986-May2003 1984-1996 1984-1987 1982 1980-1982 1979-1981 |
Music Director and Conductor, The Pasadena POPS Orchestra Music Director and Conductor, American Music Festival (in Cluj, Romania) Laureate Conductor, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor, Young People’s Concerts at Carnegie Hall Assistant Conductor, Los Angeles Philharmonic Youth Concerts EXXON/Arts Endowment Conducting Assistant, Spokane Symphony Orchestra Music Director, New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director, Little Orchestra of Cambridge |
NORTH AMERICAN GUEST CONDUCTING
| Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Carmel Symphony Orchestra Chappaqua Symphony Orchestra Delaware Symphony Orchestra Des Moines Symphony Orchestra Detroit Symphony Orchestra Fresno Philharmonic Hartford Symphony Orchestra Houston Symphony Orchestra Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Interlochen Center for the Arts Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Lake Charles Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Marian Symphony Orchestra Mid-Atlantic Chamber Orchestra New York City Ballet |
New Amsterdam (NY) Symphony Orchestra Norwalk Symphony Ojai Festival Owensboro Symphony Orchestra Pacific Symphony Orchestra Pasadena POPS Orchestra Phoenix Symphony Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Rapides Symphony Orchestra St. Louis Brass Ensemble San Diego Symphony Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra Sun Valley Festival Toledo Symphony Orchestra Utah Symphony Orchestra Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Westchester (NY) Symphony Orchestra |
INTERNATIONAL GUEST CONDUCTING
| Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Barcelona Symphony Orchestra Brazilian Symphony Orchestra Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra Irish Chamber Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Manchester Camerata Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra |
National Romanian Opera Orchestra National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia Norddeutscher Rundfunk-Hannover Orquesta Sinfonica de Medellin Queensland Symphony (Australia) Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz Transylvania Philharmonic |
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS
Mozart Festival (Cluj, Romania)
American Music Festival (Cluj, Romania) - (founded by Ms. Worby in 1998)
TELEVISION CREDITS
| 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1995 1993 1991 1990 |
National Coverage: 2005 Tournament of Roses Parade, Bayer
Advanced Garden “Cocktail Garden Party” Float National Coverage: 2004 Tournament of Roses Parade, Odd Fellows and Rebekahs “Songs of Spring” Float National Coverage: Interview with Tom Brokaw, NBC News “Is the California Dream Still Alive?” National Coverage: 2002 Tournament of Roses Parade, Bayer Advanced Garden “Garden Party” Float National Coverage: 2001 Tournament of Roses Parade, Bayer Advanced Garden “Growing Together” Float PBS, The Charlie Rose Show ABC, Day One PBS, Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams Disney Channel, Disney’s Young Person’s Guide to Music: A Toon for a Toon; The Best Band in the Land |
GRANTS, AWARDS AND HONORS
| 2005 2004 2004 2003 2003 1998 1996 1996 1996 1995 1994 1990 1982-1983 1981 |
Golden Crown Award, Pasadena Arts Council. PAL Golden Badge Award, Pasadena Police Activity League. Diploma of Excellence, Cluj County Council. Rachael Worby Scholarship (annual), Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, Named in her honor Women of Excellence Award 2003, Pasadena-foothill Valley, CA YWCA Presidential Medal of Honor, Claremont University The Rachael Worby Conductor’s Podium, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, Endowed in her honor Spirit of Achievement Award, Albert Einstein College Honorary Doctorate, Marshall University Honorary Doctorate, Claremont University Center and Graduate School West Virginia Public Theatre’s Lifetime Achievement Award Nominee, ACE Award for Disney Channel television programs EXXON/Arts Endowment Assistantship Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund Grant |
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
| 2005 2005 2004 2003 2002 1995- 1999 1995-1998 1994- 1994-1998 1991- 1989-1990 1990-1991 1990-1991 1990-1991 1990-1993 1979-1986 1979-1980 1979 |
Judge: Korean International Music Foundation Celebrity Judge: Spotlight Awards, Los Angeles County Music Center Honorary Member: Music Director and Conductor of Special Events. ‘Transylvania’ State Philharmonic Celebrity Judge: Spotlight Awards, Los Angeles County Music Center Member, Super Panel for Grammys in the Schools Board of Visitors, Claremont Graduate School’s Center for the Humanities Mentor, The institute for Educational Advancement (targeting gifted and talented students across the USA) Board of Visitors, Walnut Hill School West Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts (founded by Ms. Worby in 1994) Member, National Council on the Arts Member, Avery Fisher Artist Program Recommendation Board Member, University Board of Trustees, West Virginia Member, McDonald’s Foundation Board of directors Member, Very Special Arts Festival Board Panelist, National Endowment for the Arts’ Challenge III Panelist, national Endowment for the Arts’ Orchestra Panel Lecturer, Boston Symphony Orchestra pre-concert Lecture Series Director, Chopin Commemorative Year (Boston) Consultant, Public Broadcasting Systems (PBS) |
EDUCATION
| 1981-1986 1981-1983 1976-1981 1974-1977 1971-1972 1967-1971 1969-1970 |
Private conducting studies with Otto Werner-Mueller Private conducting studies with Max Rudolf Private conducting studies with Jacques-Louis Monod Brandeis University; doctoral course work in musicology (ABD) Indiana University; graduate course work in musicology and conducting Crane School of Music, SUNY-Potsdam; Bachelor of Music in piano performance Sarasota Choral Institute |