Itasca Symphony Orchestra
Local musicians are welcome and encouraged to join the Itasca Symphony Orchestra! Our musicians come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels: many of our symphony members played in college, several have degrees in music, while some began learning as adults. ISO collaborates with surrounding northern Minnesota symphonies and top tier soloists from across the United States. Weekly rehearsals are held October through May, with performances three times a year in December, February, and May at the Reif Performing Arts Center.
Contact IOSP for audition information!
PEDRO OVIEDO, CONDUCTOR
Pedro is a Paraguayan violist and conductor with vast experience in music education and string pedagogy. As music director of the Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program, he serves as conductor of the Itasca Symphony Orchestra, as well as leading the strings program. He concurrently holds the role of director of the Duluth Symphony Youth Orchestra. Pedro is a former instructor of the string methods class for future music educators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has served as a private instructor, orchestra coach, and orchestra conductor for Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Music Makers; a program that provides opportunities for instrumental lessons and orchestra experience to underserved populations in the Madison-WI area.