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Conductor

Victoria Gau is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Capital City Symphony (DC) and Cantate Chamber Singers and Concert Choir, and the former Associate Conductor of National Philharmonic.

Curator

A passion for engaging with  new works from diverse voices and a love for the music that came before inform Victoria Gau’s concert programming

Artistic Director

Victoria Gau has been lauded by critics for her “strong sense of style and drama” (Washington Post) and her “enthusiastic and perceptive conducting”, and brings a wide range of musical experience and expertise to her work.

Who is Victoria Gau?

Victoria Gau is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Capital City Symphony (DC) and Cantate Chamber Singers and Concert Choir, and the former Associate Conductor of National Philharmonic. Guest conducting includes the Alexandria (VA) and Akron (OH) Symphonies, the Friday Morning Music Club Orchestra, the Kennedy Center Messiah Sing-Along and the Columbia Orchestra.  She has served as Artistic Director of the Takoma Ensemble and Music Director of the Richmond Philharmonic Orchestra (VA). She has trained concert and opera choruses throughout the DMV and is also in demand as a youth orchestra festival conductor and clinician.

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Repertoire

Victoria prides herself in curating pieces that are daring and bold.

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  • "I’ve had the distinct pleasure and good fortune of working under Vicki Gau’s baton and found her to be a wonderfully inventive and impressive musician and leader. She has the ability like most outstanding maestri to bring clarity to the complex and does so in the most collegial and inspiring manner one would ever want to encounter in a maestro/a. I gladly look forward to any future collaborations. "

    -Kevin Short Metropolitan Opera Singer Juilliard School of Music - Voice teacher University of Maryland - Associate Professor of Voice

  • “Vicki has a way of bringing you closer to the repertoire, no matter how unfamiliar. Her communication to both musicians and audience members is always pure, informed, and totally un-fussy. If Vicki is on the podium, I want to be there!”

    -Laura Choi Stuart, soprano soloist