The Conductors

Bremerton Symphony Orchestra Music Director

Hailed as a charismatic and outstanding conductor, Elizabeth Stoyanovich was reviewed by the Los Angeles Times as "... extremely impressive...clean, emotional and translucent in performance [she] conducted an overplayed war-horse as a newly-played symphony full of vibrancy and originality..."during a Pacific Symphony Orchestra subscription concert in front of an 8,000 member audience at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in Southern California. The Orange County Register noted, "Stoyanovich showed that she is a splendid talent, musical and with rock-solid technique...[she] made the New World Symphony sound new again...her musical passion [is] unfailingly strong."

Stoyanovich is currently in her 5th season serving as Music/Artistic Director of both the Bremerton Symphony Association and Butte Symphony Association. She completed successful tenures as Associate Conductor of the Spokane Symphony, Asst. Conductor of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Asst. Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Education Conductor of the Fresno Philharmonic and Music Director of the Champlain Valley Symphony Orchestra. She has served as Music Director of a number of outstanding ensembles for youths including the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra, Pacific Symphony Institute Orchestra, Pacific Symphony Orchestra Youth Orchestra and Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra. Fall 2007 marks her English premiere guest conducting at the University of London, Kingston College Orchestra; and serving as Artistic Director of the Orchestra of St. Cecilia on Bainbridge Island.

Guest conducting appearances include: the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Women’s Philharmonic, Philharmonic Society of Orange County, Chicago Civic Orchestra, L’Orchestra des Junes du Quebec, Paris Conservatory Orchestra, Newport Symphony Orchestra, Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra and a variety of events for young musicians. Elizabeth is also known for her appealing dialogue from stage: "…Stoyanovich presented a splendid introduction to the complications of this work [Brahms Symphony #3] in her pre-concert talk—few people are better at this than she." She was honored to present the pre-concert lecture in Orange County for the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Stoyanovich’s musical appeal makes strong impact on audiences of all ages. Especially noted are her education concerts for their creative and dynamic approach. The PSO garnered special recognition from the American Symphony Orchestra League as one of three top education programs in this country along with the Boston Symphony and New York Philharmonic. She served as a board member of the American Symphony Orchestra League and in 1991 was chosen as the only woman from the U.S. to compete in the Min-On International Conducting Competition in Vienna, Austria. In 2006 she was recognized as a significant emerging Music Director in the United States by being nominated for the ASOL Helen M. Thompson Award exhibiting excellence and dedication through exceptional musical leadership and commitment to organizational vitality.

Ms. Stoyanovich’s formal education was at The University of Michigan with further studies at Academie des Americaines de Musique in Fontainbleau, France under Leonard Bernstein and as an Augustus-Thorndike Fellow at The Tanglewood Music Center. She was born in Wisconsin and resides on Bainbridge Island, WA with her husband, Patrick, and their two daughters, Antonia Barbara and Sophia Isabelle. She co-owns Metro City Music, www.metrocitymusic.com.

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Concert Chorale Conductor

LeeAnne Campos began her musical career at the age of seven in Munich, Germany, and has performed on some of the world's finest concert stages. A past regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions and the San Francisco Merola Opera Program Auditions, her repertoire includes the roles of Despina in Cosi fan tutte, Mimi in La Boheme, and Nedda in I Pagliacci. An apprenticeship with the Chicago Lyric Opera Center for American Artists took her to Chicago in 1983, and while there was an active participant in the Chicago opera community, performing leading roles with the Chamber Opera of Chicago and Light Opera Works with Philip Kraus. She was a member of both the Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus and the Chicago Symphony Chorus under the direction of Margaret Hillis, and a recipient of the Margaret Hillis Fellowship.

Soon after her return to the Pacific Northwest, she made her debut with Tacoma Opera as Pamina in The Magic Flute. She has served as guest soloist with the Okanogan Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Lutheran University Orchestra, the Bellevue Chamber Chorus under the direction of Dr. Geoffrey Boeers and made her debut with the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra in 2002 under Harvey Felder. Equally comfortable with musical theater, one of her many roles includes that of Mother Abbess in Tacoma Little Theatre's 1998 production of The Sound of Music.

In the fall of 2001, Ms. Campos founded Lyrica, Ladies Choral Ensemble of Puget Sound. Originally intending to provide a one-time only opportunity for local women who love to sing, she discovered an untapped wealth of energy and talent in the greater Kitsap/Pierce County community. Encouraged by those initial Lyrica singers, she, with the immeasurable help of three devoted Lyrica friends who formed the Board of Directors, created a wonderful musical environment open to all women who have an innate ability to sing. Lyrica has traveled throughout Western Washington from Seattle to Long Beach peninsula, sharing its particular brand of musical enthusiasm with anyone willing to listen. Lyrica is now 25 singers strong and actively pursuing new and exciting performance opportunities.

Ms. Campos accepted the position of Bremerton Symphony Association's Concert Chorale Director in fall 2004. She currently sings with both the Tacoma Symphony Chorus and the Northwest Lutheran Choir. She is a 1981 graduate of Pacific Lutheran University and is a former member of the highly regarded Choir of the West under Dr. Maurice Skones. She has been a member of the voice faculty at Pacific Lutheran University since 1992, and is active as an adjudicator for both regional and state vocal competitions throughout the Northwest.

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Assistant Conductor, Bremerton Symphony Orchestra /
Music Director, Bremerton Symphony Youth Orchestra

John Falskow is an Instructor of Music at Tacoma Community College where he serves as Chair of the Music Department, conducts the TCC Symphonic Band and teaches a variety of classes in the music curriculum.

Prior to these appointments, Dr. Falskow served as an Assistant Professor of Music at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina where he conducted the Wind Ensemble, taught applied trumpet, conducting, orchestration, coached chamber music, coordinated brass and percussion studies, and founded the Lander University String Orchestra. Active as a guest conductor, he has made numerous appearances including: the Tallahassee Youth Symphony, the Big Bend Community Orchestra, the Evergreen Music Festival, and the Florida State University Summer Band Camps. He has also worked with countless school bands and public school musicians in the South and Pacific Northwest.

In addition to being an active conductor and music educator, Dr. Falskow has also been a successful trumpeter performing concerts across the Northwest and the South, including the Tacoma Symphony, Orchestra Seattle, the Tacoma Concert Band, the Federal Way Symphonic Band, the Tacoma Opera Orchestra, the Evergreen Brass Quintet and a variety of ensembles at Florida State University. He appeared as a member of the FSU Baroque Trumpet Ensemble at the National MENC conference in 2000.

Dr. Falskow’ s formal education includes undergraduate studies at Washington State University and University of the Puget Sound. For graduate work, he completed a Doctoral of Music Education at Florida State University, where he conducted many of the universities ensembles: including the Wind Orchestra, University Orchestra, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, FS Winds, and the Harmonie ensemble. He also coached chamber ensembles and taught applied trumpet lessons. Dr. Falskow was a graduate assistant to FSU professors James Croft, Clifford Madsen, Patrick Dunnigan, and Brian Goff.

Raised in the Tacoma, he was a music educator in the Tacoma School District and served as stand-in conductor for the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association and their Brass Ensemble.

Dr. Falskow studied conducting with L. Keating Johnson, James Croft, and Andre Thomas and has participated in conducting workshops through the American Symphony Orchestra League with mentors including: Kenneth Kiesler, Larry Rachleff, Samuel Jones, and Christopher Wilkins. Under the guidance of Dr. Donald Portnoy, he also participated in the Conductors Institute of South Carolina.

John lives in Tacoma with his wife, Cindy Renander, who is a professional clarinetist.

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Assistant Conductor, Bremerton Symphony Orchestra

Gary Dahl is a resident of Silverdale and teaches in the Central Kitsap School District. Originally from Montana, Gary attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma where he earned his BA in Music Education in 1984. He began his teaching career in Omak, Washington, and in 1985 also became conductor of the Okanogan Valley Orchestra. Under Dahl’s leadership, the orchestra grew significantly, both in numbers and in its level of musicianship. In addition to subscription concerts, he led more than a dozen musical shows, including both Broadway standards (Fiddler on the Roof, Camelot, Guys and Dolls) and light operas by Gilbert & Sullivan. During his tenure in Omak, he took leave to complete his studies at Western Washington University and earned his Masters in Conducting in 1990. Mr. Dahl was then accepted to study conducting with Gunther Schuller at The Festival at Sandpoint, after which he returned to his teaching and conducting roles in Omak. In 1998, he moved to Kitsap County to accept his current position in the Central Kitsap School District.

Mr. Dahl remains musically active both as a conductor and percussionist. He studies timpani with Michael Crusoe (principal timpanist of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra), and serves as principal timpanist and personnel manager of the Bremerton Symphony Association. He is the choir director at Summit Avenue Church in Bremerton. In the past, Mr. Dahl has also served as conductor for the Millennium Music Series Association, the Kitsap Youth Symphony and for the Bremerton Community Theatre’s productions of South Pacific, The Mikado, and 1776. Gary and his wife Tineke, BSA principal second violin, have two children.

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