Kayoko Dan
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

A versatile conductor, Kayoko Dan is active in the field of orchestra, ballet, and opera. In 2005, Ms. Dan was appointed as the Assistant Conductor of The Phoenix Symphony. In 2003, Ms. Dan was awarded the David Effron Conducting Fellowship at the Chautauqua Institute, and in 2007 was a recipient of the 2007 Karajan Fellowship for Young Conductors, mentored by the Vienna Philharmonic. She has participated in numerous conducting workshops including the International Bartok Festival, American Symphony Orchestra League's Donald Thulean Conducting Workshop, Conductor's Guild Workshop, and was invited by Maestro Kurt Masur to participate in a seminar at the Manhattan School of Music. Recently she was invited by Maestro Leonard Slatkin as a Debut Conductor to participate in the National Conducting Institute, where she led the National Symphony Orchestra in a live performance in June 2007. Additionally, she was showcased at the 2007 Bruno Walter Conductors' Preview in Jacksonville, FL.

A native of Japan, Ms. Dan begin her musical training at age three. After relocating to US, she continued her musical studies with flute and completed her bachelor's degree in music education at The University of Texas at Austin. Recently, she received a Doctor of Musical Arts in orchestral conducting from Arizona State University, where she holds her Master's degree in music education. At ASU, she served as a director of Sinfonietta and an assistant conductor for the Orchestra and Opera Program. Her principle teachers include Timothy Russell, Timothy Muffitt and William Reber. She has also studied with Kurt Masur, Leonard Slatkin, Zoltan Pesko and Laszlo Tihanyi.