Kǎrin Hendrickson

Director of Orchestras University of New Mexico

In the performance, I’m the single person on stage NOT making any sound — yet through physical gesture my voice is perhaps symbolically the loudest, and the most uniquely displayed. Teaching the RPS Women Conductors workshops · Royal Philharmonic Society, 2018

The music is brilliant, but it was actually in the silence that I started to get hooked on that moment of saying, the journey is about to begin. Remembering the theatre, before the overture · conduct(her) podcast, 2023

A 3-minute excerpt of our wonderful collaboration!

Kǎrin Hendrickson alone in an empty hall, the score open on the stand

The industry wants to hear you say, oh, I’m dynamic . I’m passionate , which yes, I am those things. But actually, what I really hope is from every minute of the rehearsal, of the interaction off stage in the corridors, that I’m thoughtful. Asked for one word on the podium · conduct(her) podcast, 2023

Southbank Centre choruses
Women of the World Orchestra
Britten Pears Orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra choruses
National Radio Orchestra of Poland choruses
Gulbenkian Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Concertgebouworkest Young
LSO / Guildhall Orchestra Artistry programme
LSO / LA Phil youth orchestra collaboration
São Paulo Symphony
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Longborough Festival Opera
London Symphony Orchestra
KidMaestro
The kids were supposed to go down to Pittsburgh to hear Peter and the Wolf. And there was a massive snowstorm on the very day, so it was canceled. I went to the principal and I just said, hi, my name’s Kǎrin, and I went to school here, and I know you have to cancel Peter and the Wolf, but I would like to bring an orchestra here to do that. And this principal looked at me and said, what do you need? KidMaestro, at the elementary school in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania · conduct(her) podcast, 2023
Belgium National Symphony
Orchestre national d’Île-de-France
BBC Symphony
BBC Philharmonic
BBC Concert Orchestra
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony
BBC NOW
Manchester Camerata
Royal Northern Sinfonia
London Mozart Players
Opera Holland Park
Fuel Opera
Bloomsbury Opera
North Carolina School of the Arts
University of New Mexico
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
Royal Conservatoire Scotland
Royal Academy of Music
Royal Conservatory of Ghent
National Conservatory Belgium
Orchestras for All
Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Torch Relay

A listener, a thought-provoker, a creative, but someone with a quick smile and a warm sense of humor.