Canandaigua, NY native Evan Meccarello is committed to new explorations in classical music and engaging with communities across the Northeast. He is Music Director of the Binghamton Community Orchestra, Founder and Director of the Hochstein Alumni Orchestra, Conductor of Irondequoit Community Orchestra and the Thames Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra, in addition to serving as Vice President of the Keuka Lake Music Festival’s Board of Directors. He previously served as Conductor of the Nazareth College Chamber Orchestra and is Assistant Conductor of the Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra.

Meccarello’s conducting experience spans professional, collegiate, youth, and community ensembles. Summer 2019 included performances with professional orchestras in Bulgaria, while the 2019-20 season featured work with student, community, and university orchestras from Buffalo to Saranac Lake to Providence, RI. He appears as guest conductor and clinician at schools, including NYSSMA Area All-State and All-County Orchestras.

While music students could not play together during the pandemic, he developed and led Music Outside the Box, an all-virtual festival for high school musicians that featured live online ensemble rehearsal and performance. In collaboration with the Binghamton Community Orchestra and Broome County Music Educators Association, over sixty students from districts across Binghamton had the opportunity to connect and learn new techniques, playing contemporary classical music designed for internet video conferencing.

Meccarello’s training in conducting has included lessons and masterclasses with some of the most acclaimed conducting teachers, including Larry Rachleff, Benjamin Zander, David Effron, and Jorma Panula. He received his Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting at Bowling Green State University and a degree in Violin Performance from Nazareth College, where he was a two-time winner of the school’s Concerto Competition. Uptown Tango is his ongoing project playing violin in an Argentine tango duo for dancers and listeners.