Reviews
Albert Herring
Led with a secure grasp by JoAnn Kulesza, the orchestra coped quite decently on Friday with the considerable challenges of the score; the winds and brass were especially telling in the Act 2 Interlude.
Tim Smith, Clef Notes
Baltimore Sun
May, 2009
Cosi Fan Tutte
Conductor JoAnn Kulesza set breezy tempos and drew mostly fluent, flavorful playing from the Peabody Symphony Orchestra.
Baltimore Sun
March 2009
Transformations
JoAnn Kulesza conducted sensitively and drew alert, polished playing from a chamber ensemble that seemed to relish the score's brilliant dance through Susa's idiomatic diversity.
Baltimore Sun
February 26, 2009
Turn of the Screw
Conductor JoAnn Kulesza brought out much of the power in the score from a mostly tight, accomplished ensemble.
Baltimore Sun
October 4, 2005
L’Italiana in Algieri
JoAnn Kulesza conducted the spotty, but scrappy, little orchestra in propulsive style, and, baton clutched between her teeth, smoothly switched to the harpsichord to play recitatives.
Baltimore Sun
October 27, 2004
Clara
Conductor JoAnn Kulesza did a fine job keeping the singers and instrumentalists tightly integrated.
Washington Times
May, 2004
Freeman and director Leon Major kept the stage action clear, as clear as conductor JoAnn Kulesza kept the music.
danceview DC
May 10, 2004
Die Weisse Rose/Mahagonny Songspiel
Conductor JoAnn Kulesza led a taut, assured account of the score and had the orchestra responding firmly. Kulesza's conducting was again admirable; so was the instrumental contribution.
Baltimore Sun
January 27, 2003
Werther
Conductor JoAnn Kulesza coaxed a good deal of sound from the players as she shaped Sunday afternoon's performance with a good ear for its expressive ebb and flow.
Baltimore Sun
November 10, 2003
