Kelly's Experience: Named "Best Classical Conductor" in 2015 by the Nashville Scene, Kelly Corcoran is a passionate advocate for the robust place of classical music in our lives and the lives of future generations. Corcoran is the Artistic Director of Intersection and the Interim Artistic Advisor of the Lexington Philharmonic. Corcoran conducted the Nashville Symphony for nine seasons as Associate Conductor and Director of the Symphony Chorus, where she led the orchestra in hundreds of performances and was the primary conductor for education and community engagement concerts.
​Corcoran has appeared as a guest conductor with many major orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra and the Atlanta, Detroit, and National Symphonies, often with return engagements. Abroad, she has appeared with orchestras in Argentina, England, Spain, Mexico and Chile. She has worked with a range of artists and styles such as Chris Botti, Leslie Odom Jr., Bela Fleck and Amy Grant, film scores in concert, and as a regular conductor with The Legend of Zelda tour and National Geographic: Symphony for our World.
​Corcoran attended The Boston Conservatory and Indiana University. Her primary mentors are Leonard Slatkin and Marin Alsop. Corcoran cares deeply about equity, our youth and the future of classical music and participated in REAL (Racial Equity in Arts Leadership), Project Music, Leadership Nashville, Restorative Justice & The Arts, and Leadership Music and is an Advisor for Music Makes Us. She is currently completing a Master's in Public Health from the University of Alabama (Birmingham). She also serves on the Music Faculty at Middle Tennessee State University and Lipscomb University. |
