Powerfully compelling, Deanna Tham is known for her captivating and tenacious spirit on and off the podium. She is currently the Music Director of the Union Symphony Orchestra and most recently the Associate Conductor of the Oregon Symphony.

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Tham currently works regularly doing guest conducting and covering engagements with the Fort Worth Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Oregon Symphony, National Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, and the San Francisco Symphony. She has additionally appeared with Opera Idaho, Orpheus PDX, 45th Parallel, and Present Music Milwaukee. Previously, she was the Assistant Conductor of the Omaha Symphony, following her tenure as Assistant Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony and Principal Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras. In 2024 she appeared in the prestigious La Maestra Conducting Competition in Paris, France where she was a semi-finalist. Additional recent engagements include Assistant Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra (NYO-USA and NYO2) and Assistant Conductor of the Chicago Sinfonietta with Maestro Mei-Ann Chen. Tham has performed at the Proms in Royal Albert Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and Seiji Ozawa Hall at the Tanglewood Music Center working with Maestros James Ross, Joseph Young, and Sir Antonio Pappano, as well as renowned artists Isobel Leonard and Joyce DiDonato. Her past positions include those with the Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Louisville Youth Orchestras, and American Chamber Opera. In 2013, Tham’s work with the National Music Festival was featured on National Public Radio as well as American Public Media.