DANA ZIMBRIC

Dana Zimbric is a conductor on a mission to make classical music relevant and engaging for today’s audiences. Both on and off the podium, Zimbric brings passion and energy to her work promoting classical music and music education. Since 2010 Zimbric has held the position of Artistic Director and Conductor of the California Chamber Orchestra in Temecula, CA. During her tenure, the California Chamber Orchestra has been honored to receive grants and recognition from the California Arts Council, Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy, and Partners in Performance, (founded by Midori).

Ms. Zimbric is the Artistic Director and Conductor for Classics 4 Kids and the Classics Philharmonic Orchestra, a position she has held since 2003. This fully professional adult ensemble performs over 30 concerts annually for nearly 30,000 school children in San Diego County through the Classics 4 Kids program. In addition to the in-theater concerts, Ms. Zimbric also leads dozens of in-school assemblies and workshops county-wide each season. Ms. Zimbric received the 2017 California Music Educators Association-Southern Border Section’s Fortissimo Award for Music Industry Leadership on behalf of her work with Classics 4 Kids.

Ms. Zimbric was a finalist for the 2019 San Diego Magazine’s Woman of the Year Award, has presented at the Arts MEGA Conference in San Diego, the Association of California Symphony Orchestra’s Annual Conference, and was a 2015 finalist for the San Diego Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business Awards. Her High School Alma Mater in Rockford, Michigan inducted Zimbric into their Foundation’s Hall of Fame in 2014 for her work as a conductor in the field of classical music.