Biography

Conductor Tiffany Lu is Music Director of the Pierre Monteux School and Music Festival, where in 2024 she conducted the first performance of the Rite of Spring in the school's history. She is in her fourth season as Director of Orchestral Activities at the University of Florida, earning particular accolades for her music directorship of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony in 2024 and UF Opera's production of Carmen in 2023. Past guest conducting appearances include the Orquesta Sinfónica del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (OSIPN) of Mexico, Ocala Symphony Orchestra Recording Sessions, Cumberland Symphony Orchestra (Sewanee Summer Music Festival), the NYSSMA 2024 All-State Symphonic Orchestra, Symphony New Hampshire, and Elgin Symphony Orchestra. Lu regularly adjudicates and gives clinics at the high school and collegiate level across the country, and is also currently serving as President of the Southeast region of the College Orchestra Directors’ Association. 

From 2020-2022, Lu was Director of the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Professor of Orchestral Conducting at Sewanee University of the South. Prior to her current appointment, Lu served for five seasons as Associate Conductor of the Pierre Monteux Music Festival and two seasons as Interim Music Director. Lu also formerly held positions as Assistant Conductor with the Prince Georges’ Philharmonic (MD), Music Director of the Wilmington Community Orchestra (DE), Assistant and Associate Conductor with Washington, D.C.’s Capital City Symphony, Music Director of the University of Maryland Repertoire Orchestra, cover conductor and principal librarian at the 2016 and 2017 National Orchestral Institute, and conductor with the DC Youth Orchestra Program and Annapolis Symphony Academy. She has also served as lead producer on recordings by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Smithsonian Chamber Players. 

Lu grew up in Tampa, FL and holds degrees from Princeton University, Ithaca College, and the University of Maryland.