Conductor Susanne Sheston recently led Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. As a longtime staff conductor with Utah Symphony/Utah Opera, she regularly conducted the orchestra’s annual Messiah Sing-In, numerous gala concerts, and opera productions. She is also currently the Chorus Master of the acclaimed Santa Fe Opera, a position she has held since 2008. As a chorus master, Sheston has collaborated with many of the world’s leading operatic and symphonic conductors. Sheston was chorus master for the Grammy-award-winning recording (Best Opera Performance, 2019) of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, recorded live at Santa Fe Opera on the Pentatone label. Sheston takes the podium to direct the talented musicians of the Dayton Philharmonic for her first time.