The Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra has announced the appointment of Michael Avagliano, a multifaceted international musician with a dynamic career as conductor, performer and educator, as its music director.
Avagliano, who leads the New Jersey-based Somerset Symphony Orchestra and the Summit Symphony Orchestra, will become Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra’s third music director, succeeding Paul Chou, who served at the podium from 2022 to 2025.
Allan Birney, director emeritus, founded Pennsylvania Sinfonia in 1982, establishing it as the premiere professional chamber orchestra in the Lehigh Valley, with a mission to engage diverse audiences through a variety of imaginatively programmed performances…