Dr. Dana Eckensburg McCarthy
Dana Eckensburg McCarthy is currently the Music Director/Conductor of the Loudoun Symphony String Workshop and the Arlington Youth Symphony. She is also the Orchestra Director at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington.
She has guest conducted the Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra and Monroe Symphony (Monroe, LA), and served as the Music Director of the Arlington County Honors Orchestra for two years. She has been an active participant in workshops under the tutelage of top conductors and continues to seek out opportunities for further study and research to better the ensembles under her direction.
Dr. Eckensburg has earned a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Orchestral Conducting from Michigan State University, a Master of Music Degree in French Horn Performance and Orchestral Conducting from East Carolina University, and a Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education from Ithaca College.