Liza Grossman is the founding Music Director of the Contemporary Youth Orchestra. (Cleveland, Ohio) She has served on the conducting faculty at Interlochen Center for the Arts since 1999.
She holds degrees in music performance and music education from Cleveland State University. Grossman’s conducting teachers include David Holland, Alexander Schneider, Marvin Rabin and Gerard Schwarz.
Grossman and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra are the recipients of awards including the ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, the Northern Ohio Live Award of Achievement and the Sunshine Award from Young Audiences for excellence in arts education. CYO can be heard on New Door Records.
She is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy.
