Our Conductor

Joshua Reznicow

CRCO is pleased to welcome Joshua Reznicow as our new CRCO Conductor starting in  August 2024! He is an active composer and music educator — for over 20 years he has taught middle school and high school students in the Linn-Mar Community School District. Under his direction, the Linn-Mar orchestras have won several awards and superior ratings at area and regional contests, as well as twice being named a Grammy Signature music program. Mr. Reznicow won the 2005 Texas Orchestra Directors Association (TODA) annual composition contest and was named the 2011 Classroom Teacher of the Year for the State of Iowa, as well as earning a Distinguished Alumnus Award from The University of Northern Iowa.

Mr. Reznicow has been commissioned and performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe with compositions for professional and young groups alike, including string orchestra, full orchestra, concert bands, film, and chamber ensembles. He has had multiple performances at the International Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, and has been featured on J.W. Pepper’s “Editor Choice List” for string publications on several occasions. Mr. Reznicow has multiple works published by TRN Music Publishers, Tempo Press, Kendor Music, Ludwig Masters, Latham Music Publishers, and Keiser Southern Music Publishers.

He is a member of several professional organizations including the American String Teacher Association (ASTA), the Iowa String Teacher Association (ISTA) where he served as Member at Large-East on their board of directors, the Iowa Composers Forum (ICF) where he was a past secretary on for their board of directors, the Iowa String Orchestra Affairs Committee (SOAC), as well as holding the assistant coordinator position for the Iowa All-State Orchestra. Mr. Reznicow currently resides in Marion, Iowa with his wife Karen, and their two children Andrea and Aiden.