Spoleto Study Abroad Program Directors

Lorenzo and Jill Muti have extensive experience working with young people, both in the United States and abroad. A native of Spoleto, Italy, Maestro Muti received his musical education at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, the Juilliard School in New York City, and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. He has conducted for both the Italian and American Spoleto Festivals, in major European cities, including Rome, Florence, Milan, London (London Symphony, BBC Symphony), Amsterdam (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Opera Company), and for several American opera companies (Washington, Michigan, Connecticut, Providence). He was affiliated for over fifteen years with Duke University, where he taught music history and opera as well as conducted the orchestra. Maestro Muti is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle in Raleigh/Durham, NC. He is on the faculty of the College of Charleston and is the conductor of the orchestra.

Mrs. Muti holds degrees from Interlochen Arts Academy, DePauw University and Duke University. A flutist, she has performed at the Spoleto Festival in Spoleto, Italy and with numerous organizations both regionally and in Norway, Austria, and Italy. In 1990, she was made chair of the Fine Arts Department at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina, was named Director of Fine Arts in 1993 and in 2001, became Assistant Head of School. Throughout her tenure there, she received two national grants sponsored by the Council of Basic Education (NEH) and the Ravenscroft School Helton Award for Teaching Excellence. On July 1, 2004, Mrs. Muti assumed the position of Head of School at Ashley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina.