As a musical theatre director and conductor, he has directed eleven shows for the Spotlight Theatre Company at Falls Church High School (Shrek the Musical, Into the Woods, Pajama Game, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Seussical, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Mamma Mia!, Chicago Teen Edition, Annie, The Addams Family, Between the Lines). Additionally, he served three seasons as music director with the City of Fairfax Theatre Company (Shrek the Musical, Big Fish, Legally Blonde). For his work on Legally Blonde he was nominated for a WATCH award for best music direction and the production was honored with the Best Musical award.

Previously, he served as assistant conductor at W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, VA, and taught as an adjunct professor of music at George Mason University where he has taught Fundamentals of Music and Aural Skills. He also served for five years as a Graduate Conducting Associate at George Mason University where, in addition to serving as Assistant Conductor of the University Chorale and the Mason Jazz Vocal Ensemble, he conducted the University Singers, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, and Symphony Orchestra. He is the founding musical director of the Festival Singers of Northern Virginia, and was formerly the Musical Director for the Woodbridge Community Chorus and Music Director and Conductor for the Repertory Opera Theatre of Washington.

Dr. Redden-Liotta received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting at George Mason University as a student of Dr. Lisa Billingham and Dr. Stanley Engebretson and studied instrumental conducting with Anthony Maiello and voice with John Aler. He is an active member of NAfME/VMEA, the American Choral Directors Association the Jazz Education Network. He was selected as a Lovelace Scholar for 2014 and 2015 by the Hymn Society and selected as a participant in the Raising the Song Symposium of the Center for Liturgy and Music at the Virginia Theological Seminary participating in one-on-one and master class instruction with Alice Parker and Ysaÿe Barnwell. He served two terms as the Music in Worship Repertoire and Standards Chairperson for Virginia ACDA and currently serves as the Vocal Jazz Repertoire and Resources chairperson for Virginia ACDA and the state assessment sight reading committee chairperson for VMEA.

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