Maestro Jeffrey Dokken has been Music Director and Conductor of the Rome Symphony Orchestra (RSO) since 2017. RSO is the American South's oldest continuously performing professional  symphony remarkably now celebrating One Hundred and Four (104) seasons.  The RSO continues to thrive artistically and expand its cultural impact under Maestro Dokken's leadership.

Dokken also serves as Principal Guest Conductor of the Guayaquil Philharmonic in Ecuador, one of Latin America’s leading orchestras, and Artistic Director and Conductor of the American Contemporary Classical Orchestra in Washington, DC, an ensemble devoted to performing and commissioning accessible, beautiful neoclassical works.

Maestro Jeffrey Dokken founded and produces Music With the Maestro in Washington, DC in 2021, affording an educational  lecture platform  with curriculum content addressing music, curated concerts and streaming  sessions. Dokken formed joint ventures with institutions and artists to  embellish the educational structure aimed to broaden knowledge of the  bones of classical music.

Dokken maintains a vibrant guest conducting career, having led ensembles such as the National Symphony of Brazil, Guayaquil Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Domenico Orchestra Scarlattii (Florence), Orchestra Senzaspine (Bologna), Symphony Orchestra of Cuenca, Orquesta Sinfónica de Loja, Long Island Concert Orchestra, International Orchestra, International Chamber Players (Manhattan, NY), Opera Guild of Northern Virginia (Arlington, VA), The Washington Men’s Camerata, (Alexandria, VA), A Capella Pops (Philadelphia, PA), Reformation Festival Choir (Washington, DC), Twin Shores Chorus, (New York, NY), St. Marie’s Choral Arts (Leonardtown, MD) and others; and served as Artistic Director for CoroAllegro, DE.

Upcoming Dokken engagements include return performances across Ecuador and the United States, as well as debuts with the Cairo Symphony and the International Brazilian Opera Company (IBOC). IBOC premieres the opera For Whom the Bell Tolls in Brasilia, based on Ernest Hemingway's novel, with music by Brian Wilbur Grundstrom and a libretto by David M. Dorsen. This significant and progressive project has been supported by a Sister Cities Grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.