Roderick Cox

Roderick Cox (born 1987 ) is an American conductor.

Biography Cox was born in Macon, Georgia. He attended the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University, then graduated from Northwestern University with a master's degree in conducting in 2011. At Northwestern, he studied conducting with Victor Yampolsky He then studied with Robert Spano at the American Academy of Conducting in Aspen, Colorado in 2013–2014. Cox conducted the Northwestern University's various classical ensembles, including the university's symphony orchestra. He was an assistant conductor with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra after graduating from Northwestern University. He became the music director and principal conductor of the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra in 2012.

In 2015, Cox began working as assistant conductor in the Minnesota Orchestra, In 2018, Cox was the recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. He launched the Roderick Cox Music Initiative (RCMI) in 2019, which provides scholarships for young musicians from historically marginalized communities, allowing them to pay for instruments, music lessons and summer camps. Cox and his initiative were featured in the documentary Conducting Life.

In 2021, Cox made his first guest-conducting appearance with the Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier. In April 2024, the Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier announced the appointment of Cox as its next music director, effective September 2024. This appointment marks Cox's first music directorship.