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UPCOMING CONCERTS

Guest Appearances 2008–09

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Recording Session
July 1–2, 2008
Michael DAUGHERTY, Time Machine

Philippines Philharmonic Orchestra
American Music—Sponsored by the U.S. Embassy
October 10, 2008
George GERSHWIN – Porgy and Bess (Symphonic Pictures)
John WILLIAMS – The Five Sacred Trees (bassoon concerto)
George GERSHWIN – An American in Paris
Leonard BERNSTEIN – Symphonic Dances: from West Side Story

Phoenix Symphony Orchestra
Favorites Series: All American Classics
October 16, & 19, 2008
George GERSHWIN: Overture to Girl Crazy
Aaron COPLAND: Three Latin American Sketches
SAMUEL BARBER: Adagio for Strings
Jennifer HIGDON: City Scape - Peachtree Street
John ADAMS: Chairman Dances - Foxtrot
Christopher THEOFANIDIS: Rainbow Body
Leonard BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide
BERNSTEIN/ arr. Harmon: Candide Suite

South Carolina Philharmonic
Subscription Concert: "Beethoven in Blue Jeans"
November 15, 2008
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont
Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
• Zuill Bailey, cello soloist
Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Pezzo Capriccioso, Op. 62
• Zuill Bailey, cello soloist
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7

Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Subscription Concert (music director search finalist)
November 22, 2008
Christopher THEOFANIDIS: Rainbow Body
Sergei PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2
• Rachel Lee, violin soloist
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7

Modesto Symphony Orchestra
Subscription Concerts
January 9 & 10, 2009
Silvestre REVUELTAS: Ocho por Radio
Joaquin RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez
• Manuel Barrueco, guitar soloist
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

Reno Philharmonic Orchestra
Subscription Concerts (music director search finalist)
February 8 & 10, 2009
Zoltán KODÁLY: Dances of Galanta
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
• Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, violin soloist
Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

 

PAST PERFORMANCES

Guest Appearances 2007–08

New World Symphony Orchestra
Reading Sessions
October 4 & 5, 2007
Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade (1888)

Musíqa
October 13, 2007
Zilkha Hall, Houston, Texas
Jennifer HIGDON: Zaka
Paul MORAVEC: Time Machine
REVIEW

Billings Symphony Orchestra
Subscription Concert
Saturday, November 10, 2007
7:30 p.m. • Alberta Bair Theater
Richard WAGNER: Die Meistersinger, Prelude to Act 1
Edvard GRIEG: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 16 (mvt. 1) with Ashlee Young (piano)
Antonín DVORAK: Cello Concerto in b minor, Op. 104 (mvt. 1) with Helene Werner
Franz LISZT: Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Themes with Nicole Ficek (piano)
Giuseppe VERDI: Il Trovatore—Anvil Chorus
Gaetano DONIZETTI: Don Pasquale—Servants Chorus
Giuseppe VERDI: Nabucco—"Va Pensiero"
Giuseppe VERDI: Aïda—Triumphal Scene and Grand March
REVIEW

Cayuga Chamber Orchestra (finalist Music Director Search)
Subscription Concert
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Ford Hall, Ithaca New York
George Frideric HANDEL: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 5 in D Major
Gerald FINZI: Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31 with Michael Galvan, Clarinet
Franz SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 4, D. 417 in C Minor (Tragic)

Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Family Concert
Saturday, November 24, 2007 (afternoon)
Aaron COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man
José Pablo MONCAYO: Huapango
Aaron COPLAND: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Michael ABELS: Global Warming
Russell PECK: Thrill of the Orchestra
John FINNEGAN: Christmas Medley
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Wyoming Symphony Orchestra
Masterworks Subscription Concert
Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Susan BOTTI: Translucence
Otto RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs and Dances (Suite #2)
Antonín DVORAK: Symphony No. 6

Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Family and Young Persons Concerts
February 6, 7, & 10, 2008
Music for Life
Paul DUKAS: La Peri
Edward ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance No. 1
Georg Frideric HANDEL: Hornpipe from Water Music
Charles IVES: Country Band March
Antonín DVORAK: Slavonic Dance Op. 46
Georges BIZET: Carmen Suite 2—Habañera
Johann STRAUSS: Excerpt from Emperor Waltzes
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, mvt. 4
Edvard GRIEG: Peer Gynt (selections)

Sacramento Philharmonic
Subscription Concert
February 17, 3:00 p.m.
with soloists Jaime Loredo (violin) and Sharon Robinson (cello)
Carl Maria von WEBER/Hector BERLIOZ: Invitation to the Dance
Daron Aric HAGEN: Masquerade—Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra (World Premiere)
with guest artists: Jaime Laredo (violin) & Sharon Robinson (cello)
Hector BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique

Berkeley Symphony (finalist Music Director Search)
Underconstruction Concert
March 30

Subscription Concert
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Darius MILHAUD: La Création du Monde
Susan BOTTI: "The Exchange" (U.S. Premiere)
Susan BOTTI: Translucence (West Coast Premiere)
Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade

Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia, (Florida)
Subscription Concert
Sun. April 6, 2008
Darius MILHAUD: La Creation du Monde
W. A. MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat K. 297
• Misha Vitenson, violin
• Michael Klotz, viola
Franz SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major

Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia, (Florida)
Friday, April 18, 2008
The Count de Hoernle Amphitheater at Mizner Park
George GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture
Scott JOPLIN: Ragtime Dance
Leonard BERNSTEIN: "Pas de Deux" and "Times Square" from On the Town
Aaron COPLAND: "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo
George GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
Antonin DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Subscription Concerts
May 15, 16, & 17, 2008
Sergei PROKOFIEV: Classical Symphony
Max BRUCH: Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Opus 26
• Sarah Chang, violin soloist
Antonín DVORAK: Symphony No. 6

Atlanta Symphony 2006–07

ASO Subscription Concert
May 17, 18, 19 (8:00 pm each night)
Woodruff Arts Center (Atlanta)

Sergei PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet
John HARBISON: Concerto for Double Bass (Atlanta Premiere)
—with Ralph Jones, Double Bass
Johannes BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4

360 Series
Woodruff Arts Center (Atlanta)—all concerts begin at 7:00 pm

Young People's Concerts: "Music for Life"

June 28, 7:00 p.m. Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta
Donor Appreciation Concert (Member Performance)
with Korey Marshall, oboe soloist (Talent Development Program & Youth Orchestra member)

Friday, July 20 Gainesville, 8:00 p.m.
Smithgall Arts Center

Saturday July 21, 8:00 p.m.
Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta
Mariza: Superstar Fado Singer
(Portuguese folk music & American pop)

Saturday, August 4, 8:00 p.m.
Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta

August 5 Rabun Gap
Sunday 4pm

August 9 Sampler Concert
Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta
Portions of...

San Antonio Symphony
February 8, 9, 10, 2007
St. Phillips College Residency
A variety of programs including:
Evening Program
Gioachino Rossini: The Italian in Algiers
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Tuba Concerto
• Velvet Brown, Tuba
Michael ABELS: Global Warming
Antonin DVORAK:Symphony No. 9, op. 95 "From the New World"

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg Manitoba
SOUNDS LATIN
MASTERWORKS
DATE: February 2 & 3, 2007
Laura Jackson, conductor
Daniel Scholz, viola

Manuel de FALLA: El amor brujo: ritual Fire Dance
William WALTON: Viola Concerto
Alberto GINASTERA: Variacciones concertantes
Manuel FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite No. 1
Edward ELGAR: Sevillana

Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Roy Thompson Hall

A BOWL OF NOTES: Family Concert
November 18, 2006
1:30 and 3:30 pm
with Greg Smith, narrator

Mikhail GLINKA: Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
Georges BIZET: "Danse Bohéme" from Carmen Suite No. 2
Greg SMITH: Mr. Smith's Bowl of Notes

Atlanta Symphony Summer 2006

August 12
ClarinetFest 2006—CLARINET CONVENTION CONCERT
Woodruff Arts Center
Leonard Bernstein: On the Town Suite
Johannes Brahms / Luciano Berio: Sonata in F minor for clarinet and orchestra

Sunday, August 6
RABUN GAP
Verdi: Overture, La Forza Del Destino
Falla: Three Cornered Hat, Suite No. 1
Elgar: Sevillana
Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Thursday, August 3 @ 7:30 pm
Wills Park (Alpharetta, GA)
Verdi: Overture, La Forza del Destino
Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Mvt III
Falla: Three Cornered Hat, Suite No. 1
Gershwin: American in Paris
Chopin/Douglas: Les Sylphides (selections)
Suppe: Light Calvary Overture
Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean
Elfman; Mission Impossible
Williams: ET-Adventures on Earth

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Oregon Ridge: Silver Screen Sensations and Fireworks
SATURDAY, JULY 29, 2006, 8 pm

A. NEWMAN: Twentieth-Century Fox Fanfare
SHIFRIN: Mission Impossible
BADELT: Pirates of the Caribbean
J. STRAUSS: Blue Danube
RODGERS: The Sound of Music
J. WILLIAMS: Harry Potter (Hedwig's Theme and Harry's Wondrous World)
J. WILLIAMS: Superman
MANCINI: The Pink Panther
MENKEN: Disney's Beauty and the Beast Orchestral Suite
WILLIAMS: Star Wars (Main Title, Yoda's Theme, Throne Room & End Title)

 

July 8, 2006: Woodruff Arts Center (Atlanta)

J. WILLIAMS: E.T.--Adventures on Earth
J. WILLIAMS: Raiders of the Lost Ark
BADELT: Pirates of the Caribbean
J. STRAUSS: Blue Danube Waltz
ELFMAN: Spider Man
J. WILLIAMS: Harry Potter (Hedwig's Theme and Harry's Wondrous World)
SHIFRIN: Mission Impossible
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C minor
MANCINI: The Pink Panther
J. WILLIAMS: Star Wars (Throne Room and End Title)

   
 

July 15, 2006: Woodruff Arts Center (Atlanta)

A. NEWMAN: Twentieth-Century Fox Fanfare
STEINER: Casablanca
JARRE: Doctor Zhivago – Lara’s Theme
HERRMANN: North by Northwest – Overture
STEINER: Tara, A Short Tone Poem for Orchestra (Gone with the Wind)
ARLEN: Wizard of Oz
WAXMAN: Sunset Boulevard
RODGERS: The Sound of Music
BARRY: James Bond
J. WILLIAMS: Superman
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7/7/06 PERRY
Glinka; Russlan and Ludmilla
J. Strauss: Blue Danube
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op. 46, No. 8
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C minor
J. Williams: E.T. – Adventures on Earth
J. Williams: Raiders of the Lost Ark
J. Williams: Harry Potter—1. Hedwig’s Theme, 4. Harry’s Wondrous World
J. Williams: Superman – Theme and March

7/6/06 DONOR Concert
Borodin: Overture to Prince Igor
Brahms/Berio: Clarinet Sonata Mvt I&IV
J. Strauss: Blue Danube
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Mvt. II&IV

Statesboro (Georgia)
6/29/06
Borodin: Overture to Prince Igor
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
(Encore-Glinka: Russlan and Ludmilla)
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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Young People's Concerts

Atlanta Youth Symphony

Atlanta Symphony 360 Series Concerts

Atlanta Symphony All-Mozart Subscription
January 26, 27, 28, 2006, 8 pm
Read Review

2005-6 Subscription Series Sampler
Thursday, June 2, 2005
Symphony Hall—Woodruff Arts Center
Atlanta, GA

BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 5—mvt. I
BRAHMS Symphony no. 1—mvt. IV
MOZART Symphony no. 36 "Linz"—mvt. I
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony no. 6—mvt. II

Parks Concert
Sunday, June 5, 2005, 7:00PM
Piedmont Park
Atlanta, GA

GLINKA Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
ROSSINI Barber of Seville
MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
BRAHMS Symphony no. 1—mvt. IV
TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio Italien
KHACHATURIAN Masquerade Suite—Waltz and Galop
BORODIN Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor

Concert for Orchestra Donors
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Symphony Hall—Woodruff Arts Center
Atlanta, GA

GLINKA Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
HOFFMEISTER Viola Concerto in D Major—mvt. I
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings—Elegy and Waltz
BARTOK Rumanian Folk Dances
BORODIN Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor

Summer Classical Series
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Symphony Hall—Woodruff Arts Center
Atlanta, GA

IVES/SCHUMAN Variations of America
COPLAND Clarinet Concerto (Laura Ardan, Clarinet)
DVORAK Symphony no. 9 "New World"

Summer Classical Series
Friday, July 15, 2005 and Saturday, July 16, 2005
Symphony Hall—Woodruff Arts Center
Atlanta, GA
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GERSHWIN American in Paris
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
GERSHWIN Overture to Girl Crazy
GERSHWIN Porgy & Bess—Symphonic Picture 

Summer Concert
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Toccoa, GA

TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio Italien
GERSHWIN American in Paris
DVORAK Symphony no. 9 "New World"

Summer Concert
Friday, July 29, 2005
Gainsville, GA

ROSSINI Overture to The Barber of Seville
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet—Fantasy Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 7

Summer Concert
Sunday, July 31, 2005
Rabun Gap, GA

ROSSINI Overture to The Barber of Seville
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet—Fantasy Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 7

Summer Concert
Sunday, August 7, 2005
Reinhardt, GA

MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet—Fantasy Overture
STRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks
BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 7

2005-6 Subscription Series Sampler
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Symphony Hall—Woodruff Arts Center

BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 5—mvt. I
BRAHMS Symphony no. 1—mvt. IV
MOZART Symphony no. 36 "Linz"—mvt. I
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony no. 6—mvt. II

Colorado Symphony Orchestra—Subscription Series
April 1-4, 2005
Denver, Colorado

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet—Fantasy Overture
(As winner of Taki Concordia Fellowship)

Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Tuesday March 15, 2005
Stephens Center
Birmingham, AL

GLINKA Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
MOZART Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Trevor Oeching, violin)
RAVEL Mother Goose Suite
SIBELIUS Finlandia
STRAVINSKY Firebird—Berceuse and Final

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra—Young People's Concerts
September–March 2005 (eighteen performances)
Symphony Hall—Woodruff Arts Center
Atlanta, GA

Music: A Matter of Style
BACH Orchestral Suite no. 3—Gigue
MOZART Symphony no. 25 in G Minor—Allegro
SIBELIUS Finlandia
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
WEBERN Five Pieces—Sehr Langsam
STRAVINSKY Suite no. 2—Galop

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra—Symphony 360 Concert
Thursday, February 10, 2005, 7:00PM
Symphony Hall—Woodruff Arts Center
Atlanta, GA

BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 5

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra—P.D.Q. Bach Concert with Peter Schickele
Tuesday, December 21, 2005, 8:00PM
Symphony Hall—Woodruff Arts Center
P.D.Q. Bach compositions

 

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