2021

Virtual Conductors/Composers Workshop

July 24-29, 2021 
CHEVALIER ST-GEORGES | Symphony no. 2, 1st movement
ROSSINI | Barber of Seville, overture
BEETHOVEN | Egmont Overture
LILI BOULANGER | D’un matin de Printemps
BEETHOVEN | Symphony no. 3
BRAHMS | Symphony no. 4
DEBUSSY | Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune
RACHMANINOV | Symphonic Dances
STRAVINSKY | Le Sacre du Printemps
BARBER | Adagio
CAROLINE SHAW | Entracte

July 12-24, 2021

​Conducting Masterclass Participant
Artist-Teachers: Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Bramwell Tovey

2020

SEMINAR SERIES | Diversity, Representation, Democratization in Classical Music

​Nov. 6, 2020

Guest Panelist
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One of 12 selected active participants worldwide.

Guest speakers: Simon Rattle and Paavo Järvi

This introductory course is planned to offer an understanding of the key leadership and management skills that are important for a conductor. The teachers are a mix of conductors, musicians and leaders, and managers with experience in a variety of fields. All have a long experience of how to turn a vision into reality, and how to work effectively with people.

8 sessions, April - June 2021
DEBUSSY | Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun
​
October 9, 2020

​Guest Speaker
DEBUSSY | Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun
IVES | The Unanswered Question
MONTGOMERY | Stardust
MAZZOLI | Sinfonia ("From Orbiting Spheres")
HOLST | The Planets
I. Mars
III. Mercury
IV. Jupiter
V. Saturn
​VII. Neptune
Pickman Hall @ The Longy School of Music
​
March 12, 2020 @ 7:30p

Guest Conductor
MUSSORGSKY | Prelude to Khovanshchina
RAVEL | Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
piano soloist, Pierre-Nicholas Colombat
GERSHWIN | An American in Paris
Boston University College of Fine Arts Concert Hall
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March 19, 2020 (POSTPONED)

​Conductor
A. GLAZUNOV | Overture Solennelle
Boston University Tsai Performance Hall
​
February 26, 2020 @ 8pm

​Guest Conductor
VERDI | La Forza del Destino, Overture
Tsai Performance Hall
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February 24, 2020 @ 8pm

​Conductor

2019

BRAHMS | Tragic Overture
LISZT | Piano Concerto no. 2
piano soloist, Kyra Xuerong Zhao​
Tsai Performance Hall
​
​December 8, 2019 @ 8pm

​Conductor
SCHUMANN | Cello Concerto
BRUCH | Kol Nidre
Naomi Steckman, cello soloist
Boston University Concert Hall
November 16, 2019 @ 4pm

​Conductor
PUCCINI | Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo to Act III
BIZET | Les pêcheurs de perles, Au fond du temple saint
HANDEL | Xerxes, Ombra mai fu
HANDEL | Xerxes, Se Bramate d'amar chi vi sdegna
​Angel Vargas, tenor
Chuma Sijeqa, bass
Kangmin Justin Kim, Countertenor 
The Dallas Opera Orchestra
The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
​
November 9, 2019 @ 7:30 CST

Conductor
SMETANA | "Three Dances" from The Bartered Bride
Boston University Concert Hall
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October 18, 2019 @ 8pm

​Conductor
BRITTEN | Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes"
Tsai Performance Hall
​
October 2, 2019 @ 8pm

​Conductor
​PROGRAM
​
August 31, 2019​

Assistant Conductor
BARTOK | Concerto for Orchestra
​BEETHOVEN | Symphony no. 3 "Eroica"
MOZART | Symphony no. 39
STRAVINSKY | Dumbarton Oaks
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July 27-31, 2019

​Conductor
STRAVINSKY | Infernal Dance from Firebird (1919)
BEETHOVEN  | Egmont Overture
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February 4, 2019

​Conductor
BERNSTEIN | One Hand, One Heart arr. Longfield
BRAHMS | Hungarian Dance no. 5
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March 6, 2019

​Conductor

2018

ROSSINI | Overture to Semiramide
J. S. BACH | Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. in G Major, BWV 1048
STRAVINSKY | Violin Concerto in D Major (1931)
Bella Hristova, violin
HOVHANESS | Celestial Fantasy, Op. 44
J. HAYDN | Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Surprise

Assistant Conductor

January 12-13​, 2018 ​
BERNSTEIN | Overture to Candide
BERNSTEIN | Symphony no. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"

Cover Conductor

February 9, 2018
SCHUMANN | Manfred Overture
MACDOWELL | Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 23
Rick Rowley, piano
SCHUMANN | Symphony No. 2. in C Major, Op. 61

Assistant Conductor

February 23-24, 2018
GLINKA | Overture to Ruslan & Ludmilla 
SHOSTAKOVICH | Piano Concerto no. 2
Pianist, Martin Kesuma

February 27, 2018

Conductor
SCHUBERT | Symphony no. 8 "Unfinished" mvmt. 1
BERLIOZ | Hungarian March

March 4, 2018
​
Conductor
JONGEN | Symphonie concertante for Organ and Orchestra
SAINT-SAËNS | Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 Organ
Cameron Carpenter, organ

March 23-24, 2018

Assistant Conductor ​
MAHLER | Symphony no. 2 "Resurrection"

April 3, 2018
​
Off-Stage Conductor
​GLINKA | Ruslan & Ludmilla 
TCHAIKOVSKY | Romeo & Juliet Fantasy-Overture
​
April 6, 2018

Rehearsal Conductor for Peter Bay
TORKE | Bright Blue Music
BERNSTEIN | Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) (1954)
Vadim Gluzman, violin
BEETHOVEN | Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

April 13-14, 2018

Assistant Conductor
VERDI | Falstaff

April 20, 22, 27, 2018

Assistant Conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY | Symphony no. 1 "Winter Dreams"

April 24, 2018

Conductor
MOZART | Symphony no. 40

April 30, 2018

Cover Conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY/STRAVINSKY | Pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty
TCHAIKOVSKY | Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44
Olga Kern, piano
RACHMANINOFF | Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44

May 18-19, 2018

Assistant Conductor
BERNSTEIN | Overture to Candide

June 6, 2018

Finalist Conductor
RACHMANINOFF | Symphony no. 2 in e minor

September 25 & October 1, 2018

Cover Conductor
GLINKA | Overture to Ruslan & Ludmilla

October 19, 2018

Conductor
BERNSTEIN | Overture to Candide

October 22, 2018

Conductor
BERNSTEIN | Serenade
Violin Soloist, Peter Zazofsky
SIBELIUS | Symphony no. 5

October 22, 2018

Cover Conductor
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV | Scheherazade
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November 11, 2018

Conductor
BERLIOZ | Hungarian March

December 3, 2018

Conductor

2017

WELCHER | KMFA, A Celebratory Overture
MILHAUD | Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58
PDQ BACH | Concerto for Simply Grand Piano and Orchestra
R. STRAUSS | Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
SAINT-SAENS | Le carnaval des animaux​

January 13-14, 2017

Assistant Conductor
ADAMO | Little Women

January 31- February 12, 2017

Assistant Conductor
BARTOK | Violin Concerto no. 2, violin soloist, Douglas Kwon
SIBELIUS | Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82

February 13, 2017

Cover Conductor
CHABRIER | Espana
​LALO | Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
BIZET/SHCHEDRIN | Carmen Suite

​February 24-25, 2017

Assistant Conductor
GLUCK | Dance of the Furies from Orfeo and Eurydice
HAYDN | Symphony no. 101 in D Major  "The Clock"
VERDI | Prelude to Act I from La Traviata
VERDI | Sempre Libera from la Traviata
         Soloists: Leehyun Sung, soprano & Soon Chan Kwon, tenor
BIZET | Carmen Suite no. 1 & Habanera

​February 28, 2017

Conductor
SHOSTAKOVICH | Symphony no. 5, mvmt. 1
BRAHMS | Symphony no. 2, mvmt. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY | Symphony no. 5, mvmt. 4

March 15-17, 2017

Conductor Masterclass Participant
MAHLER | Symphony no. 6 in A Minor, Tragic

March 24-25, 2017

Assistant Conductor
BOSS | Rest
WOHLEB | The Human Condition

March 24, 2017

Conductor, New Music Reading Session
T. YEE | Righteous Among the Nations: The Story of Ho Feng-Shan for Baritone Voice and Pierrot Ensemble
​Donnie Albert, Baritone soloist

March 25, 2017

​Conductor
MOZART | The Magic Flute

April 21, 2017

Assistant Conductor
​BOSS | Symphony No. 2 for Orchestra   (World Premiere)
STREET | Adagio for Oboe and Strings, Andrew Parker
​​TCHAIKOVSKY | Symphony No. 6 in b minor, Op. 74  Pathétique

April 3, 2017

Cover Conductor
COPLAND | Lincoln Portrait
CORIGLIANO | Music from the Edge
COPLAND | Clarinet Concerto
DVORAK | Symphony No. 8 in G Major

April 7-8, 2017

Assistant Conductor
HEPPELMAN | Cry Wolf, An Opera for Young Audiences (based on fables and characters from Aesop)

April 10-14, 2017

Conductor
BEETHOVEN | Symphony no. 5

April 25, 2017

Conductor
J.C. BACH | Sinfonia in D Major (arr. Dackow)
WARLOCK | Capriol Suite, V. Pieds-en-l'air
BARTOK | Allegro Barbaro (arr. Lipton)

April 29, 2017

Conductor
BEETHOVEN | Coriolan Overture
VASKS | Concerto for English Horn, Bethany Lawrence                                    
MENDELSSOHN | Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 56  Scottish

May 3, 2017

Guest Conductor (Beethoven)
​RACHMANINOFF-RESPIGHI | Cinq Etudes-Tableaux
RACHMANINOFF | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
RESPIGHI | Feste Romane

May 19-20, 2017

Assistant Conductor
BEETHOVEN | Symphonies # 2, 4, 6
BRAHMS | Symphonies # 2 & 4
DEBUSSY | Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

July 25 - August 4, 2017

​Participant Conductor
POULENC | Suite from Les biches (The Does)
MOZART | Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat Major, K. 450
POULENC | Concert champêtre for Harpsichord and Orchestra
MOZART | Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297 Paris
Anton Nel, piano/harpsichord

September 8-19, 2017

Assistant Conductor
BRAHMS | Academic Festival Overture
BRAHMS | Hungarian Dances nos. 1 & 3
DVORAK | Slavonic Dances nos. 7 & 8, Op. 46
DVORAK | Symphony no. 9 in e minor Op. 95 "New World"

October 2, 2017

Assistant Conductor
BEETHOVEN/BRUCKNER | Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13 Pathétique
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Flos Campi (1925)
MAHLER/BRITTEN | What the Wild Flowers Tell Me
BRUCKNER | Te Deum (1884)
Bruce Williams, viola
Julia Taylor, soprano
Claudia Chapa, mezzo-soprano
Brian Yeakley, tenor
Charles Evans, baritone
Chorus Austin (Ryan Heller, director)

October 6-7, 2017

Assistant Conductor
WAGNER | Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
​TCHAIKOVSKY | Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

October 17, 2017

​Conductor
MOZART | Cosi fan tutti

October 29, 30, November 3, 4

Assistant Conductor 
SAINT-SAENS | La princesse jaune, op.30 - Overture
ZHANHAO | Fantasy of Jasmine for GuZheng and Orchestra 
TCHAIKOVSKY | Serenade, op.48, C major, TH 48 – IV. Finale  with Austin Youth Symphony
BEETHOVEN | Symphony no. 5

October 30, 2017

Assistant Conductor
SMETANA | Moldau
MARQUEZ | Danzon no. 2

November, 2017

Conductor
PROKOFIEV | Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100

December 1-2, 2017

Assistant Conductor
SHOSTAKOVICH | Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two) Op. 16
SHOSTAKOVICH | Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 2
MOZART | Serenade No. 6 K.239, D Major
SHOSTAKOVICH | Symphony no. 10

December 6, 2017

Assistant Conductor

2016​

TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from The Nutcracker
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Le Coq d'Or 
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony no. 5
MAHLER: Symphony no. 5

June 12-26, 2016

​Assistant Conductor
DUKAS | Fanfare from La Peri
Faculty & Student Brass 

Marcus Goddard, trumpet
Fokke van Heel, french horn
Gordon Cherry, trombone
Paul Beauchesne, tuba 

​SÉJOURNÉ | Marimba Concerto, mvt. 2
Trevor Barroero, marimba

June 12-26, 2016

Conductor
MOZART | Overture to Lucio Silla, K. 135
MOZART | Overture to La finta giadiniera
MOZART | Presto from Ein musikalischer Spass, K. 522
​MOZART | Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail
MOZART | Finale from Symphony no. 38 in D Major, K. 504
MOZART | Requiem

September 9-10, 2016

Assistant Conductor 
SCHOENBERG | Finding Rothko
BERNSTEIN | Symphony no. 1 "Jeremiah"
COPLAND | Appalachian Spring, Suite
GERSHWIN | An American in Paris

September 26, 2016

Cover Conductor 
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
BRAHMS | Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
KODÁLY | Dances of Marosszek
​GINASTERA | Four Dances from Estancia, Op. 8a

September 30 - October 1, 2016

Assistant Conductor 
PROKOFIEV | Dance of the Knights from Romeo & Juliet, the ballet
HOLST | The Planets - Mars, Venus & Jupiter 
​DVORAK | Symphony no. 8

October 11, 2016

Co-Conductor
PUCCINI | Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi

​Assistant Conductor

October 17, 2016
ADAMS | Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Tromba Lontana & Short Ride in a Fast Machine
BEETHOVEN | Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 56
TCHAIKOVSKY |​ Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, Pathétique

October 21-22, 2016

Assistant Conductor 
WEBER | Peter Schmoll, Overture                                                                                  
BEETHOVEN | Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 26                                                 
MONTAGUE | Snakebite  (1984)                                                                                               
KODÁLY | Dances of Galánta

October 24, 2016

Cover Conductor
BACH/STOKOWSKI | Passacaglia & Fugue
SIBELIUS | En Saga
MENDELSSOHN | Symphony no. 5 'Reformation'

November 22, 2016

Co-Conductor
STRAUSS | Serenade for Winds in Eb Major, Op. 7      
MAHLER | Symphony No. 5

​November​, 2016

Cover Conductor
S. DAY | Autumn Vows 
DEL BORGO | Furiant

December 3, 2016

Conductor