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Northern Neck Orchestra Season Concludes with Beethoven's Choral Fantasy

5/5/2018

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Concert is performed in partnership with the Chesapeake Chorale, and included Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzer Op. 52 and Bizet's Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2

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Michael returns to Northern Neck for All-Mozart Program with George Warren

3/25/2018

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Mozart favorites on the Northern Neck, with Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Piano Concerto no. 20, and Symphony no. 40

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Michael rehearses Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 20 in D Minor with George Warren, pianist, and the Northern Neck Orchestra
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Michael gives pre-concert lecture (all NNO concerts are preceded by pre-concert lectures)
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Michael conducts premiere of Kevin Puts' Flute Concerto at Carnegie Hall, with Demarre McGill (Principal Flute, Seattle Symphony)

3/18/2018

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Concert includes Capriccio Espagnol, Dvorak's Symphony no. 8, and the world premiere of go and by Thomas Kotcheff.

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Michael with Demarre McGill and the students of the New York Youth Symphony at Carnegie Hall
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Michael conducts Baltimore Symphony Orchestra together with students from Baltimore County

3/13/2018

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Program includes music from Star Wars and Dvorak's Symphony no. 9, as well as Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

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Michael prepares to conduct music from "Star Wars" with the Baltimore Symphony and top high school students from the area.
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Michael conducts NYYS Composition Workshop

3/3/2018

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NYYS Composition students have their pieces read and rehearsed by NYYS student-instrumentalists and professional musicians from the Dacoda Ensemble in a Side-by-Side setting.

NYYS composition students had the unique opportunity to solicit feedback from the musicians, program director Kyle Blaha, and composer-mentor Aaron Jay Kernis. The pieces were recorded for the composers' portfolios and represented a wide variety of musical writing, including one spectral piece!
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Michael with program director Kyle Blaha, composer-mentor Aaron Jay Kernis, NYYS composition students, and musicians from the Dacoda Ensemble
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Michael leads Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore County Students in Side-by-Side

2/28/2018

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Concert on March 13th to include Dvorak's New World Symphony, excerpts from John Williams iconic Star Wars score, and Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto​.

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Michael conducts Camerata Notturna and Colin Carr in concert of Dvorak and Ives

2/24/2018

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Michael made his debut with Camerata Notturna, a NY-based ensemble, conducting Dvorak's American Suite and Cello Concerto (Colin Carr, Soloist), and Ives' Symphony no. 2​.

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Before Dress Rehearsal with Camerata Notturna
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Standing Ovation for Camerata Notturna and Colin Carr, after Dvorak's Cello Concerto
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Michael leads Grammy-Nominated Metropolis Ensemble, Wye Oak, and Brooklyn Youth Chorus at Symphony Space, Manhattan

2/16/2018

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New York Music Review states the "Lavish, Ambitiously Orchestrated Twinbill" was "a brand new kind of music: epic post-minimalist sweep matched to rock edge and attack."

Michael was invited to be the guest conductor for the Metropolis Ensemble on February 16th as their premiered a new song cycle by William Brittelle called Spiritual America, as well as new arrangements for orchestra, chorus, and Indie Rock duo Wye Oak. Played to a full house at Symphony Space, Manhattan, the concert was loved by traditional classical and Indie Rock lovers alike!
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Brooklyn Youth Chorus
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Dress Rehearsal at Symphony Space
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In rehearsal with the Metropolis Ensemble and Wye Oak
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Mike with Wye Oak, post-concert
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Michael leads Valentine's Day talk on Mahler Symphony 5 at the New York Public Library

2/14/2018

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The event was the first of its kind at the NYPL for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center

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In celebration of the centenary of Leonard Bernstein's birth, the New York Public Library has an excellent exhibit featuring many of Bernstein's artifacts and belongings, and has a series of events dedicated to his musical legacy. Michael was thrilled to lead one of these events, a public discussion, Q&A, and play-along of the fourth movement of Mahler's 5th Symphony. 

Long heralded as Gustav Mahler's "love poem" to his wife Alma, the event was perfectly set for Valentine's Day. The discussion centered around Leonard Bernstein's specific (and evolving) interpretation of the movement and of Mahler in general, as well as his relationship to Mahler and his music throughout his lifetime. Bernstein, of course, was one of Mahler's champions, and is one of the primary reasons that his music is played so often today.

Community members, students, adults, and professional musicians all joined together after the discussion to read and rehearse the movement in an attempt to match Bernstein's interpretations, even using Bernstein's personal score and parts, courtesy of the New York Philharmonic!
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Michael returns to assist Bramwell Tovey and the St. Louis Symphony in performances of "Carmina Burana" and "Chichester Psalms"

2/8/2018

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Michael was invited back to St. Louis this season for this exciting program of Bernstein and Orff.

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