Word: conductor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Founded in 1898 as the Musical Club of Harvard University and reformed as a chamber orchestra in 1954, Bach Soc is led each season by an undergraduate who selects the repertoire, runs rehearsals and conducts all the performances. For a young conductor, it’s perhaps as close as it gets to music directing a full-sized chamber orchestra...
...orchestra continues to provide a training ground for talented young conductors and some of the biggest names on the classical music scene. After an audition process in which three finalists were selected from a group of 10 applicants, Bach Soc recently chose Alexander S. Misono ’04 as its conductor for the new season...
Misono has already established a strong presence as a conductor at Harvard, most prominently as assistant conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra last year. Misono says that it taught him “about directing peers and colleagues, many of whom were older...
...addition to the Stravinsky under Misono’s baton, outgoing conductor Sean H. Ryan ’03 will lead the rest of the program tonight, which will also include Azura Rising by Ben E. Green ’06, winner of the orchestra’s annual composition competition, Ligeti’s Ramifications, Barber’s Adagio for Strings and de Falla’s El Amor Brujo—which Ryan says he has wanted to conduct since last year...
TECHNOLOGY-INFUSED TUNES. Classical music is intertwined with technology when the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) showcases its unique stylings. The performances is a continuation of the series “Who’s afraid of technology?” and is hosted by Gil Rose, the conductor of BMOP. Wednesday, April 23 at 7 p.m. Ticekts $10. Club Passim, 47 Palmer...