RECENT AND UPCOMING PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
August 28, 2011 – conduct and music direct TRIBUTE CONCERT TO SERGE GAINSBOURG with Beck, Sean Lennon, Lulu Gainsbourg, Victoria LeGrand, Ed Droste, Mike Patton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and various other artists with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl, LA CA
September 11, 2011 – play the American premiere of Nenia and Scherzino with violinist Elmira Darvarova and the Wagner/Liszt Isolde’s Liebestod for the September 11th, 10th anniversary memorial concert by the New York Festival of Chamber Music, Symphony Space, NYC
June 17 - Sept 18, 2011 – cover conductor the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl for Opening Gala; July 4th Spectacular with Hall and Oates; the world premiere by the Los Angeles Philharmonic of MGM’S WEST SIDE STORY; JOURNEY TO INDIA with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and AR Rahman at the Hollywood Bowl; Sara McLaughlin and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; the Los Angeles Philharmonic ‘En Fuego’ with guitarists Rodrigo y Gabriella; AFI’S GREAT AMERICAN MOVIE QUIZ with Alex Trabek and season finale ‘Night at the Moulin Rouge’ at Hollywood Bowl , LA CA
October 15, 2011 – conduct the West Coast premiere of Phillip Glass’ Another Look at Harmony, Part 4 with organist Mark Hilt and various soloists for the Jacaranda series in Santa Monica, CA
October 23, 2011 – conduct revival of three large Vernon Duke works for orchestra, chorus and soloists including the End of St. Petersburg Oratorio, Epitaph for Diaghilev and Dedicases for orchestra, piano and soprano obligato with pianist Nicolai Mazhara, mezzo Irina Vasilvera, soprano Anastasia Kalagina, tenor Dmitri Voropaev, bass Ilya Bannick, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, and the Capella Chorus of St. Petersburg for the “Diaghilev PS” Festival at the Great Hall of St. Petersburg,St. Petersburg, Russia
December 7-11, 2011 - conduct multiple performances of Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker with leads, Janie Taylor and Sebastian Marcovici of NY City Ballet, choreography by Mario Nugara and the California Riverside Ballet at the Fox Performing Arts Center, Riverside CA
December 16, 2011 – perform with violinist Tricia Park recital of works by Stravinsky, Duke and Gershwin at Riverside Auditorium, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
February 9, 2012 – conduct guitarist Trey Anastasio Winter Symphony Tour with Atlanta Symphony, Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA
February 14, 2012 – conduct guitarist Trey Anastasio Winter Symphony Tour with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
February 28, 2012 – conduct guitarist Trey Anastasio Winter Symphony Tour with the Colorado Symphony, Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, CO
March 10, 2012 – conduct guitarist Trey Anastasio Winter Symphony Tour with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Disney Hall, LA, CA
March 28, 2012 – conduct revival of ‘lost’ Vernon Duke violin concerto with violinist Tricia Park and the University of Iowa Symphony, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
April 2, 2012 – conduct Mimesis ensemble in performance of Ligeti Piano Concerto with pianist Katie Reimer as well as Mohammed Fairouz’ opera Sumeida’s Song with mezzo Rachel Calloway; soprano Jo Ellen Miller; tenor Robert Mack and baritone, Mischa Bouvier at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC, NY
April 21, 2012 – conduct the Gubaidulina Risonanza for Jacaranda Series, Santa Monica, CA
June 22 to September 14, 2012 – Hollywood Bowl Orchestra 2012 season, concerts TBD.
SELECTED PAST APPEARANCES (OPERA and BALLET)
April 13, 2011 – conduct world premiere of Mohammed Fairouz’ new opera Sumeida’s Song with Mimesis Ensemble; mezzo Rachel Calloway; soprano Jo Ellen Miller; tenor Robert Mack and baritone Randall Scarlata at Ethical Culture Society NYC NY
March 13 and 20, 2011 – conduct staged presentations of Randall Eng’s Henry’s Wife directed by David Herskovitz for American Opera Projects and Manhattan School of Music , NYC NY
December 2010 – California Riverside Ballet: multiple performances of Tchaikovsky THE NUTCRACKERchoreographed by Mario Nugara at the Fox Performing Arts Center, Riverside CA
May 2010 – New York City Opera’s Vox Festival: Julian Wachner’s EVANGELINE REVISTED with New York City Opera Orchestra and various artists
April 2010 – New York City Opera’s Vox Festival: Scott Davenport Richard’s STAR ACROSS THE OCEAN with the New York City Opera Orchestra and various artists
May 2009 – UCLA opera. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s CAROUSEL in semi-staged concert presentations directed by Peter Kazaras
April 2007 – Pittsburgh Opera. Benjamin Britten’s BILLY BUDD with Nathan Gunn, Robin Legatte, Greer Grimsley and the Pittsburgh opera chorus (studio run) in production by Francesca Zambello
August 2006 – Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown NY. World premiere of Richard Rodney Bennett’s THE GARDEN
August 2006 – Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, NY. Rossini’s BARBER OF SEVILLE cover-cast production directed by Leon Majors
November 2005 – Kentucky Opera. Malcolm Williamson’s HAPPY PRINCE in touring production co-directed by David Neuman and Amy Trompetter
May 2005 - Lincoln Center Bruno Walter Auditorium. Schoenberg’s PIERROT LUNAIRE with mezzo Brenda Patterson
January 2005 – Atlantic Center for the Arts, Smyrna Beach, Fla. George Plimpton and K. Brazelton’s ANIMAL TALES children’s opera in fully produced workshop and premiere
SELECTED PAST APPEARANCES (SYMPHONIC)
September 2010 – University of Iowa. After receiving a “Distinguished Alumni Fellow” award, one appearance with the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra (Ravel La Valse and Màrquez Danzon no. 2), and another with the University of Iowa Center for New Music Ensemble and soprano Ann Carvero in the world premiere of the Schoenberg (arranged Dunn) Four Brettl-lieder/Cabaret Songs for Voice and Chamber Orchestra, Debussy (arranged Benno Sachs) Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faune and the Weill Tanz-potpourri and Blues-potpourri, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
September 2009 – Hollywood Bowl, LA. “An Evening with Natalie Cole and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra” also featuring Oliver Nelson’s Stolen Moments, David Raksin’s Laura and the Hollywood Bowl premier of Maria Schneider’s Aries de Lando
March 2009 – Skirball Auditorium, NYC. “Music and the Movies: The Rosenman Legacy Tribute Concert” with the NYU Symphony Orchestra featuring the Bach/Webern Fuga from a Musical Offering, Berg Lyric Suite, Vitali/Rosenman Chaconne with violinist Greg Fulkerson as well synced live orchestral performance with graduate student films and orchestral film cue suites from EAST OF EDEN, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and other Rosenman films
July, 2008 – Hollywood Bowl, LA. “An Evening with Chris Botti and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra” featuring live orchestra and jazz trumpeter with various works from his CD’s by Gershwin, Davis and others
September, 2007 – State Auditorium, Guanajuato Mexico. Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony with the Orchesta Sinfonica de Guanajuato, soprano Leena Chopra and others
May, 2006 – Koka Booth Auditorium, Raleigh, N. Carolina.
Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony with the North Carolina Symphony, soprano Anne de Renais and others
February, 2006 – Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France. Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony with the Orchestre National de France, soprano Anne de Renais and others
July, 2002 – Music Festival of the Hamptons, NY. Poulenc’s Babar the Elephant with Ron Guttman narrator and the Atlantic Chamber Orchestra
PIANO SOLO/CHAMBER HIGHLIGHTS
February 20 – 23, 2011 – world premiere recording of Franco Alfano Violin Sonata, Nenia and Scherzino and Quintet with Met Opera orchestra violinists Elmira Darvarova and Mary Ann Mumm, violist Craig Mumm and cellist Sam Magill, for Naxos, NYC, NY
April 23, 2011 – play the Wagner/Liszt Isolde’s Liebestod in the University of Iowa’s Franz Liszt Bicentennial Festival, Iowa City, IA
February 3, 2011 – perform Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with conductor Evans Christ and Macedonian Philharmonic in Skopje, Macedonia
October 2010 – perform various Charles Ives’ songs with soprano Elissa Johnston and west coast premieres of See the Conquering Hero Comes, Waltz Rondo and the Black March (St Gaudens) for solo piano and various ensemble works on the Jacaranda Series in Santa Monica, CA
September 2010 – perform lecture/recital highlighting jazz music influences in American concert music with Gershwin Preludes, Joplin Solace, Rzewski Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues and John Adams Road Movies with special guest violinist Tricia Park, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
September 2010 – perform with violinist Elmira Darvarova, John Adams’ Road Movies, works of Vernon Duke and the US premiere of the Alfano Violin Sonata and the Catoire Elegy for the New York Festival of Chamber Music, Symphony Space, NYC
June 2010 – Provincidales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. Play various chamber works including Schubert Trout Quintet in Second Annual Turks and Caicos Music Festival
November, 2009 - Jacaranda Series Santa Monica, CA.
West coast premiere of John Adams’ Road Movies for violin and piano with violinist Alyssa Park for LA Phil’s “West Coast/Left Coast” festival with John Adams curator
September, 2009 - Symphony Space, NYC, NY.
Alfano Sonata for Cello and Piano (1925) and Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano (1932) with Elvira Darvarova, violin and Sam Magill, cello for the New York Festival of Chamber Music
November, 2008 - Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh, PA. Perform Ricky Ian Gordon’s Orpheus and Euridice with soprano Debra Selig
June, 2008 - NYC NY. Record Alfano Sonata for Cello and Piano and Alfano Concerto for Violin Cello and Piano for Naxos with Elimira Darvarova, violin and Sam Magill, cello
May 2008 - Bruno Walter Auditorium , NYPL at Lincoln Center, NYC NY. Perform Alfano Sonata for Cello and Piano (1925) and American premiere of Alfano Concerto for Violin Cello and Piano (1932) with Elvira Darvarova, violin and Sam Magill, cello
August, 2002 – Music Festival of the Hamptons, NY. Mozart Symphony 40 in G minor and Piano Concerto in D minor K466 with the Atlantic Chamber Orchestra and Dunn as soloist and conductor
July, 2002 – Music Festival of the Hamptons, NY . Beethoven Triple Concerto with Maestro Lukas Foss, The Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, Michael Guttmann, Vln and Scott Ballantyne, VC
August, 2001 – Music Festival of the Hamptons, NY. Haydn Piano Concerto in D, Beethoven Symphony # 1 with Scott Dunn as conductor and soloist
May, 2001 – Carnegie Hall, NY. Rosza Spellbound Concerto with Dennis Russell Davies and the American Composers Orchestra
April, 2000 – Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, LA. Rosza Spellbound Concerto with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Maestro John Mauceri
January, 1999 – Carnegie Hall, NY. Duke Piano Concerto in C (orchestrated Dunn) with Dennis Russell Davies and the American Composers Orchestra