Artistic Director of Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestras

Music Director of Wayzata Symphony Orchestra


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Upcoming Performances

February 22, 2026

SEMYO

SEMYO Winter Concert

🌎 John Marshall High School, Rochester, MN

  • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite

    1. Scène
    2. Valse

  • Smetana: Má vlast

    1. Vltava (The Moldau)

  • Holst: The Planets

    1. Mars, the Bringer of War

March 22, 2026

Wayzata Symphony Orchestra

Journey and Belongings

🌎 Hopkins High School, MN

  • Berlioz: Le carnaval romain

  • Heitzeg: American Nomad

    Charles Lazarus, trumpet

  • Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

May 8, 2026

Wayzata Symphony Orchestra

Transformations

🌎 Hopkins High School, MN

  • Coleman: Umoja

  • Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 2

    1. Allegro maestoso

Past Performances

February 1, 2026

Rochester Symphony Orchestra

Young Artists Showcase

🌎 Rochester, MN

  • Mozart: Flute Concerto in D Major, K. 314

    1. Allegro aperto

    Bo Fenner, Flute

  • Dragonetti: Double Bass Concerto in G Major

    1. Allegro

    Nathanael Sawatsky, Double Bass

  • Walton: Viola Concerto

    1. Andante comodo

    Benjamin Wieland, Viola

  • Saint-Saëns: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso

    So-Yeon Smith, Violin

  • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor

    1. Allegro

    Erik Brovold, Cello

  • Elgar: Cello Concerto in B Minor

    1. Allegro — Moderato — Allegro, ma non-troppo — Poco più lento — Adagio

    Anita Matsuura, Cello

January 18, 2026

Wayzata Symphony Orchestra

From Stage to Screen

🌎 Hopkins High School, MN

  • Rossini: William Tell

    1. Overture

  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

    1. Allegretto

  • Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre

  • Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana

    1. Overture

  • Bernstein (arr. Mason): West Side Story

    1. Selections

  • Williams (arr. Lavender): A Tribute to John Williams

November 16, 2025

SEMYO

SEMYO Fall Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

  • Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture

  • Delibes: Coppélia

    1. Prelude
    2. Mazurka

  • Sibelius: Karelia Overture

November 9, 2025

Wayzata Symphony Orchestra

Spirit and Renewal

🌎 Eisenhower Community Center, MN

  • Farrenc: Overture No. 2 in E-flat Major, op. 24

  • Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite

  • Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor

October 5, 2025

Wayzata Symphony Orchestra

Drama, Satire, and Soul

🌎 Hopkins High School, MN

  • Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

    1. Polonaise
    2. Waltz

  • Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

    Fanya Lin, piano

May 18, 2025

SEMYO

SEMYO Spring Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

  • Holst: The Planets

    1. Jupiter, Bringer of Jolity

  • Hisaishi: “The Legend of Ashitaka” from Princess Mononoke

  • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64

    1. Allegro molto appassionato

    Sawyer Thompson, violin

  • Benjamin Rauh: Reflections on a Broken World, Theme and Variations on Dies Irae (Day of Wrath)

    Polaris Composition Prize Winner

  • Williams: Raiders March

February 23, 2025

SEMYO

SEMYO Winter Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

  • Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

    1. Finale. Allegro

  • Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1

    1. Prélude
    2. Aragonaise
    3. Les toréadors

  • Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

    1. Promenade I
    2. Catacombs
    3. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
    4. The Hut on Fowl's Legs
    5. The Great Gate of Kiev

November 17, 2024

SEMYO Fall Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
T.J. Cole: Nightscape
Saint-Saëns: Danse bacchanale from Samson et Delila

May 19, 2024

SEMYO Spring Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Shostakovich: Gadfly Suite
    XI. Scene
        Briar Daire, guest conductor
Bloch: Baal Shem
    III. Simchas Torah
        Ramon Campos, violin
Zimmerli: Alpenglow
    Inaugural Winner of the Polaris Composition Prize
        Blake Zimmerli, guest conductor
Sibelius: Finlandia
    with Bella Voce and Bella Fiore choirs
    Edra Clements, guest conductor
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)
    III. Infernal Dance
    IV. Berceuse
    V. Finale

February 25, 2024

SEMYO Winter Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Marquez: Conga del fuego nuevo
Li: Spring Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
    II. Andante cantabile
    IV. Andante maestoso

February 5, 2024

Educational Concert for the 4th graders of Rochester Public Schools district with SEMYO & Rochester Symphony Orchestra

🌎 Rochester, MN

Li: Spring Festival Overture
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)
    V. Final
Tchaikovsky: Danse des cygnes from Swan Lake
Blake Zimmerli: Alpenglow
    Winner of the inaugural Polaris Composition Prize
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
    III. Menuet
Badelt: Suite from Pirates of the Caribbean

December 16, 2023

SEMYO Christmas Mall Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Tchaikovsky: Scene and Danse des cygnes from Swan Lake
Badelt: Suite from Pirates of the Caribbean

November 12, 2023

SEMYO Fall Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula
Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
Malcolm Arnold: Peterloo Overture

May 21, 2023

SEMYO Spring Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Mussorgsky: Hopak from Sorochinsky's Fair
    Heather Sklenicka, guest conductor
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
    I. Vorspiel: Allegro moderato
    Sawyer Thompson, violin
Symphonic Variation "Merry-Go-Round"
Williams: Star Wars Suite
    Main Title
      Briar Daire, student conductor
    Princess Leia's Theme
      Malcolm Gentry, student conductor
    Imperial March
      Edra Clements, student conductor

April 22, 2023

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

🌎 La Crosse, WI

J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
    V. Polonaise
    VI. Menuet
    VII. Badinerie
    Kallie Johnson, flute
Verdi: Triumphal Scene from Aïda
Mozart: Priest’s Chorus from The Magic Flute
Puccini: Humming Chorus from Madama Butterfly
Verdi: Witches’ Chorus from Macbeth
Sibelius: Finlandia
Bizet: Habanera from Carmen
Verdi: ":Va, pensiero" from Nabucco
Bizet: March of the Toreadors from Carmen
Verdi: Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore

March 4, 2023

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

🌎 La Crosse, WI

Grieg: Holberg's Suite
    I. Praeludium (Allegro vivace)
Carmen Suite No. 1
    I.Prelude & Aragonaise
    III. Intermezzo
    IV. Seguedille
    VI. Final. Les Toreadors
Carmen Suite No. 2
    V. La Garde Montante
    II. Habanera

February 26, 2023

SEMYO Winter Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture

November 13, 2022

SEMYO Fall Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Mussorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov: A Night on Bald Mountain
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma', Op.36
    Theme (Andante)
    Variation I. L'istesso tempo "C.A.E."
    Variation VII. Presto "Troyte"
    Variation VIII. Allegretto "W.N."
    Variation IX. Adagio "Nimrod"

October 9, 2022

In Hope of a Better Tomorrow

🌎 Wayzata, MN

Dvořák: Carnival Overture, op. 92
Ives/arr. Schuman: Variations on "America"
Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)
Ravel: The Mother Goose Suite
    V. The Fairy Garden

May 20, 2022

SEMYO Concert Orchestra Feature Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Bates: Mothership
Resphigi: Pini di Roma
    II. Pini presso una Catacomba
    IV. I Pini della Via Appia
Williams: Raiders March

May 15, 2022

SEMYO Spring Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Sibelius: Violin Concerto
    I. Allegro moderato
    Evan Schuman, violin
Bates: Mothership
Resphigi: Pini di Roma
    IV. I Pini della Via Appia
Williams: Raiders March

February 27, 2022

SEMYO Winter Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Bizet: L'arlesienne Suite No. 1
    I. Overture
Saint-Saens: Morceau de Concert
    Nathan Anderson, horn
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
    Promenade No. 2
    Il vecchio castello
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

November 14, 2021

SEMYO Fall Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Bernstein: Slava!
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
    I. Allegro moderato
    Damian Kim, violin
Williams: Raiders March

March 3, 2020

SEMYO Side-By-Side with the Rochester Symphony

🌎 Rochester, MN

Handel: Hornpipe from Water Music Suite
Ravel: Pavane
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 8
Lucas Sanner: Opening
Badelt: Suite from Pirates of the Caribbean
Bizet: Farandole from L'Arlésienne

March 1, 2020

SEMYO Winter Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Holst: Mars from The Planets
Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin
Grainger: The Brisk Young Sailor from Lincolnshire Posy
Dukas: La Peri Fanfare
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Second and Third movements

December 14, 2019

SEMYO Holiday Concert @ Apache Mall

🌎 Rochester, MN

White Christmas (Berlin)
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Polar Express

November 17, 2019

SEMYO Fall Concert

🌎 Rochester, MN

Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, First Movement
Amundson: Handprints

March 9, 2019

Metamorphosis Fundraiser Gala

🌎 Ithaca, NY

July 29, 2018

Cabrillo Festival

🌎 Santa Cruz, CA

July 7, 2018

15th Sound & Music Computing Conference

🌎 Limassol, Cyprus

Resounding Resonances / Nicoletta Andreuccetti
Towdah / João-Pedro Oliveira

June 8, 2018

Subscription Concert at the National Music Festival

🌎 Chestertown, MD

Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane
Mozart: Symphony No. 25

June 3, 2018

Opening Concert at the National Music Festival

🌎 Chestertown, MD

Haines: Festival Fanfare
Bernstein: Candide Overture (arr. Grundman)
R. V. Williams (arr. Beeler)
Holst: Suite in E-Flat
Sousa: Washington Post March

April 30, 2018

Concert with the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra

🌎 Ford Hall, Ithaca, NY

Cole, T.J.: Nightscape

April 28, 2018

Emmanuel Berrido's Recital

🌎 Hockett Recital Hall, Ithaca, NY

Berrido: Cello Concerto: Areitos

Craig Mehler, cello

April 28, 2018

Concert with the Ithaca College Sinfonietta

🌎 Ford Hall, Ithaca, NY

Dvořák: Serenade, op. 22
    IV. Larghetto
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav, op. 31

April 26, 2018

Gabriella Stout's Recital

🌎 Hockett Recital Hall, Ithaca, NY

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1

Gabriella Stout, violin

April 22, 2018

Dallas Howard's Recital

🌎 Hockett Recital Hall

Howard: American Dreams
Howard: Black Rogue

April 20, 2018

Pergolesi for the Community

🌎 Immaculate Conception Church, Ithaca, NY

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

Juliana Child, soprano
Nicole Rivera, alto
Press

April 19, 2018

Concert with the Ithaca College Contemporary Ensemble

🌎 Hockett Recital Hall, Ithaca, NY

Francisco del Pino: Indómita luz (Commission/World Premiere)

March 29, 2018

Concert with the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra

🌎 Ford Hall, Ithaca, NY

Schubert: Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished"
    I. Allegro moderato

March 19, 2018

Concert at McGill University

🌎 Montréal, QC, Canada

Thompson: Somewhere to Elsewhere

February 25, 2018

Concert with Un/Pitched

🌎 Ford Hall, Ithaca, NY

Berrido: Danza Ritual
Sabzghabaei: May 29 - June 9
Sharp: Farther from the Truth
Howard: Wendelstein-7X

February 4, 2018

Concert with the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra

🌎 Ford Hall, Ithaca, NY

Grieg: Piano Concerto
    I. Allegro molto moderato
        Christopher Yeung, soloist
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)

December 4, 2017

Performance at Ithaca College

🌎 Nabenhauer Recital Hall, Ithaca, NY

Stravinsky: Octet

November 30, 2017

Concert with the Ithaca College Sinfonietta

🌎 Ford Hall, Ithaca, NY

Elgar: Serenade for Strings

November 29, 2017

Concert with the Ithaca College Contemporary Ensemble

🌎 Hockett Recital Hall, Ithaca, NY

Tulve: stream 2
Harvey: Death of Light / Light of Death

November 11, 2017

Veterans Day Concert

🌎 St. Lukes Lutheran Church, Ithaca, NY

Stravinsky: Soldier's Tale

November 1, 2017

Concert with the Ithaca College Gamer Symphony Orchestra

🌎 Ford Hall, Ithaca, NY

Zelda Breath of the Wild Suite

September 17, 2017

Performance with Savoyards Ithaca

🌎 Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

September 16, 2017

Performance with Savoyards Ithaca

🌎 Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

September 15, 2017

Performance with Savoyards Ithaca

🌎 Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

April 20, 2017

Performance with Ithaca College Sinfonietta

🌎 Ford Hall, Ithaca, NY

Von Suppé: Poet and Peasant Overture
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13, op. 130
    V. Cavatina
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2, op. 43
    IV. Finale

April 10, 2017

Dallas Howard's Recital

🌎 Hockett Recital Hall, Ithaca, NY

Howard: Black Rogue

February 5, 2017

Concert with the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra

🌎 Ford Hall, Ithaca, NY

Grieg: Piano Concerto
    I. Allegro molto moderato
        Raymond Feng, soloist
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)

November 17, 2016

Concert with the Ithaca College Sinfonietta

🌎 Ford Hall, Ithaca, NY

Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Serenade for Strings
Mozart: Symphony No. 41

September 18, 2016

Performance with Ithaca Savoyards

🌎 Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY

Candide (1974)

September 17, 2016

Performance with Ithaca Savoyards

🌎 Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY

Candide (1974)

September 16, 2016

Performance with Ithaca Savoyards

🌎 Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY

Candide (1974)

April 2, 2016

Concert with the Vanderbilt Commodore Orchestra

🌎 Ingram Hall, Nashville, TN

Mozart: Symphony No. 41

January 31, 2016

Concert with the Vanderbilt Commodore Orchestra

🌎 Ingram Hall, Nashville, TN

Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Massanet: Suite from Le Cid

April 18, 2015

Performance at Vanderbilt University

🌎 Turner Recital Hall, Nashville, TN

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major
    Matthew Lammers, violin

April 17, 2015

Concert with the Vanderbilt Symphony Orchestra

🌎 Ingram Hall, Nashville, TN

Saint-Saëns: Danse Bacchanale from Samson et Delila

February 21, 2015

Concert with the Vanderbilt Commodore Orchestra

🌎 Ingram Hall, Nashville, TN

Bizet: Carmen Suites No. 1 and 2
Debussy: Préludes, Book 1, No. 8 "La fille aux cheveux de lin"
Debussy: Prélude à l'aprè-midi d'un faune
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

November 1, 2014

Recital at Vanderbilt University

🌎 Turner Recital Hall, Nashville, TN

Neruda: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major
Hovhaness: Prayer of St. Gregory
Copland: Appalachian Spring

April 17, 2014

BMI: Music of Elliott Schwartz

🌎 Turner Recital Hall, Nashville, TN

Schwartz: Facebook Chronicles
Schwartz: Chamber Concerto VI: Mr. Jefferson
    Peter Sheppard-Skaerved, violin

April 11, 2014

Concert with the Vanderbilt Symphony Orchestra

🌎 Ingram Hall, Nashville, TN

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

February 22, 2014

Concert with the Vanderbilt Commodore Orchestra

🌎 Ingram Hall, Nashville, TN

Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
Martin: Ballade for Trombone and Orchestra
    Jeremy Wilson, trombone
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, "The New World"