Come and watch the young conductors of the future hone their baton skills and develop their artistry with an orchestra composed of NEC instrumentalists. Under the direction of Hugh Wolff, Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Director of Orchestras (in photo), the program has produced such hot young stars as Joshua Weilerstein, now assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic and Aram Demirjian, assistant conductor of the Kansas City Symphony.
The Program:
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Matthew Szymanski, conductor
Copland:Three Latin American Sketches
Sarah Kidd, conductor
Beethoven: Symphony no. 3, “Eroica”
Allegro con brio
Marcia Funebre: Adagio assai
Lio Kuokman, conductor
Scherzo: Allegro vivace
Matthew Szymanski, conductor
Finale: Allegro molto-Poco Andante-Presto
Sarah Kidd, conductor
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN