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Upcoming Performances                                                  

Quad City Symphony Orchestra

November 22, 2025 – Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Quad City Symphony Orchestra

March 5, 2026 – Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA

Link Up: The Orchestra Sings

Augustana Symphony Orchestra

May 14, 2026 – Centennial Hall, Rock Island, IL

Bruckner Overture in G minor, Lalo Cello Concerto (Prélude), Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto, Bernstein "Glitter and Be Gay" and "What a Movie!"

QCSYE Youth Symphony

June 13-26, 2026 – International Tour to Spain and Portugal

Program: Brahms Tragic Overture, Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre, Copland "Prairie Night" and "Celebration Dance" from Billy the Kid, Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte, Branco Suite Alentejana No. 2, Falla El Amor Brujo (selections)

Past Performances                                                             

2025

QCSYE Youth Symphony

November 16, 2025 – Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA

Brahms Tragic Overture, Copland "Prairie Night" and "Celebration Dance" from Billy the Kid, Falla El Amor Brujo (selections)

Quad City Symphony Orchestra

October 25, 2025 – Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA

Jurassic Park in Concert

Augustana Symphony Orchestra

October 11, 2025 – Centennial Hall, Rock Island, IL

Sibelius Finlandia, Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1, Márquez Danzon No. 2

Quad City Symphony Orchestra

August 16, 2025 – LeClaire Park, Davenport, IA

QCBT Riverfront Pops – A Symphonic Celebration of Chicago & More with

Jeans 'n Classics

QCSYE Youth Symphony

May 11, 2025 – Bartlett Performing Arts Center, IL

Dvorak: Violin Concerto (I), Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Quad City Symphony Orchestra

May 10, 2025 – Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA

Video Games in Concert

Augustana Symphony Orchestra

May 4, 2025 – Centennial Hall, Rock Island, IL

Haydn: Symphony No. 49 'La Passione', Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

Augustana Symphony Orchestra

March 15, 2025 – Centennial Hall, Rock Island, IL

Barber: Intermezzo from Vanessa, Charpentier: "Depuis le jour" from Louise, Nielsen: Flute Concerto, Ginastera: Four Dances from Estancia

Quad City Symphony Orchestra

February 27, 2025 – Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA

Symphony Day – The Orchestra "Swings"

QCSYE Youth Symphony

February 16, 2025 – Davenport Central

Bozone, Judy: Spilled Orange, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (II)

 

2024​

 

Quad City Symphony Orchestra

February 27, 2025 – Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA

Symphony Day – The Orchestra "Swings"

QCSYE Youth Symphony

November 10, 2024 – Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA

Copland: Outdoor Overture, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Quad City Symphony Orchestra

October 26, 2024 – Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA

Disney's Hocus Pocus in Concert

Augustana Symphony and Chamber Orchestras

October 12, 2024 – Centennial Hall, Rock Island, IL

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 Unfinished, Walker: Lyric for Strings, Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town

 

Quad City Symphony Orchestra

August 17, 2024 – LeClaire Park, Davenport, IA

QCBT Riverfront Pops – The Music of Led Zeppelin with Jeans 'n Classics

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

GTCYS Philharmonic

May 12, 2024 – Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis

Revueltas: Sensemayá, Dvorak: Symphony No. 6, IV

 

St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra

April 27, 2024 – Ritsche Auditorium (Stewart Hall), St. Cloud State University

A New Home – Copland: Appalachian Spring (full orchestra), Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2, Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

Buffalo Community Orchestra

April 28, 2024  – BHS Performing Arts Center

The American Spirit – Ungar: Ashokan Farewell, Copland: Lincoln Portrait, Peter Boyer: Ellis Island: The Dream of America, narrations by Bradley Greenwald and Mo Perry

Buffalo Community Orchestra

March 3, 2024  – BHS Performing Arts Center

BCO Spotlight – Copland: Appalachian Spring (full orchestra), Bizet: 'Votre Toast', Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra (Group 1), Brahms: Clarinet Sonata no. 1 (arr. Berio), Haydn: Cello Concerto in C

GTCYS Philharmonic

March 2, 2024 – South High School, Minneapolis

Dvorak: Symphony No. 6, III. Scherzo (Furiant)

Elgar: Nimrod

Revueltas: Sensemayá

St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra

February 25, 2024 – St. John's Abbey Church, St. John's University (Collegeville, MN)

Requiem and the Perennial Question – Mozart: Requiem (arr. Süssmayr) with

Hildegard von Bingen: O Virtus Sapientiæ, Reich: I. 9/11 WTC from WTC 9/11, and Ives: The Unanswered Question

 

Northwest Suburban Conference (Guest Clinician)

February 4, 2024 – Coon Rapids High School Field House

Sibelius: Finlandia, Copland: Hoe-down, Nishimura: Water Reflections

2023

 

St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra

October 28, 2023 – Ritsche Auditorium (Stewart Hall), St. Cloud State University

Rebirth – Christopher Theofanidis: Rainbow Body, Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Isaac Jeffrey Kay, violin), Florence Price: Symphony No. 3

Buffalo Community Orchestra

October 29, 2023  – BHS Performing Arts Center

Overture 

GTCYS Philharmonic

November 18, 2023 – Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis

Dvorak: Symphony No. 6, I. Allegro non tanto

Coleridge-Taylor: Valse de la Reine

St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra

December 9, 2023 – Ritsche Auditorium (Stewart Hall), St. Cloud State University

Holiday and Children's Holiday Concerts

Buffalo Community Orchestra

December 10, 2023  – BHS Performing Arts Center

Holiday for Orchestra with Ringers and Singers 

1st International Ferenc Fricsay Conducting Competition

September 3-10, 2023 – Szeged, Hungary

Buffalo Community Orchestra

June 11, 2023  – Sturges Park, Buffalo, MN

Concert in the Park with BCO

St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra

June 22, 2023 – Ritsche Auditorium (Stewart Hall), St. Cloud State University

Lemonade Concert

 

Buffalo Community Orchestra

April 30, 2023  – BHS Performing Arts Center

Love, BCO – Bernstein: Selections from West Side Story, Offenbach: Entr'acte et Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1; Hanson: Symphony No. 2 'Romantic'

St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra

April 29, 2023 – Ritsche Auditorium (Stewart Hall), St. Cloud State University

Struggle and Triumph – Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps, Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

GTCYS Philharmonic

April 21, 2023 – St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Bloomington

Hanson: Symphony No. 2 'Romantic'

Buffalo Community Orchestra

March 4, 2023  – BHS Performing Arts Center

Let's Dance – Sibelius: Valse Triste, Glazunov: Concert Waltz No. 1, Moncayo: Huapango,  Brahms: Hungarian Dances, Strauss Jr.: Pizzicato Polka, Márquez: Danzon No. 7, Copland: Hoe-Down from Rodeo

St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra

February 25, 2023 – Ritsche Auditorium (Stewart Hall), St. Cloud State University

A Joyful Noise – Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Bernstein: Psalms 108:2 and 100 from Chichester Psalms, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 'Reformation'

 

2022

GTCYS Philharmonic

December 13, 2022 – Roseville Lutheran Church

St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra

December 10, 2022 – Ritsche Auditorium (Stewart Hall), St. Cloud State University

Holiday Potpourri and Children's Holiday Potpourri

Buffalo Community Orchestra

December 11, 2022  – BHS Performing Arts Center

Holiday for Orchestra with Ringers and Singers

GTCYS Philharmonic

November 19, 2022 – Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte Overture

Hanson: Symphony No. 2 "Romantic", I. Adagio; Allegro moderato

St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra

October 29, 2022 – Ritsche Auditorium (Stewart Hall), St. Cloud State University

Shall We Dance? – Copland: El Salon México, Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre,

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Princess Astrid International Music Competition (Semi-finalist)

August 15-18, 2022 – Trondheim, Norway

University of Minnesota Summer Orchestra

July 8, 2022 – Ted Mann Concert Hall

St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra

June 23, 2022 – Atwood Mall, St. Cloud State University

Lemonade Concert

Buffalo Community Orchestra

June 12, 2022 – Sturges Park

Concert in the Park with BCO 2022

Buffalo Community Orchestra

April 30, 2022 – BHS Performing Arts Center

BCO Spotlight – Copland, Bizet, Ravel, Beethoven, Schumann

 

St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra

April 23, 2022 – Ritsche Auditorium (Stewart Hall), St. Cloud State University

Revolutionaries – Copland, Debussy, Beethoven

University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra

March 2, 2022 – Ted Mann Concert Hall

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem

Buffalo Community Orchestra

February 26, 2022 – BHS Performing Arts Center

Scandinavian Postcards – Sibelius, Berwald, Grieg, Stenhammar

 

2021

Buffalo Community Orchestra

December 11, 2021 – BHS Performing Arts Center

Holiday for Orchestra 

Buffalo Community Orchestra

October 23, 2021 – BHS Performing Arts Center

Beethoven and Friends

International Conductors Workshop and Competition

June 25-27, 2021 – Lawrenceville, GA

Mahler: Adagietto from Mahler Symphony No. 5

Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite (13 instruments)

Buffalo Community Orchestra

June 13, 2021 – Sturges Park, Buffalo, MN

June Outdoors Concert

University of Minnesota Opera Theatre

April 29, 30, May 1, 2, 2021 – Pre-Recorded Livestream

Britten: The Turn of the Screw

University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra

March 26, 2021 – Ted Mann Concert Hall

Rodion Shchedrin, Carmen: Ballet for strings and percussion {after Bizet}

2020

University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra

Nov. 13, 2020 – Ted Mann Concert Hall

Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks

University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra

Oct. 23, 2020 – Ted Mann Concert Hall

Mozart: Symphony No. 21

University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra

Oct. 2, 2020 – Ted Mann Concert Hall

Bartok: Divertimento for String Orchestra

Buffalo Community Orchestra

Feb. 29, 2020 – Buffalo High School Performing Arts Center

A Night at the Opera

 

2019

University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra

Dec 10. 2019 – Westminster Presbyterian Church

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

Buffalo Community Orchestra

Dec. 7, 2019 – Buffalo High School Performing Arts Center

Holiday for Orchestra

Buffalo Community Orchestra

Oct. 27, 2019 – Buffalo High School Performing Arts Center

Brass Spectacular

 

2018

Arapahoe Philharmonic

Dec. 8, 2018 – South Suburban Christian Church

Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano

Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve Suite

Mississippi Valley Orchestra – Guest Conductor

Oct. 14, 2018 – Simley Theater of Performing Arts

Mendelssohn: The Hebrides

Lamont Symphony Orchestra

March 6, 2018 – Gates Concert Hall

Adams: Lollapalooza

 

2017 

Lamont Symphony Orchestra

Nov. 16, 2017 – Gates Concert Hall

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune 

Herring: The Offer

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