Calendar
2023-2024
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra
August 12, 2023
Waikiki Shell
Honolulu, HI
Assistant Conductor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Celina Lim, cello
JOANN GOES TO THE OPERA
WAGNER Excerpts from The Ring of the Nibelung
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme
STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Grant Park Music Festival
August 16, 2023
Jay Pritzker Pavillion
Chicago, Il
Assistant Conductor
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
STEPHEN HOUGH PLAYS MENDELSSOHN
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
MOSZKOWSKI From Foreign Lands
LISZT Les préludes
Grant Park Music Festival
August 18 & 19, 2023
Jay Pritzker Pavillion
Chicago, Il
Assistant Conductor
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Michael Black, chorus director
Corinne Wallace-Crane, alto
Miles Mykkanen, tenor
Alex Desocio, baritone
David Govertsen, bass
MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain
MENDELSSOHN The First Walpurgis Night
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
October 11, 2023
Kulas Hall
Cleveland, OH
Jake Taniguchi, conductor
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Four Novelletten, Op. 52
STILL Mother and Child (1943)
STRAVINSKY Apollon Musagète (rev. 1947)
Cleveland Institute of Music New Music Ensemble
October 15, 2023
Mixon Hall
Cleveland, OH
Jake Taniguchi, conductor
Joan Tower, guest composer
TOWER Purple Rain (2020)
TOWER Small (2016)
TOWER Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 5 (1993)
TOWER White Granite (2010)
TOWER Second String Force (2015)
TOWER DNA (2003)
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
October 20, 2023
Kulas Hall
Cleveland, OH
Assistant Conductor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Micah Kroeker, trombone
NABORS Upon Daybreak (2022)
DAVID Concertino for Trombone in E-flat Major, Op. 4
PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
October 20, 2023
Severance Music Center
Cleveland, OH
Assistant Conductor
Kalena Bovell, conductor
HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR
WILLIAMS Imperial March from Star Wars Suite
GRIEG In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite
DE FALLA El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
PROKOFIEV Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet
GOUNOD Funeral March of the Marionette
BERLIOZ March to the Scaffold
ELFMAN The Nightmare before Christmas Suite
WILLIAMS Main Theme from Star Wars Suite
Cleveland Institute of Music New Music Ensemble
November 13, 2023
Mixon Hall
Cleveland, OH
Jake Taniguchi, conductor
Christopher Cerrone, guest composer
CERRONE Invisible Overture (2008)
SAARIAHO Sept Papillons (2000)
CERRONE Nervous Systems (2022)
SAARIAHO Serenatas (2008)
CERRONE Why Was I Born Between Mirrors? (2019)
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
November 15, 2023
Severance Music Center
Cleveland, OH
Assistant Conductor
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Yumiko Yumiba, violin
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade in A minor, Op. 33
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op. 47
Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Theater
November 17 & 19, 2023
Kulas Hall
Cleveland, OH
Assistant Conductor
Harry Davidson, conductor
HANDEL Alcina
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
December 2, 2023
Kulas Hall
Cleveland, OH
Assistant Conductor
Sameer Patel, conductor
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture, Op. 92
SEEGER Andante for Strings (1938)
CLYNE Color Field (2020)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral”
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra
January 13, 2024
Hawaii Theater
Honolulu, HI
Assistant Conductor
Michael-Thomas Foumai, conductor
Norie Green, narrator
THE MUSIC OF STUDIO GHIBLI
HISAISHI Howl's Moving Castle: Symphonic Variation
HISAISHI Spirited Away Suite
HISAISHI Selections from Kiki's Delivery Service (Symphonic Suite)
HISAISHI My Neighbor Totoro (Orchestra Stories)
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra
January 14, 2024
Hawaii Theater
Honolulu, HI
Assistant Conductor
Anthony Parnther, conductor
David Kaplan, piano
PRICE The Oak
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491
BRAHMS Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Theater
January 27 & 28, 2024
Gartner Auditorium
Cleveland, OH
Assistant Conductor
Kamna Gupta, conductor
CIPULLO Glory Denied (2007)
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
January 31, 2024
Kulas Hall
Cleveland, OH
Assistant Conductor
Kazem Abdullah, conductor
Rebekah Hou, harp
LEWIS Weathering (2023)
GINASTERA Harp Concerto, Op. 25
MOZART Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra
February 11, 2024
Hawaii Theater
Honolulu, HI
Assistant Conductor
Dane Lam, conductor
Mark Votapek, cello
Warren Mok, tenor
Stacey Rishoi, mezzo-soprano
TAN DUN’S CROUCHING TIGER: YEAR OF THE DRAGON
ROU The Grand Song - WORLD PREMIERE
DUN Crouching Tiger Concerto
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
February 27, 2024
Severance Music Center
Cleveland, OH
Jake Taniguchi, conductor
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Jazmin Pascual, clarinet
FROM THE NEW WORLD
STRAUSS Die Fledermaus: Overture
MCTEE Double Play (2010)
COPLAND Clarinet Concerto (1948)
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, “From the New World”
Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Theater
March 1-3, 2024
Kulas Hall
Cleveland, OH
Assistant Conductor
Harry Davidson, conductor
STRAUSS Die Fledermaus
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
March 28, 2024
Kulas Hall
Cleveland, OH
Jake Taniguchi, conductor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Clancy Ellis, conductor
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, “Classical”
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition
Cleveland Institute of Music New Music Ensemble/Opera Theater
April 5 & 7, 2024
Mixon Hall
Cleveland, OH
Jake Taniguchi, conductor
A POCKETFUL OF OPERA
MOISEEV Witch (2024)
HERTZMAN Winnie-the-Pooh (2024)
STOSSEL Sylvia (2024)
WILSON Saint Agony (2023)
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
April 16, 2024
Severance Music Center
Cleveland, OH
Assistant Conductor
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Sergei Babayan, piano
BBABAYAN PLAYS RACHMANINOFF
BOULANGER D’un matin du printemps (1918)
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919)
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
April 26, 2024
Kulas Hall
Cleveland, OH
Jake Taniguchi, conductor
SHCHEDRIN Carmen Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra
May 18, 2024
Hawaii Theater
Honolulu, HI
Assistant Conductor
Dane Lam, conductor
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
HAPA SYMPHONY FEATURING JAKE SHIMABUKURO
Selections to be announced from the stage
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra
May 19, 2024
Hawaii Theater
Honolulu, HI
Assistant Conductor
Dane Lam, conductor
Michelle Cann, piano
CHEETHAM FRAILLON Wuta deya ngutan nuwa (All this and more) - WORLD PREMIERE
BONDS The Montgomery Variations
PRICE Piano Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op. 47
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra
June 15 & 16, 2024
Moanalua Performing Arts Center
Honolulu, HI
Assistant Conductor
Dane Lam, conductor
FOUMAI Nā Hōkū ʻŌpio Fanfare
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1947 version)
FOUMAI Suite from Raise Hawaiki (Kealaikahiki)
DEBUSSY La mer