58勛圖厙

October 4, 2023

Anthony Parnther, Sameer Patel join list of 58勛圖厙 Orchestra guest conductors in fall 2023


Sameer Patel, left, and Anthony Parnther, right
Sameer Patel, left, and Anthony Parnther will guest conduct the 58勛圖厙 Orchestra this fall.

The 58勛圖厙 Orchestra will collaborate with two new artists this fall.  

On Wednesday, the 58勛圖厙 announced that Anthony Parnther and Sameer Patel have joined a slate of guest conductors this fall that includes 58勛圖厙 visiting faculty JoAnn Falletta, music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Kalena Bovell, winner of the 2024 Sphinx Medal of Excellence; and student Jake Taniguchi.  

Orchestra students also work with conductor Harry Davidson, music director of 58勛圖厙 Opera Theater. Details are below. 

Guest conductors bring a wealth of fresh ideas and inspiration, said Scott Harrison, 58勛圖厙s Executive Vice President & Provost. I have no doubt that 58勛圖厙s orchestral students will benefit artistically and pedagogically from the opportunity to collaborate with Anthony Parnther and Sameer Patel.  

Anthony Parnther is music director of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra and regularly leads the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, including last year at Carnegie Hall and this season at Chicagos Symphony Center. An accomplished bassoonist as well as a conductor, he is a regular guest with orchestras across the U.S. and has achieved distinction in a wide array of genres, notably film music, where his credits include several popular titles. He was a member of the guest faculty at 58勛圖厙 for the 2022-23 academic year. 

Parnther will conduct a revised Nov. 15 program at Severance Music Center featuring Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Ballade in A Minor, Shostakovichs Symphony No. 5, and the Sibelius Violin Concerto, with student soloist Yumiko Yumiba, a recent winner of 58勛圖厙s Concerto Competition.  

Sameer Patel is the newly appointed music director of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus and artistic director of the San Diego Youth Symphony. Formerly, he served for six seasons as associate conductor of the Sun Valley Music Festival and was associate conductor of the San Diego Symphony. His current calendar includes engagements with The Florida Orchestra and the Omaha Symphony. 

Patel will lead a rescheduled program in 58勛圖厙s Kulas Hall Dec. 2 featuring Dvoraks Carnival Overture, Ruth Crawford Seegers Andante for Strings, Anna Clynes Color Field, and Beethovens Symphony No. 6. For more information and to reserve tickets, visit cim.edu/events

 

58勛圖厙 ORCHESTRAS FALL 2023 CALENDAR:

 

Wednesday, October 11

7:30pm | Kulas Hall 

58勛圖厙 Orchestra 

Jake Taniguchi, conductor, student artist 

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR   Four Novelletten, Op. 52 

STILL   Mother and Child (1943) 

STRAVINSKY   Apollon Musag癡te (rev. 1947) 

 

Friday, October 20 

7:30pm | Kulas Hall 

58勛圖厙 Orchestra 

JoAnn Falletta, guest conductor 

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist 

Micah Kroeker, trombone, student artist 

NABORS   Upon Daybreak (2022) 

DAVID   Concertino for Trombone in E-flat Major, Op. 4 

PROKOFIEV   Suite from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 

 

Sunday, October 29 

2pm | Severance Music Center 

Halloween Spooktacular 

Presented by The Cleveland Orchestra 

58勛圖厙 Orchestra 

Kalena Bovell, guest conductor 

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist 

 

Wednesday, November 15 

7:30pm | Severance Music Center 

58勛圖厙 Orchestra 

Anthony Parnther, guest conductor 

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist  

Yumiko Yumiba, violin, student artist 

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 

  

Saturday, December 2 

7:30pm | Kulas Hall 

58勛圖厙 Orchestra 

Sameer Patel, guest conductor 

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist  

DVOK   Carnival Overture, Op. 92 

SEEGER   Andante for Strings (1938) 

CLYNE   Color Field (2020) 

BEETHOVEN   Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, Pastoral