October 4, 2023
Anthony Parnther, Sameer Patel join list of 58勛圖厙 Orchestra guest conductors in fall 2023
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