CURRENT SEASON
2023 - 2024
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Conductors Workshop
July 29 - August 2, 2023 | Santa Cruz, CA
Masterclasses with Cristian Macelaru and Octavio Más-Arocas
60th Anniverary Celebration | New York Youth Symphony
November 19, 2023, 2pm | Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Christian Quiñones, Fever is How the Body Prays (world premiere)
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Sibelius, Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Conducting Institute Winter Program
January 8 - 12 | Fort Worth, TX
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Director
Andrew J. Kim, Faculty
Brahms, Symphony No. 2
The McCrindle Concert | New York Youth Symphony
March 10, 2024, 2pm | Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Zhu Wang, piano, Roy and Shirly Durst Debut Artist
Jessie Montgomery, Starburst
Grace Hale, This is Not a Dream (world premiere)
Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Texu Kim, Dub-Sanjo
Elgar, Enigma Variations
Dvorak Symphony No. 8 | Minnesota Orchestra (Cover Conductor)
March 21 - 22, 2024 | Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Domingo Hindoyan, conductor
Pacho Flores, trumpet
Roberto Sierra, Fandangos
Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen
Márquez, Concierto de Otoño for Trumpet and Orchestra
Dvorak, Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Composition Date 2024 | New York Youth Symphony
May 20, 2024, 7pm | National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY
Featuring original student compositions performed by members of the NYYS Orchestra, Jazz, Chamber Music, and Conducting programs.
Spring Concert | New York Youth Symphony
May 26, 2024, 2pm | Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Bella Hristova, violin
Alex Berko, Condense Eternity
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique
The Conducting Institute Summer Program
June 10 - 28, 2024 | Fort Worth, TX
Repertoire to be determined.
PAST SEASONS
2022 - 2023
DMA Recital with University Symphony Orchestra
September 28, 2022 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Vaughan Williams, Symphony No. 5 in D major
University of Minnesota Campus Orchestras
October 26, 2022 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Bartók, Romanian Folk Dances (arr. Miguel Harth-Bedoya)
Schubert, Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, I. Allegro
University of Minnesota Opera Theater
November 17-20, 2022 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Puccini, Il tabarro
University of Minnesota Campus Orchestras
November 22, 2022 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Schubert, Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, II. Andante con moto, IV. Allegro vivace
The Conducting Institute Winter Program (Faculty)
January 2 - 6, 2023 | Orchestra Hall, Fort Worth, TX
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5
University of Minnesota Campus Orchestras
March 2, 2023 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Farrenc, Nonet
Elgar, Minuet
University of Minnesota Opera Theater (Assistant Conductor)
April 27 - 30, 2023 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Strauss, Der Fledermaus
Performance on April 30th, 1:30pm.
University of Minnesota Campus Orchestras
May 1, 2023 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Sibelius, Valse triste
Bizet, L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1
Minnesota Orchestra (Cover Conductor)
May 15 - 20, 2023 | Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Coleridge-Taylor, Petite Suite de Concert
Wynton Marsalis, Tuba Concerto
Carlos Simon, brea(d)th (World Premiere, libretto by Marc Bamuthi Joseph)
The Conducting Institute Summer Program (Faculty)
June 5-23, 2023 | Orchestra Hall, Fort Worth, TX
Repertoire to include major works by Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Dvorak
2021 – 2022
Summer Orchestral Conducting Institute
June 1-25, 2021 | Orchestra Hall, Fort Worth, TX
with Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Vancouver Symphony Orchestral Institute
July 5-16, 2021 | Virtual Professional Training Program
with Otto Tausk and Jonathan Girard
Internationale Sommerakademie Radolfzell
September 13-18, 2021 | Radolfzell am Bodensee, Germany
Masterclass and Concert with Johannes Schlaefli and Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz
University of Minnesota Campus Orchestras
Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 7:30 pm | Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota
Brahms, Hungarian Dances No. 1 and No. 5
Schubert, Symphony in B minor, D. 759, “Unfinished” Mvm’t I
Chills and Thrills | Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, October 30, 2021, 7:00 pm | DECC Symphony Hall, Duluth, Minnesota
Honored to share the podium with Dirk Meyer, Music Director and Conductor
To Explore | Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, November 20, 2021, 7:00 pm | DECC Symphony Hall, Duluth, MN
Honored to share the podium with Dirk Meyer, Music Director and Conductor
Jiji, guitar
Rossini, L’Italiana in Algeri Overture (Andrew Kim, conductor)
Mendelssohn, The Hebrides
Piazzolla, Sinfonietta
Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez
Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin
University of Minnesota Campus Orchestras
Friday, December 3, 2021, 7:30 pm | Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota
Schubert, Symphony in B minor, D. 759, “Unfinished”
Christmas with Mississippi Valley Orchestra | Guest Conductor
Sunday, December 5, 2021, 3:00 pm | First Lutheran Church Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Mississippi Valley Orchestra
Honored to share the podium with Ho Yin Kwok, Artistic Director and Conductor
Offenbach, Orphée aux enfers Overture (Andrew Kim, conductor)
Smyth, On the Cliffs of Cornwall from The Wreckers
Ibarra, Serenata for Strings (World Premiere)
Tchaikovsky, “Waltz of the Snowflakes” from The Nutcracker
Anderson, Sleigh Ride
J. Strauss II, On the Beautiful Blue Danube
J. Strauss II, Csárdás from Ritter Pásmán
Coleridge-Taylor, Christmas Overture from The Forest of Wild Thyme
To Be Bold | Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Conductor)
Saturday, January 15, 2022, 7:00 pm | DECC Symphony Hall, Duluth, Minnesota
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor | Marika Bournaki, piano
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, “Eroica”
To Celebrate | Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Conductor)
Saturday, February 26, 2022, 7:00 pm | DECC Symphony Hall, Duluth, Minnesota
Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Saint-Säens, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Coleridge-Taylor, Keep Me from Sinkin’ Down
Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen | Erin Aldridge, violin
Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3 in A minor, “Scottish”
University of Minnesota Campus Orchestras
Monday, February 28, 2022, 7:30pm | Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota
Bizet, Selections from Carmen Suites
To Persevere | Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Conductor)
Saturday, March 19, 2022, 7:00 pm | DECC Symphony Hall, Duluth, Minnesota
Brahms, Violin Concerto | Geneva Lewis, violin
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5
Fort Wayne Philharmonic and International Conductors Guild Conducting Workshop
March 25 - 30, 2022 | Auer Hall, Rhinehart Music Center, Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN
Masterclasses with Ennio Nicotra and Andrew Constantine
Final Concert with Fort Wayne Philharmonic
To Fall in Love | Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Conductor)
Saturday, April 6, 2022, 7:00 pm | DECC Symphony Hall, Duluth, Minnesota
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Overture in C
Poulenc, Concerto for Two Pianos | Diana Shapiro and Stanislava Varshavski, piano
Bruckner, Symphony No. 4
Don Giovanni | University of Minnesota Opera Theater (Assistant Conductor)
April 28 - May 1, 2022 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota
Mozart, Don Giovanni
Joint Conductor on April 29th
To Sing | Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, April 30, 2022, 7:00 pm | DECC Symphony Hall, Duluth, Minnesota
Honored to share the podium with Dirk Meyer, Music Director
Dawson, Negro Folk Symphony
Handel/Mozart, Hallelujah Chorus from Der Messias
Bach, Dona Nobis Pacem from Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 – Andrew Kim, conductor
Wagner, Die Meistersinger Prelude
Faure, Pavene
Verdi, Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore
Orff, O Fortuna from Carmina Burana
Duluth Superior Symphony Youth Orchestras
Sunday, May 1, 2022, 3:oopm | DECC Symphony Hall, Duluth, Minnesota
Bizet, selections from Carmen Suite Nos. 1 and 2
Brahms, Academic Festival Overture
Sibelius, Symphony No. 2, Finale
University of Minnesota Campus Orchestras
Monday, May 2, 2022, 7:30pm | Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota
Dvorak, Symphony No. 8 in G major: I. Allegro con brio
Scenes from Massenet’s Werther | University of Minnesota Opera Workshop
Thursday, May 5, 2022 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota
The Conducting Institute
Texas Institute for Orchestral Studies
June 1-25, 2022 | I. M. Terrell Academy for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math and the Visual and Performing Arts
Teaching Assistant for Miguel Harth-Bedoya
2020 – 2021
Public Speaking Masterclass with Conductors’ Collective
August 12, 2020 | Conductors’ Collective
One of three participants of public speaking masterclass, led by Kensho Watanabe and Lina González-Granados of the Conductors’ Collective.
University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra
October 2, 2020 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Bartók, Divertimento for Strings
Livestream: October 10, 2020 at 8:30pm EST on UMN School of Music YouTube page
University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra
October 23, 2020 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Mozart, Symphony No. 21 in A major, K. 134
Livestream: December 5, 2020 at 8:30pm EST on UMN School of Music YouTube page
University of Minnesota Campus Orchestras
November 9, 2020 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Mozart, Serenade No. 6 in D major, “Serenata Notturna”, K. 239
Mendelssohn, Sinfonia No. 7 in D minor
Livestream: December 21, 2020 at 4pm EST on UMN School of Music YouTube page
University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra
November 13, 2020 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Stravinsky, Concerto in E-flat, “Dumbarton Oaks”
Livestream: March 3, 2020 at 8:30pm EST on UMN School of Music YouTube page
LEAD! Foundation Digital Academy Winter Session
January 23-24, 2021
Online Academy with Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Frances Maunder
University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra
February 12, 2021 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Gabriela Lena Frank, Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout for String Orchestra
Livestream: March 25, 2020 at 8:30pm EST on UMN School of Music YouTube page
University of Minnesota Campus Orchestra
February 24, 2021 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Grieg, Ase’s Death from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Arensky, Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
Livestream: March 30, 2020 at 8:30pm EST on UMN School of Music YouTube page
University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra
March 26, 2021 | Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Shchedrin, Carmen: Ballet for Strings and Percussion (After Bizet)
Livestream: May 27, 2020 at 8:30pm EST on UMN School of Music YouTube page
2019 – 2020
Bach and Stravinsky
October 6, 2019 | Recital with Friends at Ithaca College
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047
Shaun Rimkunas, trumpet
Krysten Geddes, flute
Sarah Pinto, oboe
Cassie Harrison, violin
Stravinsky, L’Histoire du soldat (complete; semi-staged)
Lecture Recital: Shostakovich’s Fifth and the Cost of Triumph
October 11, 2019 | Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5
Lecture recital on political background of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony.
Historical narrative is interwoven in between the movements to contextualize the music.
Ithaca College Contemporary Ensemble
October 27, 2019 | Ithaca College Contemporary Ensemble
Ana Lara, Y los oros la luz
Charlotte Bray, Upflight of Butterflies (US Premiere)
Graduate Recital: Mendelssohn in Italy
November 3, 2019 | Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra
Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Nathan Moran, piano; Winner of the Ithaca College High School Piano Competition
Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4, in A major, Op. 90, “Italian”
After Dinner Mint: Faculty Showcase
November 4, 2019 | Ithaca College Contemporary Ensemble
Charlotte Bray, Upflight of Butterflies
Ithaca College Sinfonietta
December 6, 2019 | Ithaca College Sinfonietta (Campus Orchestra)
Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 and No. 2
Rimsky-Korsakov, Overture on Russian Themes
Sibelius, Karelia Suite
Co-directed with Cibelle Donza.
Holiday Movie Night
December 13, 2019 | Arapahoe Philharmonic | Denver, CO
Guest conductor, as the Winner of the Vincent C. LaGuardia Jr. Conducting Competition
Christmas Story Suite, a medley of…
Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
Grofé, Grand Canyon Suite
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf
… and other film music selections.
Margaret Chan, Elective Cello Recital
February 22, 2020 | Recital with Friends at Ithaca College
Elgar, Cello Concerto (arr. for String Ensemble)
Margaret Chan, cello
Summer Orchestral Conducting Institute
June 1 - June 20, 2020 | The Conducting Institute
3-week Virtual Institute led by Miguel Harth-Bedoya, covering various topics about conducting.