Conductor
Conducting teachers include Greg Woodbridge (Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor), Dr. Christopher Kiver, Professor Geraldo Edelstein, Dr. Richard Bundy (Penn State), Dr. Duane Bierman (University of Nebraska-Kearney), Dr. Timothy Dixon (Messiah College) and Will Curry (Broadway - Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, etc.)
Additional performance and rehearsal videos are available upon request.
Sample of Studied & Performed Repertoire
Bach, arr. Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue
Bacewicz: Overture
Beethoven: Egmont, Fidelio, Leonore No. 3 Overtures
Beethoven: Symphonies No. 1, 2, 3, 5
Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Bizet: Carmen & L'Arlesienne Suites
Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia, Polovtsian Dances
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture & Requiem (selections)
Chabrier: Espana
Chavez: Sinfonia India
Copland: An Outdoor Overture, Lincoln Portrait, Red Pony, Shaker Hymn
de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance, Spanish Dance No. 1
Debussy: The Sunken Cathedral
Dvorak: Carnival Overture & Slavonik Dances, Serenade for Strings
Dvorak: Symphonies No. 8 & 9
Elgar: Serenade for Strings, Pomp and Circumstance No. 1, Cello Concerto
Faure: Requiem (selections)
Forrest: Requiem for the Living
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture
Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American Symphony)
Grieg: Holberg Suite, Peer Gynt Suite, Symphonic Dances
Handel: Messiah (selections)
Haydn: Symphony No. 100 & 104
Herold: Zampa Overture
Holst: The Planets
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel: Prelude and Hexenritt
Katchachurian: Three Dances from "Gayaneh Ballet"
Marquez: Danzon No. 2
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Symphony No. 5
Mozart: various overtures and symphonies
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Russian Easter Festival Overture
Rossini: various overtures
Price: Symphony No. 3 in c minor
Prokofiev: Lt. Kije Suite
Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals, Dance Bacchanale
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 ('Organ')
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 & Mass
Shostakovich: Sinofinia No. 8
Sibelius: Finlandia, Karelia Suite
Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture and Dances, Moldau
Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No. 1
Stravinksy: Firebird: Berceuse and Finale
Strauss: On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Die Fledermaus
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Serenade for Strings, Symphonies 2 & 5, Swan Lake
Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Verdi: Overture to Nabucco, Forza del Destino, Selections from Aida
von Suppe: Poet and Peasant Overture
Wagner: Overtures from Lohengrin, Rienzi, Die Meistersinger, Tristan & Isolde (Prelude & Love Death)
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Weber: Oberon Overture
Williams: various Professional Pops scores, Air and Simple Gifts
Musicals Directed
Beauty and the Beast (vocal and orchestra director)
Guys and Dolls (vocal and orchestra director)
Mary Poppins (vocal and orchestra director)
Tarzan (vocal and orchestra director)
The Drowsy Chaperone (orchestra director)
The Little Mermaid (vocal and orchestra director)
Willy Wonka (vocal and orchestra director)
The Addams Family (orchestra director)
Anastasia (orchestra director)
Oliver! (orchestra director)
Seussical (orchestra director)