Conductor

Anthems can represent freedom from suffering or victory in war, celebrate nations, sow peace or even pump up a crowd from the rock ‘n’ roll stage. What they all share in common is the power to unite and remind us of our shared humanity. This program of four unique anthem interpretations opens with the world premiere of Julia Wolfe’s choral work All that breathes, which embraces the massive sound of collective breath and exhalation, while David Lang‘s the national anthems reminds us that freedom is fragile, delicate and easy to lose. Julia Wolfe’s Pretty is a raw and raucous feminist anthem of work rhythms — thwarting notions of what pretty can mean. Closing out the program is Vaughan Williams’ beloved anthem for peace, Dona nobis pacem, written and premiered just a few years prior to the start of World War II.

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Anthems

Cincinnati Music Hall

Caroline Shaw’s work takes us “to the other side of Alice’s looking glass.” Soprano Erika Baikoff, a recent graduate of the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, joins the DSO to “stretch gold from star to star” in Britten’s brilliant setting of French poetry. Mendelssohn’s First Symphony, written when we he was just 15, dazzles with the fire of youth.

Britten & Mendelssohn

Kirk in the Hills

Our Lady Star of the Sea

First United Methodist Church

The Berman Center for the Performing Arts

Kick off your New Year's Eve festivities with a celebration of the year that was and the year to come, filled with surprise selections of classical and popular favorites. Stephanie Childress, former Assistant Conductor of the SLSO, returns to conduct this New Year's tradition.

New Year's Eve Celebration

Enterprise Center

Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished Symphony)

Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony and Mahler Songs, Featuring Sasha Cooke

Sun Valley Music Festival

Symphony No. 1

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Entr’acte

Les Illuminations

Variaciones concertantes

Mozart and Ginastera

Rückert-Lieder

Oboe Concerto

Breaking The Waves

Detroit Opera

Stephanie Childress

Conductor

Events

May 18, 2024

Anthems · The May Festival

11 - 14 Jul, 2024

Britten & Mendelssohn · Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Dec 31, 2024

New Year's Eve Celebration · St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished Symphony) by Schubert

Sun Valley Music Festival

Conductor in Symphony No. 1 by Mendelssohn

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Entr’acte by Shaw

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Les Illuminations by Britten

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Variaciones concertantes by Ginastera

Sun Valley Music Festival

Conductor in Rückert-Lieder by Mahler

Sun Valley Music Festival

Conductor in Oboe Concerto by Mozart

Sun Valley Music Festival

Conductor in Breaking The Waves by Mazzoli

Detroit Opera

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