Schedule
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010
2014
April 2, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 2014 – Phoenix
Arizona Opera
Donizetti : Don Pasquale
February 28 – March 2, 2014 – Phoenix
March 8-9, 2014 – Tucson
Arizona Opera
Verdi : La Traviata
February 14-15, 2014
Arizona Regional Orchestra
South Central Region
Repertoire TBA
January 24-26, 2014 – Phoenix
February 1-2, 2014 – Tucson
Arizona Opera
Puccini : Le Bohème
2013
November 15-17, 2013 – Phoenix
November 23-24, 2013 – Tucson
Arizona Opera
Wagner : The Flying Dutchman
October 11-13, 2013 – Phoenix
October 19-20, 2013 – Tucson
Arizona Opera
Gilbert & Sullivan : HMS Pinafore
June 23-29, 2013
Northern Arizona University Curry Summer Music Camp
Honor Band
Makris : Aegean Festival Overture
Tchesnokov : Salvation is Created
Shostakovich : Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 for Wind Ensemble
Orchestra
Prokofiev : Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
Brahms : Hungarian Dances No. 10
Copland : Rodeo
Rimsky-Korsakov : Capriccio Espagnole
May 12, 2013 | 3:00pm
Phoenix Youth Symphony
Symphony Hall / Orpheum Theatre – Phoenix, AZ
Berlioz : Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
May 5, 2013
Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra
Bruch : Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy
Tom Vignieri: An American Hymn
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
April 28, 2013 – May 5, 2013
Residency with Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra
April 17-19, 2013
San Diego Symphony
Keitaro Harada, conductor
Kinder Konzerts
April 17, 2013 | 10am | El Cajon Library, 201 E. Douglas St., El Cajon
April 18, 2013 | 10am | Museum of Making Music, 5790 Armada Dr., Carlsbad
April 19, 2013 | 2:30pm | Oak Park Elementary School, 2606 54th St, San Diego, CA
April 12-14, 2013
San Diego Symphony
Jahja Ling, conductor; Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Webern: Im Sommerwind
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
(Cover Conductor)
April 13 & 14, 2013 – Tucson
April 5, 6 & 7, 2013 – Phoenix
Arizona Opera
Joel Revzen, Conductor
Kelly Robinson, Director
Keitaro Harada, Assistant Conductor
Mozart : The Marriage of Figaro
April 5, 2013 | 8:00pm
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
TSO Rocks the Fox – The Music of Queen
Michael Shotton, vocalist
Fox Tucson Theatre
Tucson, AZ
March 16, 2013 | 7:00pm
Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra
Buena Performing Arts Center – Sierra Vista, AZ
Mozart : La clemenza di Tito, K. 621; Overture
Elgar : Enigma Variations, Op. 36; Nimrod
Shostakovich : Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102
-Erika Tazawa, piano
Tom Vignieri : An American Hymn
Tchaikovsky : Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36
March 12-13, 2013
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Jacoby Symphony Hall
League of American Orchestras 2013 Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview
Beethoven : Symphony No. 2
Strauss : Don Juan
J. Strauss : Overture to Die Fledermaus
March 10, 2013 | 3:00pm
The Phoenix Symphony & Phoenix Youth Symphony
Side-By-Side Concert
Phoenix Symphony Hall – Phoenix, AZ
Tom Vignieri : An American Hymn
Sibelius : Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 | Connie Zhu, violin
Reinecke : Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 283 | Jennifer Chiang, flute
Stravinsky : Rite of Spring
March 9 & 10, 2013 – Tucson
March 1, 2 & 3, 2013 – Phoenix
Arizona Opera
Joel Revzen, Conductor
John Hoomes, Director
Keitaro Harada, Assistant Conductor
Verdi : Il Trovatore
February 18-24, 2013
Arizona Musicfest
Robert Moody, Artistic Director
Keitaro Harada, Cover Conductor
Bartok : Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven : Symphony No. 5
Beethoven : Violin Concerto (Christoph Koncz, violin)
Bizet : Carmen “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” & “Les tringles des sistres tintaient”
Dvorak : New World Symphony
Prokofiev : Alexander Nevsky
Puts : Inspiring Beethoven
Ravel : Shéhérazade (Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano)
Saint-Saens : Samson et Dalila “Mon Coeur s’ouvre à ta voix” & “Bachanale”
February 15-16, 2013
Arizona Regional Orchestra
Central Region
Verdi : Overture from La forza del destino
Bizet : L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
February 7, 2013
Phoenix Youth Symphony
Music Memory Concert
Piazzolla : Libertango
Brahms : Hungarian Dances No. 5
Tchaikovsky : The Nutcracker Suite
Strauss II : Emperor Waltz
Ellington : Medley
February 2 & 3, 2013 – Tucson
January 25, 26 & 27, 2013 – Phoenix
Arizona Opera
Joel Revzen, Conductor
Keitaro Harada, Conductor (26 Matinee)
Bernard Uzan, Director
Puccini : Tosca
2012
December 12, 2012
Phoenix Youth Symphony
Alumni Concert
Central High School
Phoenix, AZ
November 16-25, 2012
The 9th Grzegorz Fitelberg Competition for Conductors
Katowice, Poland
November 16, 17 & 18, 2012 – Phoenix
November 10 & 11, 2012 – Tucson
Arizona Opera
James Meena, Conductor
Candace Evans, Director
Keitaro Harada, Assistant Conductor
Gounod : Roméo et Juliette
November 3, 2012 | 7:30pm
November 4, 2012 | 2:30pm
Portland Symphony Orchestra
Merrill Auditorium – Portland, ME
Swingin’ the American Songbook
Banu Gibson, vocalist
New Orleans Hot Jazz
October 28, 2012 | 3:00pm
Phoenix Youth Symphony
Tempe Center for the Arts – Tempe, AZ
Suppé : Light Cavalry Overture
Sibelius : Finlandia, Op. 26
Strauss : Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11
-Daniel Katzen, horn
Tchaikovsky : Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
October 20 & 21, 2012 – Tucson
October 12, 13 & 14, 2012 – Phoenix
Arizona Opera
Steven White, Conductor
Keitaro Harada, Assistant Conductor
Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor
October 12, 2012 | 8:00pm
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
TSO Rocks the Fox – Music of Michael Jackson
Gavin Hope, vocalist
Fox Tucson Theatre
Tucson, AZ
June 16, 2012
National Music Festival
Cole Porter : Overture to Aladdin (cover)
Mahler : Symphony No. 5 (cover)
June 15, 2012
National Music Festival
Hummel : Concerto for Trumpet
Mozart : Sinfonia Concertante for Winds
Prokofiev : Lieutenant Kijé, suite (cover)
June 13, 2012
National Music Festival
Haydn : Concerto No. 1 in C for Violoncello (cover)
Gruber : Frankenstein!! (cover)
June 10, 2012
National Music Festival
Dymiotis : Academic Overture
Schumann : Concerto for Piano
June 9, 2012
National Music Festival
Bach-Stokowski : Toccata and Fugue in d (cover)
Glass : Concerto for Saxophone Quartet (cover)
Brahms : Symphony No. 4 (cover)
June 8, 2012
National Music Festival
Strauss : Le Bougeois Gentilhomme (cover)
June 5, 2012
National Music Festival
Koetsier : Don Giovanni Goes to Hell
June 4, 2012
National Music Festival
Mozart : Horn Concerto No. 4
June 3, 2012
National Music Festival
Strauss : Jägerchor (cover)
May 6, 2012
Phoenix Youth Symphony
Phoenix, AZ
Smetana : The Moldau from My Country
Saint-Saëns : Danse Macabre, Op. 40
Copland : Rodeo – Four Dance Episodes
April 22, 2012
Phoenix Youth Symphony
AZ Musicfest
Valley Presbyterian Church
Wagner : Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Smetana : The Moldau from My Country
Saint-Saens : Danse Macabre, Op. 40
Brahms : Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
-Steven Moeckel, violin
April 21 & 22, 2012 (Tucson)
April 13, 14 & 15, 2012 (Phoenix)
Arizona Opera
Joel Revzen, Conductor
Keitaro Harada, Assistant Conductor
Gluck : Orfeo ed Euridice
(Assistant Conductor)
March 31, 2012
St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra
Ritsche Auditorium
St. Cloud, MN
Tchaikovsky : Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Tchaikovsky : Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb Minor, Op. 23
-Elise Gillson, piano
Prokofiev : selections from Romeo and Juliet
Bernstein : Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
March 17, 2012
Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra
Sierra Vista, AZ
Prokofiev : Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2, op. 64c
Tchaikovsky : Eugene Onegin; Polonaise
Glière : The Red Poppy; Russian Sailor’s Dance
Rachmaninoff : Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
-Kathryn Christensen, piano
March 9, 10 & 11, 2012 (Phoenix)
March 3 & 4, 2012 (Tucson)
Arizona Opera
Verdi : Aida
(Assistant Conductor)
March 4, 2012
The Phoenix Symphony & Phoenix Youth Symphony
Phoenix Symphony Hall
Phoenix, AZ
Wagner : Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Weber : Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73 | Austen Yueh, clarinet
Brahms : Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 | Anes Sung, violin
R. Strauss : Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
February 19-26, 2012
Arizona Musicfest
Scottsdale, AZ
Cover Conductor
February 18, 2012
Arizona West Regional Orchestra
Central High School
Phoenix, AZ
Mussorgsky : A Night On Bald Mountain
Debussy : La Mer
J. Strauss : Thunder and Lightening Polka, Op. 324
February 9, 2012
Phoenix Youth Symphony – Music Memory
Phoenix, AZ
Grofé : “On the Trail” from Grand Canyon Suite
Copland : Fanfare for the Common Man
Prokofiev : “Death of Tybalt” from Romeo and Juliet
Mussorgsky : “Promenade” from Pictures at an Exhibition
Grieg : “Aesa’s Death” from Peer Gynt Suite
February 4 & 5, 2012 (Tucson)
January 27, 28 & 29, 2012 (Phoenix)
Arizona Opera
Puccini : Madama Butterfly
(Assistant Conductor)
January 15, 2012
Phoenix Youth Symphony
Denver, CO
Side-By-Side with Lamont Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky : Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a
R. Strauss : Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
January 14, 2012
Southwest Horn Conference
Phoenix, AZ
Beethoven : Overture from Fidelio
Eric Chasalow : Horn Concerto (World Premiere)
-Bruno Schneider
M. Haydn : Concertino for two horns
-Bruno Schneider and Rose French
Schumann : Konzertstuck for four horns
-JD Shaw, Laurence Lowe, John Ericson and Daniel Katzen
2011
December 8-9, 2011 – City of Grace Church
12.11-12.2011 – St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Tucson)
Nicole C. Mullen with Tucson Symphony Orchestra
All performances at 7pm
December 4, 2011
Phoenix Youth Symphony
Crowder Hall – Tucson, AZ
Wagner : Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Love Death
James Curnow : Symphonic Variants for Euphonium
-Kelly Thomas, euphonium
Tchaikovsky : Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a
Borodin : Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor
December 3, 2011
ASTA, AZ Tucson Cello Congress
Mountain View High School
Cello Choir
November 20, 2011
Phoenix Youth Symphony
Phoenix , AZ
Tchaikovsky : Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a
November 11-13, 2011 (Phoenix)
11.19-20.2011 (Tucson)
Arizona Opera
Gounod : Faust
(Assistant Conductor)
November 4-6, 2011
San Diego Symphony
Jahja Ling, conductor; Stephen Hough, piano
Liszt : Orpheus
Liszt : Piano Concerto No. 1
Liszt : Piano Concerto No. 2
Liszt : Deux Légendes
(Cover Conductor)
October 30, 2011
Phoenix Youth Symphony
-Scottsdale Choral Artists, Jennaya Robison
Tempe, AZ
Elgar : Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Wagner : Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Love Death
Beethoven : Choral Fantasy in c, Op. 80
-Tanis Gibson, piano
Borodin : Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor
October 23, 2011
Whitewater Symphony Orchestra
Whitewater, WI
Verdi : Overture from La forza del destino
Chausson : Poème, Op. 25
-Leanne League, violin
Bizet : L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
October 1-2, 2011 (Tucson)
October 7-9, 2011 (Phoenix)
Arizona Opera
Mascagni : Cavalleria Rusticana
Leoncavallo : Pagliacci
(Assistant Conductor)
09.21.2011
Phoenix Youth Symphony
Phoenix, AZ
Sheraton Hotel Conference
July 11-18, 2011
Pacific Music Festival
Sapporo Art Park Outdoor Stage
Sapporo, Japan
R.Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
May 31, 2011
Arizona Repertory Orchestra
Scottsdale, AZ
Strauss : Don Juan
Dvorak : Suite op. 98
Tchaikovsky : Symphony No. 5
May 12-13, 2011
North Carolina Opera
Raleigh, NC
May 1, 2011 | 3:00pm
Phoenix Youth Symphony
Phoenix Symphony Hall
Phoenix, AZ
Bond: Thinking Like A Mountain
Bizet: Selections from Carmen Suites Nos. 1 & 2
Previews | April 10, 2011 (3:00pm) | April 11, 2011 (7:30pm)
Evenings | April 13-16, 21-23, 29, 30 | 7:30pm
Matinees | April 17, 23, 23 | 1:30pm
University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television
Marroney Theatre
Tucson, AZ
Sondheim: Into the Woods
March 27, 2011 | 3:00pm
Phoenix Youth Symphony & The Phoenix Symphony
Phoenix Symphony Hall
Phoenix, AZ
David Johnson: Envy’s Stinging
Concerto Competition Winners
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
February 21-27, 2011
Arizona Musicfest
Scottsdale, AZ
Cover Conductor
February 10, 2011 | 9:00am & 11:00am
Phoenix Youth Symphony
North Phoenix Baptist Church
Phoenix, AZ
Music Memory Concert
Beethoven: Overture to Prometheus
Bach: Suite No. 2 / Badinerie
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 / Mvt I
Strauss J.: Radetzky March
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 / Mvt III
February 4-7, 2011
First International Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti Conducting Competition & Apprenticeship
Chicago, IL
ORCHESTRAL
Bartók : Concerto for Orchestra
Beeethoven : Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Brahms : Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Bruckner : Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Mahler : Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Mozart : Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
Ravel : Rapsodie espagnole
Schubert : Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417
Stravinsky : The Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Tchaikovsky : Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 “Pathetique”
OPERATIC
Beethoven : Fidelio
Bellini : Norma
Mozart : Cosi fan tutte
Verdi: Otello
2010
December 3, 2010
UA Philharmonic Orchestra
Tucson, AZ
Saint-Saëns : Cello Concerto
D. Johnson : Overture XX
November 21, 2010
Phoenix Youth Symphony
Phoenix, AZ
Adams : Ride in a Fast Machine
Bernstein : Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
Dvorak : Symphony No. 9
November 14, 2010
Phoenix Youth Symphony
Phoenix, AZ
Abels : Global Warming
Bernstein : Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
Dvorak : Symphony No. 9
October 24, 2010
Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra
Sierra Vista, AZ
Verdi : La Forza Del Destino Overture
Nielsen : Flute Concerto
Saint-Saëns : Marche Héroïque
Mozart : Flute Concerto No. 2
Smetna : My Country: No. 2, The Moldau
Victoria Hauk, flute
October 8, 2010
University of Arizona Philharmonic Orchestra
Tucson, AZ
Mozart : Symphony No. 41
September 25, 2010
Arizona Symphony Orchestra
Tucson, AZ
Marquéz : Danzón No. 2
Hernández-Medrano : 1962 Homenaje a Copland
August 12-16, 2010
Tanglewood Music Center – Festival of Contemporary Music
Seiji Ozawa Hall
Lenox, MA
Antoniou : Concertino for Double Bass and Orchestra
-Edwin Barker, bass
Druckman : “Aureole”
August 4, 2010
Tanglewood Music Center Opera
Theatre
Lenox, MA
Strauss : Ariadne auf Naxos
July 25, 2010
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa Hall
Lenox, MA
Mendelssohn – Die Hebriden
July 12, 2010
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa Hall
Lenox, MA
Schubert : Symphony No. 5 in Bb Major, D. 485
July 8, 2010
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa Hall
Lenox, MA
Rands : “Now Again” fragments from Sappho
May 7, 2010
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Tucson, AZ
Ben Nead : Viaggio
Popper – Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68
Sara Page, cello
April 22, 2010
University of Arizona Philharmonic Orchestra
Tucson, AZ
Walton – Crown Imperial March
Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose Suite)
March 13, 2010
Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra
Sierra Vista, AZ
Mendelssohn – Die Hebriden
Strauss, J. – Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald
February 18-21, 2010
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Tucson, AZ
Pops Concert with Pianist Rich Ridenour
February 6-7, 2010
Arizona Symphony Orchestra
Tucson, AZ
Lalo : Cello Concerto in D Minor
-Garrick Woods, cello
MacDowell : Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 23
-Kyung Lee, piano
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