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2024-02-08 04:26:00
The Kansas City Symphony is seeking multiple Assistant Conductors to work under incoming Music Director Matthias Pintscher in the 2024-25 season
The Kansas City Symphony is seeking multiple Assistant Conductors to work under incoming Music Director Matthias Pintscher in the 2024-25 season. The role of Assistant Conductor serves as cover conductor on a portion of the orchestra’s classical programs, and also leads the orchestra in certain education, family and community programs. The duties and responsibilities of […]
All the conducting master class
2024-02-01 07:34:09
Assistant Conductor (part-time, one-year) KCS is seeking multiple Assistant Conductors to work under incoming Music Director Matthias Pintscher in the 24-25 season. The role of Assistant Conductor serves as cover conductor on a portion of the orchestra’s classical programs, and also leads the orchestra in certain education, family and community programs. The duties & responsibilities […]
2023-08-19 15:43:00
San Francisco Symphony Appointments
Davies Symphony Hall, San FranciscoPhoto by Lisa HirschThis past week, San Francisco Symphony announced two important appointments:Yubeen Kim, 26, will be the next principal flute of the orchestra, succeeding Tim Day, who retired at the end of 2020-21 after 14 years with the orchestra. Kim is currently the principal flute of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. He has held that position since 2016 and won the position at age 19 (!). Kim joins the orchestra in January, 2024. His trial week was the Beethoven Eb program in June (Salonen/Levit); he has an extraordinarily beautiful sound, which you can hear at his web site.Katherine Siochi, 29, will be the next principal harp, succeeding Douglas Rioth, who retired at the end of December, 2021 after 40 years as a member of the orchestra. She has served as principal harp in several orchestras, most recently the Minnesota Orchestra.Congratulations to both of these musicians! I am so looking […]
2023-07-02 21:56:00
Flute Finalists?
Davies Symphony Hall, SFPhoto by Lisa HirschYou might have noticed, over the last year or so, a number of flutists rotating through the San Francisco Symphony flute section. That's since principal flutist Tim Day and associate principal flutist Robin McKee retired. The first round of auditions supposedly resulted in an offer that was turned down. A second round of auditions took place this spring. There were several guest flutists recently, including the following: Yubeen Kim, principal flutist of the Konzerthausorchester, Berlin, in the Beethoven concertKayla Burggraf of the Kansas City Symphony, in the Busoni concert (she has been a substitute more than once this season)Blair Francis Paponiu, associate principal flute of the Naples Philharmonic (FL), in the last program (Julia Bullock and Daphis et Chloe)I can't recall whether there was a guest flutist for Adriana Mater. Only flutists in concerts conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen would be playing trial weeks, so no flutists who appeared when […]
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