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SUMMARY:The Grand Design
DESCRIPTION:About This Concert\n \n\nMarvel at the architecture of music\, from delicate detail to sweeping power. Begin with Bach’s serene Sleepers Awake\, move through the expansive feelings of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with Jon Nakamatsu\, and build to the unstoppable power of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. In addition to this matinee\, there will also be an evening showcase at 7:30 pm. \n\n\nIndividual tickets available at the King Center at (321) 242-2219 and kingcenter.com. Students receive 80% off tickets with valid student I.D. at the King Center Box Office before each concert. Active military and first responders receive a 50% discount to all BSO concerts by contacting the King Center. \nPlease note the King Center for the Performing Arts’ clear bag policy\, which can be found here. \n\nThe Program\n \n\nBela Bartok – Romanian Folk Dances \nJohannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 (Jon Nakamatsu) \nLudwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 \nMeet the Guest Conductor \nGerman conductor DIRK MEYER is Music Director of the Augusta Symphony in Georgia and the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra (DSSO) in Minnesota. Having received much of his training in European opera houses\, Meyer is also passionate about opera also holds the position of Music Director with the Lyric Opera of the North. He has guest conducted many orchestras throughout the United States\, including the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra\, Symphoria in Syracuse\, the Orlando Philharmonic\, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Massachusetts\, the Naples Philharmonic and The Florida Orchestra. Other recent engagements have been with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in Canada\, the New Bedford (MA) and East Texas Symphony Orchestras\, as well as the Sarasota Orchestra in Florida. Meyer has also collaborated with some of today’s leading artists\, including Jan Lisiecki\, \, Conrad Tao\, Lynn Harrell\, Peter Serkin\, Lara St. John and Christine Brewer. In 2012 Meyer was named the winner of The American Prize in orchestral conducting. Over the course of his career Meyer has earned an outstanding reputation with musicians\, audiences and critics\, alike. His performances have been described as “most intimate and emotional”\, “mesmerizing” and “out of this world” and his personable and entertaining style has made him an audience favorite.\nAs a champion of orchestral music Meyer creates concert experiences that bring classical music to new audiences. These endeavors range from conversational concerts to multimedia performances\, and include collaborations of all kinds. One of the most adventurous collaborations he created was Runway Duluth\, a fashion and music collaboration that received national recognition and redefined what the concert experience can be. Most recently Meyer created The Beethoven Project\, a collaboration between the DSSO and Minnesota Public Radio: During the five years of this project the DSSO will perform and record all of Beethoven’s nine symphonies and\, at the same time\, create concerts and events that shed a light on the master’s works and bring his music to new demographics.\nMaestro Meyer is the author of “Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Repertoire. A Catalog of Modern Music”. Published by Scarecrow Press with a foreword by David Daniels\, this book is a resource for conductors\, librarians and administrators\, providing them with performance information to about 4000 compositions. Meyer’s special interest in contemporary music has led to him leading world premiers by composers such as Miguel del Aguila and Eve Baglarian\, as well as the American or regional premiers of works by Arvo Pärt\, Einojuhani Rautavaara\, Joby Talbot\, Elliott Sharp\, Jonathan Leshnoff\, and Hugo Alfven. Outside of North America Meyer has conducted many orchestras in Europe and abroad\, including appearances in South Africa\, the Czech Republic and Germany. In the operatic world he has led performances of Carmen and Don Giovanni with the Plovdiv Opera in Bulgaria and served as Assistant Conductor to the Michigan State University Opera Theatre\, which he conducted in Puccini’s La Bohème and Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. From 2007 to 2011 Meyer served as Music Director to the Sarasota Youth Orchestras\, giving his Carnegie Hall debut in New York City with the Sarasota Youth Philharmonic in 2008. Prior to his current appointments Meyer served as Associate Conductor\, and later Principal Guest Conductor\, of the Sarasota Orchestra in Florida. Further appointments have included Assistant positions with the Traverse Symphony (MI) and Missouri Symphony Orchestras\, as well as the Music Director position with the Mason Symphony Orchestra in Michigan. Meyer has studied with teachers like Neeme Järvi and Jorma Panula and\, in addition\, he assisted with numerous productions at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Germany)\, as well as at the Vienna State Opera (Austria) and the Teatro Real in Madrid (Spain). He holds Doctor of Musical Arts and Masters degrees in orchestral conducting from Michigan State University\, where he worked with Leon Gregorian and Raphael Jimenez. Here he also worked as Graduate Teaching Assistant. His Bachelor’s Degrees are from the Folkwang Conservatory in Germany (music) as well as the University Duisburg-Essen (philosophy). \nThank you to our sponsors!\n \n\n 
URL:https://brevardsymphony.com/event/the-grand-design-matinee/
LOCATION:The King Center for the Performing Arts\, 3865 N. Wickham Road\, Melbourne\, FL\, 32935\, United States
CATEGORIES:Matinee Series,Signature Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270306T210000
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SUMMARY:The Grand Design
DESCRIPTION:About This Concert\n \n\nMarvel at the architecture of music\, from delicate detail to sweeping power. Begin with Bartók before moving through the expansive feelings of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with Jon Nakamatsu\, and build to the unstoppable power of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. \n\n\nIndividual tickets available at the King Center at (321) 242-2219 and kingcenter.com. Students receive 80% off tickets with valid student I.D. at the King Center Box Office before each concert. Active military and first responders receive a 50% discount to all BSO concerts by contacting the King Center. \nPlease note the King Center for the Performing Arts’ clear bag policy\, which can be found here. \n\nThe Program\n \n\nBela Bartok – Romanian Folk Dances \nJohannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 (Jon Nakamatsu) \nLudwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 \nMeet the Guest Conductor \nGerman conductor DIRK MEYER is Music Director of the Augusta Symphony in Georgia and the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra (DSSO) in Minnesota. Having received much of his training in European opera houses\, Meyer is also passionate about opera also holds the position of Music Director with the Lyric Opera of the North. He has guest conducted many orchestras throughout the United States\, including the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra\, Symphoria in Syracuse\, the Orlando Philharmonic\, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Massachusetts\, the Naples Philharmonic and The Florida Orchestra. Other recent engagements have been with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in Canada\, the New Bedford (MA) and East Texas Symphony Orchestras\, as well as the Sarasota Orchestra in Florida. Meyer has also collaborated with some of today’s leading artists\, including Jan Lisiecki\, \, Conrad Tao\, Lynn Harrell\, Peter Serkin\, Lara St. John and Christine Brewer. In 2012 Meyer was named the winner of The American Prize in orchestral conducting. Over the course of his career Meyer has earned an outstanding reputation with musicians\, audiences and critics\, alike. His performances have been described as “most intimate and emotional”\, “mesmerizing” and “out of this world” and his personable and entertaining style has made him an audience favorite.\nAs a champion of orchestral music Meyer creates concert experiences that bring classical music to new audiences. These endeavors range from conversational concerts to multimedia performances\, and include collaborations of all kinds. One of the most adventurous collaborations he created was Runway Duluth\, a fashion and music collaboration that received national recognition and redefined what the concert experience can be. Most recently Meyer created The Beethoven Project\, a collaboration between the DSSO and Minnesota Public Radio: During the five years of this project the DSSO will perform and record all of Beethoven’s nine symphonies and\, at the same time\, create concerts and events that shed a light on the master’s works and bring his music to new demographics.\nMaestro Meyer is the author of “Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Repertoire. A Catalog of Modern Music”. Published by Scarecrow Press with a foreword by David Daniels\, this book is a resource for conductors\, librarians and administrators\, providing them with performance information to about 4000 compositions. Meyer’s special interest in contemporary music has led to him leading world premiers by composers such as Miguel del Aguila and Eve Baglarian\, as well as the American or regional premiers of works by Arvo Pärt\, Einojuhani Rautavaara\, Joby Talbot\, Elliott Sharp\, Jonathan Leshnoff\, and Hugo Alfven. Outside of North America Meyer has conducted many orchestras in Europe and abroad\, including appearances in South Africa\, the Czech Republic and Germany. In the operatic world he has led performances of Carmen and Don Giovanni with the Plovdiv Opera in Bulgaria and served as Assistant Conductor to the Michigan State University Opera Theatre\, which he conducted in Puccini’s La Bohème and Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. From 2007 to 2011 Meyer served as Music Director to the Sarasota Youth Orchestras\, giving his Carnegie Hall debut in New York City with the Sarasota Youth Philharmonic in 2008. Prior to his current appointments Meyer served as Associate Conductor\, and later Principal Guest Conductor\, of the Sarasota Orchestra in Florida. Further appointments have included Assistant positions with the Traverse Symphony (MI) and Missouri Symphony Orchestras\, as well as the Music Director position with the Mason Symphony Orchestra in Michigan. Meyer has studied with teachers like Neeme Järvi and Jorma Panula and\, in addition\, he assisted with numerous productions at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Germany)\, as well as at the Vienna State Opera (Austria) and the Teatro Real in Madrid (Spain). He holds Doctor of Musical Arts and Masters degrees in orchestral conducting from Michigan State University\, where he worked with Leon Gregorian and Raphael Jimenez. Here he also worked as Graduate Teaching Assistant. His Bachelor’s Degrees are from the Folkwang Conservatory in Germany (music) as well as the University Duisburg-Essen (philosophy). \nThank you to our sponsors!\n \n\n 
URL:https://brevardsymphony.com/event/the-grand-design-evening/
LOCATION:The King Center for the Performing Arts\, 3865 N. Wickham Road\, Melbourne\, FL\, 32935\, United States
CATEGORIES:Signature Series
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SUMMARY:The Music of Billy Joel
DESCRIPTION:                         About This Concert\n \n\nExperience the legendary songs of Billy Joel in The Music of Billy Joel with Michael Cavanaugh. From Piano Man and Just the Way You Are to Uptown Girl and Movin’ Out\, these timeless hits will come to life in a night to remember. \n\n\nIndividual tickets available at the King Center at (321) 242-2219 and kingcenter.com. Students receive 80% off tickets with valid student I.D. at the King Center Box Office before each concert. Active military and first responders receive a 50% discount to all BSO concerts by contacting the King Center. \nPlease note the King Center for the Performing Arts’ clear bag policy\, which can be found here. \n\nThe Program\n \n\nTBA \nMeet the Guest Conductor \nMatthew Wardell is in his 18th season as Music Director of the Ocala Symphony Orchestra\, which composer Michael Daugherty has called the “hardest working orchestra in Florida.” An active guest conductor\, he serves as a regular cover conductor with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Jacksonville Symphony and makes his Brevard Symphony debut this season; recent appearances include the Jacksonville Symphony\, The Florida Orchestra\, Chamber Orchestra Pittsburgh\, and the New England Philharmonic. Winner of The American Prize’s 2024 Vytautas Marijosius Award in Orchestral Programming\, he has presented more than 520 works across 310 live performances\, including more than a dozen live-to-film productions nationwide\, 19 staged opera and musical theatre works\, and world and U.S. premieres by Daugherty\, Stella Sung\, and Jenni Brandon. Based in St. Louis\, he lives with his wife\, Pamela Calero Wardell\, Chief Philanthropy Officer of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra\, and their dog\, Buckley. \nThank you to our sponsors!\n \n\nTBA
URL:https://brevardsymphony.com/event/the-music-of-billy-joel/
LOCATION:The King Center for the Performing Arts\, 3865 N. Wickham Road\, Melbourne\, FL\, 32935\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pops Series
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SUMMARY:Fortune and Fate
DESCRIPTION:About This Concert\n \n\nFortune rises\, fate turns. Journey through the daring adventures of Strauss’ Don Juan and the powerful and majestic nature of Orff’s Carmina Burana\, performed with a full choral ensemble. \n\n\nIndividual tickets available at the King Center at (321) 242-2219 and kingcenter.com. Students receive 80% off tickets with valid student I.D. at the King Center Box Office before each concert. Active military and first responders receive a 50% discount to all BSO concerts by contacting the King Center. \nPlease note the King Center for the Performing Arts’ clear bag policy\, which can be found here. \n\nThe Program\n \n\nRichard Strauss – Don Juan \nCarl Orff – Carmina Burana  \nSoprano\, Tenor\, and Baritone soloists \nBrevard Community Chorus\, Brevard Chorale\, Eastern Florida State College Concert Choir\, Brevard Youth Chorus \nMeet the Guest Conductor \nLabeled a “rising star” within the conducting world (Associated Press)\, conductor Chelsea Gallo has been praised for her ability to “lead the orchestra with grace and fiery command” (Michigan Daily.) Her conducting style has been described as “fully in control… stylish\, skillful and attentive” (Dallas News.) For the 2025 – 2026 season\, Gallo begins her third season as Resident Conductor of The Florida Orchestra (conducting over 50 performances)\, Principal Guest Conductor of the Orlando Philharmonic and returns to the New York Philharmonic to serve as an Assistant Conductor. She is the recipient of a 2025 OPERA America Marineau Opera Grant\, a winner of the Sir Georg Solti Career Assistance Grant and was an awardee of the Hart Conducting Fellowship with the Dallas Opera. Most recently\, Gallo recorded the premiere album of the music from Johanna Senfter with the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinlandpfalz in Germany under the Capriccio label. Upcoming debuts include engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic\, Dayton Opera (production of Carmen) Noord Nederlands Orkest (The Netherlands)\, the Knoxville Symphony\, Opera Tampa (production of Macbeth)\, Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco (Mexico)\, and the New Mexico Philharmonic. Gallo has conducted leading orchestras and opera companies including the Utah Symphony\, Dallas Opera\, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra\, Detroit Symphony Orchestra\, the North Carolina Symphony\, Sarasota Orchestra\, Virginia Symphony\, Opera Orlando\, Toledo Symphony\, Hartford Opera\, Missouri Symphony\, Marigny Opera\, Slovak Sinfonietta\, Bozeman Symphony\, the Sewanee Music Festival\, Jackson Symphony\, the Lancaster Symphony\, and the Youngstown Symphony amongst others. A passionate advocate for expanding classical music’s reach\, Gallo has collaborated with a wide range of organizations and companies\, including The Walt Disney Company\, New York Yankees\, NASA\, and the Lincoln Motor Company. She describes her artistic mission as “a devotion to sharing the relevancy and humanity within classical music.” With a unique affinity for science and music\, Gallo has spearheaded interdisciplinary projects uniting both worlds. She has partnered with NASA\, Lockheed Martin\, the National Institute of Aerospace\, and the European Space Agency\, and led recording projects for NASA’s Orion EFT-1 launch mission. Her ensemble became the official artistic partner for the Hubble Space Telescope’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations. She was recently invited by the University of Michigan’s Department of Nuclear Engineering to collaborate on a project exploring creativity in the hard sciences by drawing parallels between conducting an orchestra and managing a nuclear reactor. A champion of living composers\, Gallo conducted the Michigan premiere of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Helix\, the American premiere of Michael Gordon’s Bassoon Concerto\, and the world premiere of the ballet A Streetcar Named Desire by Tucker Fuller. During the 2025 – 26 season\, she will give the U.S. premiere of Thierry Caens’s Triple Trombone Concerto. Her opera credits include productions of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro\, Die Zauberflöte\, and Don Giovanni\, Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream\, Verdi’s La Traviata\, Macbeth\, and Falstaff\, Bizet’s Carmen\, Bernstein’s Candide\, and Shuying Li’s Who Married Star Husbands. Gallo studied conducting in Vienna\, Prague\, and Banská Štiavnica with Leoš Svárovský and the late Maksimilijan Cenčić. In Vienna\, she also studied piano with Giorgi Latsabidze and violin with Barbara Gorzynska. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan\, where she studied under Kenneth Kiesler. Gallo has attended festivals and masterclasses with renowned conductors including Sir Simon Rattle and Daniel Barenboim. \nThank you to our sponsors!\n \n\n 
URL:https://brevardsymphony.com/event/fortune-and-fate/
LOCATION:The King Center for the Performing Arts\, 3865 N. Wickham Road\, Melbourne\, FL\, 32935\, United States
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