2016-2017 Season
Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra
July 22, 2016
Purgatory Mountain Resort (Durango, CO)
Simply Swingin' with Sinatra
Steve Lippia, vocalist
Music in the Mountains Conservatory Orchestra
July 23, 2016
Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall (Durango, CO)
Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra
July 25, 2016
Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall (Durango, CO)
Stookey: The Composer Is Dead
Matt Albert, narrator
Music in the Mountains Conservatory Orchestra
July 30, 2016
Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall (Durango, CO)
Butz: McCormick Fanfare
Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C Major (movment 1)
Peter Davies, oboe
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
El Paso Symphony Orchestra
August 27, 2016
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
The Music of Bruce Sprinsteen
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Symphony Orchestra
October 13, 2016
Noel Fine Arts Center (Stevens Point, WI)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Symphony Orchestra
December 7, 2016
Noel Fine Arts Center (Stevens Point, WI)
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Grieg: Norwegian Dance No. 4
Hanson: Symphony No. 2, "Romantic"
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Symphony Orchestra
March 1, 2017
Noel Fine Arts Center (Stevens Point, WI)
Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Torke: Mojave (Brian Baldauff, marmiba)
Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Symphony Orchestra
April 26, 2017
Noel Fine Arts Center (Stevens Point, WI)
Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No. 1
Bottesini: Concerto for Bass and Orchestra No. 2 (Alex Ferkey, double bass)
Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B Minor
Previous Seasons
2015-2016 Season
EPSO Classics #1 (cover conductor for Bohuslav Rattay)
September 18/19, 2015
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
EPSO Classics #2 (cover conductor for Gurer Aykal)
October 23/24, 2015
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Ferit Tuzun: Soylesi
Sibelius: Finlandia
Piazzolla (arr. Shaw): Tango Appasionato
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Albuquerque Youth Symphony Fall Concert
October 25, 2015
Popejoy Hall (UNM Campus)
Butz: McCormick Fanfare
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto No. 1 in E minor (Tanner Boyack, violin)
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Marquez: Conga del Fuego Nuevo
Albuquerque Public Schools District Honor Orchestra
November 14, 2015
Valley High School (Albuquerque, NM)
EPSO Classics #3 (cover conductor for Bohuslav Rattay)
November 20/21, 2015
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Mendoza: Overture to Victory (world premiere)
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ"
El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras Fall Concert
November 22, 2015
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Williams: Overture to the Cowboys
Copland: Our Town
Gershwin: An American in Paris
El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras Holiday Concert
December 6, 2015
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
featuring the Champion Ballet Studio
Selection of Holiday Favorites
TMEA Region 12 All-Region Orchestra
December 12, 2015
San Antonio, TX
Delibes: Cortege de Bacchus from "Sylvia"
Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
EPSO Classics #4 (cover conductor for Bohuslav Rattay)
January 22/23, 2016
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Daugherty: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, "Tales of Hemingway"
Zuill Bailey, cello
Elgar: Enigma Variations
El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras Winter Concert
January 31, 2016
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Grieg: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor
Dena Kay Jones, piano
EPSO Classics #5 (cover conductor for Bohuslav Rattay)
February 19/20, 2016
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Dvorak: Scherzo Capprioso
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor
El Paso Symphony Orchestra Kidspalooza Family Concert
March 19, 2016
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Gregory Smith: The Animated Orchestra
Anderson-Lopez: "Let It Go" from Frozen
El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras Side by Side Concert
March 20, 2016
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Verdi: Overture to Nabucco
Bartok: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Felicia Henderson, viola (2016 EPSYOs Concerto Competition Winner)
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Albuquerque Youth Symphony
April 17, 2016
Popejoy Hall (Albuquerque, NM)
Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
Prokofiev: March and Scherzo from "The Love for Three Oranges"
Hummel: Bassoon Concerto in F Major, mvmt. I
Daniel Kavelman, bassoon
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
EPSO Classics #5 (cover conductor for Bohuslav Rattay)
April 29/30, 2016
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras Season Finale Concert
May 14, 2016
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Marquez: Danzon No. 2
Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Jonathan Lopez, clarinet (2016 EPSYOs Concerto Competition Winner)
Mahler: Finale from Symphony No. 1 in D Major, "Titan"
2014-2015 Season
EPSO Classics #1 (cover conductor for Bohuslav Rattay)
September 19/20, 2014
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Natasha Paremski, piano)
Debussy: La Mer
EPSO Classics #2 (cover conductor for Bohuslav Rattay)
October 24/25, 2014
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Al-Zand: The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
Golka: Transit of Venus
Saint-Saens: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
EPSYOs Fall Concert
November 1, 2014
Abraham Chavez Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Wagner: Overture to the Flying Dutchman
Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel
EPSO Classics #3 (cover conductor for Bohuslav Rattay)
November 21/22, 2014
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Mozart: Symphony in F major, K. 19a
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, op. 110
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
A Holiday Afternoon with the EPSYOs
December 6, 2014
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker with Champion Studio Ballet
Manheim Steamroller: Stille Nacht
Anderson: Sleigh Ride
arr. Heyman: Carol of the Bells
EPSO Classics #4 (cover conductor for Bohuslav Rattay)
January 23/24, 2015
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Janacek: Jealousy
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, op. 47
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
EPSO Young People's Concert
February 4-6, 2015
Abraham Chavez Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Carnegie Hall Link Up: The Orchestra Moves
EPSO Classics #5 (cover conductor for Leonardo Gasparini)
February 20/21, 2015
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Verdi: I vespri siciliani Overture
Verdi: Inverno and Primavera from Vespri Siciliani
Ravel: La Valse
EPSYOs Winter Concert
February 22, 2015
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Tchaikovsky: Festival Coronation March
Weber: Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestera
Krista Weiss, clarinet
White: Symphonic Essay
Detroit Symphony Civic Youth Orchestra
March 6, 2015
Orchestra Hall (Detroit, MI)
Tchaikovsky: Festival Coronation March
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
EPSYOs Side by Side Concert with the El Paso Symphony
March 29, 2015
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
EPSO Classics #6 (cover conductor for Bohuslav Rattay)
April 24/25, 2015
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
EPSYOs Season Finale Concert
May 16, 2015
Plaza Theatre (El Paso, TX)
Butz: McCormick Fanfare
Bizet: "Toreador Song" from Carmen Suite No. 2
EPSYOs Conducting Apprentice
Mozart: Concerto No. 2 for Flute and Orchestra
Gabriella Alvarez, flute (EPSYOs Concerto Competition Winner)
Shostakovich: Finale from Symphony No. 5 in D Minor
Past Performances
EPSYOs Summer Music Camp
July 21-25, 2014
EPSO "Pop Goes the Fort"
July 4, 2014 - Ft. Bliss
USO Show Troupe
Gould: American Salute
Williams: Overture to the Cowboys
Mercury/arr. Hersh: Bohemian Rhapsody
Rossini: Overture to the Barber of Seville
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever