Calendar 2019-2020
August 20, 2020
Mississippi Valley Orchestra Crewtet
Bauhaus Brew Labs, Minneapolis, MN
July 23, 2020
Mississippi Valley Orchestra Crewtet
Bauhaus Brew Labs, Minneapolis, MN
July 15-21, 2020
University of Missouri Kansas City Conducting Symposium (online)
Kevin Noe, conductor
June 12-14, 2020 (Cancelled)
Lyric Opera of the North (Assistant Conductor)
Dirk Meyer, conductor
Puccini - Tosca
May 17, 2020 (Cancelled)
Mississippi Valley Orchestra
Chorus Polaris
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Andrew Sords, violin
Wagner - Prelude to Act I of Parsifal
Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Violin
Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky Cantata
May 3, 2020 (Cancelled)
Duluth Superior Youth Symphony
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Borodin - Symphony No. 2
May 2, 2020 (Cancelled)
Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra
Ho-Yin Kwok, Richard Robbins, conductors
Saint-Saëns - Baccanale from Samson and Delilah
Schubert - Symphony No. 5
Orff - Carmina Burana
April 24-25, 2020 (Cancelled)
University of Minnesota Duluth Opera Theatre
Jeffrey Madison, director
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Mozart - Der Schauspieldirektor
Menotti - The Old Maid and the Thief
April 18, 2020 (Cancelled)
Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Conductor)
Dirk Meyer, conductor
Pop Goes the Classics
Popular selections by Rossini, Strauss, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, etc.
April 9, 2020 (Cancelled)
Carleton College Orchestra (Guest Conductor for Rehearsal)
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Grieg - Piano Concerto
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919 version)
April 5, 2020 (Cancelled)
Mississippi Valley Orchestra
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Susie Park, Sarah Grimes, violin
Smyth - "On the Cliffs of Cornwall" from The Wreckers
Bach - Concerto for Two Violins
Mahler - Symphony No. 1
April 2, 2020 (Cancelled)
Carleton College Orchestra (Guest Conductor for Rehearsal)
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Grieg - Piano Concerto
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919 version)
March 21-22, 2020 (Cancelled)
Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Conductor)
Dirk Meyer, conductor
Marika Bournaki, piano
Connesson - Flammenschrift
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
March 7-8, 2020
Quad City Symphony Orchestra (Section Violin)
Mark Russell Smith, conductor
Verdi - Requiem
March 1, 2020
Minnesota Orchestra Young People's Symphony Concert Association
Judge for YPSCA's 63rd Annual Concerto Competition
February 29, 2020
Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Conductor)
Dirk Meyer, conductor
Asami Hagiwara, piano
Beethoven - Symphony No. 2
Brahms - Schicksalslied
Beethoven - Choral Fantasy
February 13, 2020
University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra
Mark Russell Smith, Ho-Yin Kwok, conductors
Seongkyeong Kim, piano
Strauss - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1
Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
February 9, 2020
Mississippi Valley Orchestra
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Fanya Lin, Orion Kim, piano
Xian - Yellow River Piano Concerto
Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
February 2, 2020
Duluth Superior Youth Symphony
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Suite
February 1, 2020
Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Conductor)
Dirk Meyer, conductor
Erin Aldridge, violin
Daugherty - Red Cape Tango
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto
Berlioz- Symphonie Fantastique
December 31, 2019
Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Jeans 'n Classics
Music of Rocky Horror Picture Show
December 10, 2019
University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra
David Carrilo Siliezar, J Nick Smith, Hisham Groover, Ho-Yin Kwok, Mark Russell Smith, conductors
Seokho Park, tenor, Aisling O'Sullivan, horn
Dvořák - Serenade for Strings
Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Beethoven - Symphony No. 2
December 8, 2019
Mississippi Valley Orchestra
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Smith - Christmas Sing-Along
Chadwick - "Jubilee" from Symphonic Sketches
Tailleferre - "Waltz of the Telegrams" from Les mariés de la tour Eiffel
Stanford - Irish Rhapsody No. 1
Tchaikovsky - "Forest of Firs in Winter" from The Nutcracker
Stokowski - Traditional Slavic Christmas Music
Chadwick - "Noel" from Symphonic Sketches
Hellem - The First Noel
Hellem - "Winter" from Four Turns of Time
Anderson - Sleigh Ride
Anderson: - A Christmas Festival
December 6, 2019
University of Minnesota Gold Campus Orchestra
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Tippett - Divertimento on Sellinger's Round
November 24, 2019
Duluth Superior Youth Symphony
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Liszt - Les préludes
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 (3rd movement)
November 23, 2019
Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Conductor)
Dirk Meyer, conductor
A Night at the Opera
Excerpts from operas by Wagner, Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, etc.
November 14-17, 2019
University of Minnesota Opera Theatre
David Walsh, director
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Bizet/Constant - La Tragédie de Carmen
November 2-3, 2019
Quad City Symphony Orchestra (Section Violin)
Mark Russell Smith, conductor
Barber - Adagio for Strings
Adams - The Wound-Dresser
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7
October 26-27, 2019
Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra
Dirk Meyer, Ho-Yin Kwok, conductors
Pop Concert - A Night at the Movies
*Duluth Superior Youth Symphony Side-by side on Oct 27
October 23, 2019
University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra (Section Violin)
Mark Russell Smith, conductor
Chen Yi - Symphony No. 2
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7
October 21, 2019
University of Minnesota Gold Campus Orchestra
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Haydn - Symphony No. 91
October 19, 2019
University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra (Section Violin)
Minnesota Orchestra Side-by-side
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7
October 13, 2019
Mississippi Valley Orchestra
Ho-Yin Kwok, conductor
Jotaro Nakano - guest conductor
Ketèlbey - Sanctuary of the Heart
Nielsen - Aladdin Suite
Stravinsky - Petrushka (1911 version)
October 5, 2019
Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Conductor)
Dirk Meyer, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cello
Leshnoff - Starburst
Tchaikovsky - Francesca da Rimini
Dvořák - Cello Concerto
August 23, 2019
Mississippi Valley Orchestra Crewtet
Modist Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN
August 18, 2019
Mississippi Valley Orchestral Maneuvers in the Park
Parkway Theater LLC, Minneapolis, MN
August 6, 2019
Mississippi Valley Orchestra Crewtet
Wooden Hill Brewery Company, Edina, MN
July 27-31, 2019
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
Ho-Yin Kwok, conducting associate
July 19, 2019
University of Minnesota Summer Orchestra
Ho-Yin Kwok, Hisham Groover, Ernesto Estigarribia, conductors
Kyung Kim, piano
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919)
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3
July 7-8, 2019
Minnesota Orchestra (Cover Conductor)
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Disney Pixar's Coco in Concert (World Premiere)
June 9-14, 2019
Michigan State University Conducting Symposium
Kevin Noe, conductor
June 1, 2019
Minnesota Orchestra (Cover Conductor)
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Barber - Overture to The School for Scandal
Copland - Saturday Night Waltz, from Rodeo
Poulenc - Sinfonietta
Oliveros - Dissolving Your Earplugs
Higdon - blue cathedral
Bernstein - Lonely Town, from On the Town
Davies - An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Britten - Fugue, from The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
May 30-Jun 1, 2019
Minnesota Orchestra (Cover Conductor)
Andrey Boreyko, conductor
Orion Weiss, piano
Borisova-Ollas - The Kingdom of Silence
Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F
Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Lutoslawski - Concerto Orchestra