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