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Following the retirement of NSO founding conductor Michael Halstenson, the orchestra welcomes three guest conductors who are finalists for the position to conduct concerts this season:
November 23, 2024, at 7:30 pm in the Anoka High School Auditorium
Dr. Steven Thompson, Bethel University
https://www.bethel.edu/academics/faculty/thompson-steven
Music of Luke Soneral, Lily Boulanger, Antonin Dvorak (Symphony #8)
and featuring soloists Peggy Doerrie, flute, and Jim Buxton, harp, in
Howard Hanson’s “Serenade for Flute, Harp, and Strings”
February 8, 2025, at 7:30 pm in the Anoka High School Auditorium
Chi-Chi Lin Bestmann, MacPhail Center for the Arts, JCC Orchestra in St. Paul
https://www.chichibestmann.com/bio.html
Music of Paul Dukas, Yu-Hsien Deng, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Bedrich Smetana,
Chia-Yu Hsu, Johannes Brahms (Variations on a Theme by Haydn)
and featuring soloist Charles Gorczynski, bandoneon, in
Astor Piazolla’s “Libertango”
April 5, 2025, at 7:30 pm in the Anoka High School Auditorium
James T. Chang, DMA conducting student, University of Minnesota
https://james-chang.com/about.html
Music of Levko Kolodub and Pyotr Tchaikovsky (Symphony #4)
and featuring soloist Audrey Q. Snyder, cello, in
Tchaikovsky’s “Variations on a Rococo Theme”
The NSO Board intends to announce a new conductor by the end of May, to begin in the fall of 2025. The NSO Summer Concert on July 3, 2025, will be conducted by Yuri Ivan, conductor of the Kenwood Symphony Orchestra and the Linden Hills Chamber Orchestra (patriotic favorites and program to be announced).