Audiences attending the Delaware Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 season will have a say in who is chosen as its new music director. The symphony’s 119th season will showcase the four finalists for the job: Mélisse Brunet, Filippo Ciabatti, Michelle DiRusso, and Taichi Fukumura, Each will conduct a classical concert, and audience members will be surveyed afterward about how they thought the …
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra has invited four finalists to conduct the orchestra next year before it chooses a new music director from them in spring 2025. Up for consideration are Mélisse Brunet, Filippo Ciabatti, Michelle Di Russo and Taichi Fukumura. The search, which began in July 2023, drew 150 applications from around the world. A 13-member search committee, including community …
The guest conductor who will lead the Delaware Symphony Orchestra Friday plunged into music after a grammar school test showed he had an aptitude for it. A native of Durham, North Carolina, André Raphel said the schools then gave students a test to determine if they had a musical aptitude and an aptitude for playing a musical instrument. “It was …
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The Delaware Symphony Orchestra has announced the search for its next music director, expected to begin work in the 2025-26 season. The process started with forming a 13-member search committee for the person who will succeed David Amado, who served as the symphony’s music director and conductor for 20 years before stepping aside and becoming music director laureate in the …
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The Delaware Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 season will feature traditional classical programs interspersed with Hispanic and Latin-inspired works, a celebration of the music of John Williams and a chamber concert devoted to African music. Along the way, three guest conductors will handle baton duties when Music Director Laureate David Amado isn’t on the podium to open and close the season. “It’s …
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Strike up the band: The Delaware Symphony and its musicians union have reached a contract agreement that both sides are hailing as a milestone in their relationship. The American Federation of Musicians Local 21 — whose members perform with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra — have unanimously approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement renewal. It will be in effect until …
