Thursday, November 15, 7:00 pm
Robert Franz Masterclass
Performance Hall, SoCA Armouries, 37 University Ave. East
As Music Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra and Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra, and Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony, Robert Franz’s appeal as a first-rate conductor and enthusiastic award-winning educator is acclaimed by critics, composers and audiences of all ages. Composer Bright Sheng praised Franz for his “extremely musical and passionate approach towards music making” and critics hail his “masterly pace, emphasis, and technical control”, calling his conducting “viscerally thrilling”.
Maestro Franz will work one-on-one with a number of current SoCA Music students during this masterclass. Public is invited to sit in the audience. Free event.