Schedule

Jacksonville, FL

December 14 - 15, 2024

JAX Symphony: Handel’s Messiah

Jacoby Symphony Hall

Estelí Gomez, Soprano
Jay Carter, Countertenor
Aaron Sheehan, Tenor
Sidney Outlaw, Baritone
Jacksonville Symphony Chorus

HANDEL: Messiah 

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Jacksonville, FL

January 3.5, 2024

The Best of Phantom, West Side Story & More

Jacoby Symphony Hall

Presented by the Jacksonville Symphony

Meghan Picerno, Vocalist
Jay Armstrong Johnson, Vocalist 
Jacksonville Symphony Chorus

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Kansas City, Missouri

January 17-19, 2025

Organ Symphony and Pahud Plays Ibert

Kaufmann Music Center

Cover Conductor

Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor

Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Jan Kraybill, organ

CLAUDE DEBUSSY  Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
JACQUES IBERT  Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS  Notturno for Flute, Harp, and Strings
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS  Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, “Organ Symphony”

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February 27, 2025

JAX Symphony: Tchaik 5 & Enigma Variations

ELGAR: Enigma Variations 
TCHAIKOVKSY: Symphony No. 5

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Jacksonville, FL

April 4 & 5, 2025

JAX Symphony: Conrad Tao & Rite of Spring

Jacoby Symphony Hall

Cover Conductor

Program:
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes 
TAO: Piano Concerto (Jacksonville Symphony Commission) 
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring

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Jacksonville, FL

May 6 & 7, 2025

7:30pm

JAX Symphony: Gershwin and Copland

Jacoby Symphony Hall

Cover Conductor 

GERSHWIN An American in Paris 
SIMON Zodiak (Jacksonville Symphony Commission) 
COPLAND Symphony No. 3

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Hyannis, MA

May 17 & 18, 2025

Cape Symphony: Music Director Finalist Week

Barnstable Performing Arts Center

Part of Music Director Finalist Week

Jean Meilleur, Vocals
John Regan, Piano

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Jacksonville, OH

May 22 & 23, 2025

Jacksonville Symphony: At The Ballet

Jacoby Symphony Hall

The Florida Ballet 

Program TBA

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Jacksonville, FL

May 28, 2025

Jacksonville Symphony: Donor Concert

Jacoby Symphony Hall

Program TBA

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Previous Seasons

NC Symphony: Cirque de la Symphony

Concert given in collaboration with the North Carolina Symphony and Cirque de la Symphonie

Program TBA

Meymandi Concert Hall
November 27, 29 & 30, 2024
Raleigh, NC
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Baton Rouge Symphony: Subscription Concert

Kevin Fitzgerald, guest conductor
Melissa White, violin


PROGRAM:


Benjamin BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Max BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F, op. 68, "Pastorale"

November 11 - 14
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Jacksonville Symphony: Subscription Concert

Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor

Miloš Karadaglić, Classical Guitar

Maurice RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso
Manuel de FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 1
Joaquín RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez
Maurice RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnol
Maurice RAVEL: Boléro

Rodrigo and Ravel’s Boléro
November 8 and 9, 2024
7:30pm
Jacksonville, FL
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New York Philharmonic

Cover Conductor

Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin

Luca FRANCESCONI Duende: The Dark Notes (NY Premiere)
R. STRAUSS Metamorphosen
RAVEL La Valse

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
October 28 - November 3, 2024
New York, NY
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OMP: Artistic Director Finalist Concert

Program:
David LANG: sweet air
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7

Central Presbyterian Church
October 5, 2024
7:30pm
Eugene, OR
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JAX Symphony: Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony

Cover Conductor 

Program: 
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection"

Jacoby Symphony Hall
September 21, 2024
6pm
Jacksonville, FL
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JAX Symphony: Opening Community Concerts

Program:


BERNSTEIN/MASON West Side Story Selections 
MADONNA “Vogue” 
GERSHWIN/BRUBAKER Overture from Crazy for You 
WILLIAMS Selections from Star Wars Suite for Orchestra 
STRAVINSKY Selections from Firebird Suite (1919) 
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5, IV. Finale

Jacoby Symphony Hall
September 6 & 7, 2024
Jacksonville, FL
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Unruly Sun: A Dramatic Song Cycle

U.S Premiere

Music by Matthew Ricketts

Libretto by Mark Campbell

Karim Sulayman, tenor

Kevin Fitzgerald, conductor

Toomai String Quintet

Daniel Zelibor, piano

Bay Chamber Concerts
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North Carolina Symphony

Kevin makes his Summerfest Debut at Koka Booth accompanying Cirque de la Symphonie

June 22, 2024
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Cary, NC
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St. Louis Symphony: Cover Conductor

Stéphane Denève, Conductor
St. Louis Symphony Chorus

Verdi: Messa da Requiem

Apr 25, 2024 – Apr 28, 2024
7:00 PM
St. Louis, MO
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NY Philharmonic: Cover Conductor

Young Person's Concert

Lincoln Center Plaza
Apr 20, 2024 – Apr 21, 2024
7:00pm
New York, NY
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NY Philharmonic: Cover Conductor

Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Andrew Watts, countertenor
Brooklyn Youth Chorus, children's chorus

Program:

L. BOULANGER: D’un matin de printemps
Olga NEUWIRTH:  Keyframes for a Hippogriff — Musical Calligrams (World Premiere)
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5

Lincoln Center Plaza
Apr 15, 2024 – Apr 21, 2024
7:00pm
New York, NY
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NY Philharmonic: Cover Conductor

Program
L. BOULANGER:  D’un matin de printemps
Olga NEUWIRTH:  Keyframes for a Hippogriff — Musical Calligrams (World Premiere)
PROKOFIEV:  Symphony No. 5

Lincoln Center
April 15, 2024
7:00pm EDT
New York
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Minnesota Orchestra

Kevin assists Maestro Hannu Lintu on a program featuring pianist Yuja Wang playing Bartok's Second Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony

1111 Nicollet Mall
Mar 25, 2024 – Mar 30, 2024
7:00 PM
Minneapolis, MN
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Jacksonville Symphony: The Four Seasons

VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
PIAZZOLLA: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Jacoby Symphony Hall
February 29- March 1, 2024
6:30pm
Jacksonville, FL
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New York Philharmonic: Cover Conductor

FARRENC Overture No. 2 | RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

Lincoln Center Plaza
February 13-18, 2024
7:00pm EDT
New York, NY
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Jacksonville Symphony: Brass and Organ

Featuring organist Joshua Stafford and the brass and percussion sections of the Jacksonville Symphony, Kevin will conduct Tomasi's Fanfares liturgiques (1947) 
and his own transcription of Jupiter from Holst's "The Planets"

Jacob Symphony Hall
February 10, 2024
7:00pm
Jacksonville, FL
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Cape Symphony: Subscription Debut

Kevin guest conducts the Cape Symphony in an all-Hungarian program featuring works by Kodály, Liszt, and Bartók

Barnstable
January 27, 2024
7:00pm
Hyannis, MA
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A Journey from Bach to Beethoven

Presented by the Jaxsonville Symphony
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio
BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 3: II. Air
HAYDN: Symphony No. 92: III. Menuetto
MOZART: Symphony No. 1: I. Molto allegro
MOZART: Symphony No. 41: IV. Molto allegro
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5: III. Menuetto
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9: II. Molto vivace

Jacoby Symphony Hall
January 18, 2024
7:00pm
Jacksonville, FL
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The Grossman Ensemble: Guest Conductor

Kevin leads one of America's leading contemporary ensembles in a recording of composer Sean Shepherd's Concerto for Ensemble

University of Chicago
January 1, 2024
9:00am
Chicago, IL
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Jacksonville Symphony: First Coast Nutcracker

Kevin leads the Jacksonville Symphony in a run of Tchaikovsky's masterful final ballet

Jacoby Symphony Hall
December 14-17, 2023
8:00pm
Jacksonville, FL
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Jacksonville Symphony: Tchaikovsky and Barber

Kevin makes his Jax Symphony subscription debut with a captivating program including Korngold's Dramatic Overture, Samuel Barber's Piano Concerto featuring virtuoso Joyce Yang, and concluding with Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in f minor.

Jacoby Symphony Hall
December 1-3, 2024
7:00pm
Jacksonville, FL
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Eastman Wind Ensemble: Guest Conductor

Kevin will return to his alma mater to guest conduct the legendary Eastman Wind Ensemble in a performance of Messiaen's epic Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum

Kodak Theatre
November 13, 2023
8:00pm
Rochester, NY
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Jacksonville Symphony and Ballet: Dracula

A new ballet on the classic story with a contemporary twist. New choreography by Roberto Forleo and music by Schubert, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss, and Brahms

Jacksonville Symphony & The Florida Ballet
October 13 & 14, 2023
7:00pm
Jacksonville, FL
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JAX Symphony: Symphonic Night at the Movies

JOHN WILLIAMS “E.T. the Extra-terrestrial” - Live to Picture

Jacoby Symphony Hall
September 22-23, 2023
7:00pm
Jacksonville, FL
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JAX Symphony: Classical Coffee Concet

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Tempest Fantasy-Overture
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92

Jacoby Symphony Hall
September 15, 2023
11:00am
Jacksonville, FL
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Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Kevin leads the RPO in a summer program with works by Gershwin, Jessie Montgomery, Copland, Tchaikovsky and more

SUNY Geneseo
July 21, 2023
8:30pm
Geneseo, NY
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Abschlusskonzert

Kevin conducts the Bamberger Symphoniker in the world premiere of Bernd Richard Deutsch's "Con moto" which was commissioned by the orchestra for the competition

The Mahler Competition
July 15, 2023
8:00pm
Bamberg, Germany
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The Mahler Competition

Kevin will compete live in the 2023 Mahler Competition with the Bamberg Symphony.

Bamberg Symphony
July 6, 2023
7:00pm
Bamberg, Germany
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JAX Symphony: Harry Potter: Live-to-Film

Kevin conducts the Jacksonville Symphony in a Live-to-Film performance of Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix.

Jacoby Symphony Hall
May 12 & 13, 2023
7:00pm
Jacksonville, FL
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The Wild, Wild West: Classics from the Silver

Kevin conducts the Jacksonville Symphony through a program of music from the Great Western films such as The Magnificent Seven, High Noon, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Jacoby Symphony Hall
May 5 & 6, 2023
7:30pm
Jacksonville, FL
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JAX Symphony: Mozart's Die Zauberflöte

Kevin conducts the Jacksonville Symphony in a fully staged production of Mozart's classical opera.

Stage direction by Kristine McIntyre.

Jacoby Symphony Hall
April 28-30, 2023
7:30pm & 3:00pm
Jacksonville, FL
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Jacksonville Symphony Gala 2023

The biggest fundraising event of the season, Kevin conducts a program of music from the James Bond film franchise.

March 4, 2023
7:00pm
Jacksonville, FL
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Sounds of Spring- Symphony in 60

Kevin leads the Jacksonville Symphony through a Spring themed program featuring Beethoven's 6th Symphony, Debussy's Printemps, and Sibelius' Frühlingslied.

Jacoby Symphony Hall
February 23, 2023
6:30pm
Jacksonville, FL
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Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Kevin leads the RPO in two Education Concerts celebrating the many ways orchestral music fits into our lives

Kodak Theatre
February 14 & 15, 2023
10:15am
Rochester, NY
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Jacksonville Symphony: American Masters

Kevin leads the Jacksonville Symphony in a program of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring Suite and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 "To The New World".

Jacoby Symphony Hall
January 22, 2023
7:30pm
Jacksonville, FL
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JAX Symphony: Jurassic Park Live in Concert

Kevin conducts John Williams' epic film score to Jurassic Park live to picture with the Jacksonville Symphony.

Jacoby Symphony Hall
January 20 & 21, 2023
7:00pm
Jacksonville, FL
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Jacksonville Symphony: First Coast Nutcracker

Kevin leads the Jacksonville Symphony in six performances of Tchaikovsky's most beloved ballet tradition.

Jacoby Symphony Hall
December 16-18, 2022
8:00pm & 2:00pm
Jacksonville, FL
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Jacksonville Symphony:The Paul Simon Songbook

Jeff Tyzik's famous arrangements of Paul Simon's most beloved songs make up this program.

Jacoby Symphony Hall
November 4 & 5, 2022
7:30pm
Jacksonville, FL
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At the Ballet- Symphony in 60

The Jacksonville Symphony and the Florida Ballet team up to present a dynamic performance of ballet classics with live dance! Music by Tchaikovksy and Minkus.

Jacoby Symphony Hall
October 27, 2022
6:30pm
Jacksonville, FL
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Organ Concerti

Kevin leads the Jacksonville Symphony in a program featuring music for Organ and Orchestra by Samuel Barber, Howard Hanson, and Elgar

Jacoby Symphony Hall
October 8, 2022
7:30pm
Jacksonville, FL
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Jacksonville Symphony: Community Concerts

Kevin makes his debut as the new Associate Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony with these two eclectic programs which feature highlights from the 2022-2023 season!

Jacoby Symphony Hall
September 23 & 24, 2022
7:30pm
Jacksonville, FL
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Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles

Kevin leads the Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh through this massive modern masterpiece by one of his most beloved composers. Soloists include pianist Daniel Pesca, percussionists Hannah Weaver and Jeremy Branson, and Mark Houghton on horn.

Chatham University
September 10, 2022
7:00pm
Pittsburgh, PA
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American Apollo

Kevin serves as Assistant Conductor for Des Moines Metro Opera's production of Damien Geter's American Apollo.

Des Moines Metro Opera
July 20-23, 2022
7:00pm
Des Moines, IA
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Stars of Tomorrow Concert

Kevin leads DMMO Orchestra and Apprentice Artists in a quartet from Mozart's Idomeneo: Andro ramingo e solo.

Des Moines Metro Opera
July 17, 2022
7:30pm
Des Moines, IA
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Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Stepping in on short notice, Kevin leads the RPO in an All John Williams program, featuring scores from the Harry Potter, Jurassic Park and Star Wars franchises.

Kodak Theatre
July 9, 2022
8:00pm
Rochester, NY
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Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Kevin leads the RPO in an (almost) all American Program, with works by Carlos Simon, Copland, George Walker, Bernstein, Gould, and Ives' iconic Variations on America.

Kodak Theatre
July 7, 2022
7:30pm
Rochester, NY
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ÆPEX Fest: Showcase Concert

Music Director and Founder Kevin Fitzgerald conducts the ÆPEX Ensemble in our Festival Showcase! Program includes works by Tyson Davis, Augusta Read Thomas, and the world premiere of Garrett Schumann's "This Could Be Madness" a concerto for percussion featuring Cameron Leach.

June 3, 2022
7:00pm
Ypsilanti, MI
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Railroad Park

Part of the Alabama Symphony's Centennial Celebration, Kevin takes to the stage at Birmingham's Railroad Park for a classic program featuring Beethoven's Consecration of the House Overture op. 124, Mendelssohn's incidental music to "Midsummer Night's Dream", and Sibelius' Third Symphony.

Railroad Park Lake Path
May 28, 2022
7:00pm
Birmingham, AL
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Minnesota Orchestra

Kevin serves as Assistant Conductor for Maestra Xian Zhang in a program of Qigang Chen, Nielsen, and Tchaikovsky.

May 11-15, 2022
7:00pm
Minneapolis, MN
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Hilma

Kevin leads the world premiere of up-and-coming composer Daniel Zlatkin's new chamber opera "Hilma." Inspired by the life of artist Hilma af Klint and her explorations into the occult. Title role played by mezzo-soprano Emily Jaworski

Lois Chiles Studio Theater
April 27 & 28, 2022
7:00pm
Houston, TX
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Piano Concerto No. 2 & 3

Kevin leads the Alabama Symphony Orchestra on this All-Prokofiev program, featuring rising stars of the piano world, Dina Kasman and Mira Walker.

UAB Alys Stephens Center
April 16, 2022
7:00pm
Birmingham, AL
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North Carolina Symphony Concert

Kevin leads the North Carolina Symphony in an interactive program for school children, including works by Beethoven, Jessie Montgomery, Mozart, Scott Joplin, Anthony Kelley, and more! Join us in the orchestra's home venue, Meymandi Concert Hall at Duke Performing Arts Center!

Meymandi Concert Hall
April 5, 2022
10:30am
Raleigh, NC
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Beethoven's 9th Symphony "Choral"

Serving as cover conductor for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and assisting Music Director Robert Moody. Program to include Beethoven's Symphony No, 9, op. 125 and Michael Markowski's "Joyride"

Memphis Symphony Orchestra
March 22-27, 2022
7:00pm
Memphis, TN
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Yuja Wang plays Liszt

Jakub Hrůša leads the New York Philharmonic in a program of Kodály's Concerto for Orchestra Liszt's Piano Concerto no. 1 in E flat major, and Martinů's Symphony no. 1. Yuja Wang is the soloist. Kevin Fitzgerald is the cover conductor for this program.

New York Philharmonic
February 11-13, 2022
7:00pm
New York, NY
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Alabama Symphony: Handel's Messiah

Kevin Fitzgerald makes his Subscription debut with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and ASO Chorus with Handel's most famous Oratorio.

Alys Stephens Center
December 17 & 18, 2021
7:00pm
Birmingham, AL
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Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra

Kevin Fitzgerald leads the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra in their first in-person performance since the pandemic began. Program includes Carlos Simon's "The Block", Bizet's Carmen Suite No. 1, and Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in e minor, "To The New World."

Thompson Performance Arts Center
November 13, 2021
2:00pm
Alabaster, AL
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Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra performs works by Nabors, Smetana, Vaughan-Williams, and Dvořák with TMC Conducting Fellows Kevin Fitzgerald and Adam Hickox sharing the podium with TMC Faculty Stefan Asbury. Fitzgerald conducts Nabors' "Ilubio" and Smetana's "The High Castle" from "Má vlast."

Brian Nabors, Smetana, Vaughan-Williams, and Dvořák
August 16, 2021
8:00pm
Lenox, MA
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Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra performs works by Mendelssohn, Mozart and Brahms with TMC Conducting Fellows Kevin Fitzgerald and Adam Hickox sharing the podium with guest conductor Maestro Herbert Blomstedt. Fitzgerald conducts Mendelssohn's Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Mendelssohn, Mozart and Brahms
August 9, 2021
8:00pm
Lenox, MA
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Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra performs works by Fauré, William Grant Still, and Sibelius with TMC Conducting Fellows Kevin Fitzgerald and Adam Hickox sharing the podium with guest conductor Alan Gilbert. Fitzgerald conducts Fauré's Suite from Pélleas et Mélisande.

Fauré, Still and Sibelius
August 2, 2021
8:00pm
Lenox, MA
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Tanglewood Music Center

Kevin Fitzgerald leads the TMCO in Per Nørgård's "Dream Play" (1975) and then shares the podium with Thomas Adés, who conducts György Ligeti's Violin Concerto with Anthony Marwood as soloist.

Festival of Contemporary Music: TMCO Concert
July 25, 2021
8:00pm
Lenox, MA
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Tanglewood Music Center

Kevin Fitzgerald conducts Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center in the world premiere of Xinyang Wang's "Beyond the Resonating Abysses" for string orchestra and Saariaho's "Graal théâtre" with violin soloist Momo Wong.

Festival of Contemporary Music: Chamber Ensemble Concert
July 25, 2021
10:00am
Lenox, MA
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Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra performs works by Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Stravinsky with TMC Conducting Fellows Kevin Fitzgerald and Adam Hickox sharing the podium with Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons.

Kevin Fitzgerald conducts the Rimsky-Korsakov.

Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov and Stravinsky
July 19, 2021
8:00pm
Lenox, MA
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Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra opens the Tanglewood Music Center Season with a program of Hannah Kendall, Copland and Beethoven. Conducting Fellows Kevin Fitzgerald and Adam Hickox share the podium with Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons. Fitzgerald conducts the Kendall.

Hannah Kendall, Copland and Beethoven
July 12, 2021
8:00pm
Lenox, MA
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Alabama Symphony: Haydn's "La passione"

Kevin Fitzgerald returns to conduct this classic program of Haydn, Elgar and Le Chevallier de St. Georges.

Alys Stephens Center
May 22, 2021
7:00pm
Birmingham, AL
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Camerata Nova

Camerata Nova - Featuring works by Enescu, Valerie Coleman, and Michael Colgrass' orchestration of Bach's Goldberg Variations.

Manhattan School of Music
March 18, 2021
7:00pm
New York, NY
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String Orchestra

String orchestra program featuring works by W. A. Mozart, Julia Perry, and Gabriela Lena Frank.

Manhattan School of Music
March 10, 2021
7:00pm
New York, NY
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Alabama Symphony Orchestra: Strings Program

Stepping in on short notice, Kevin conducts works for string orchestra by Mozart, Plaza, and Elgar.

Alys Stephens Center
January 8 & 9, 2021
7:00pm
Birmingham, AL
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