Kevin Fitzgerald, Guest Conductor
Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition Final Round
Five finalists are chosen to perform in the final round with the Utah Symphony
Cover Conductor for Hollywood Bowl Performances
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Gracie Lawrence, Alex Newell, Ali Stroker, vocalists
Valerie COLEMAN Fanfare for Uncommon Times
STILL Mother and Child
Shaina TAUB Suffs Song Cycle
BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
ELLINGTON Harlem
BERNSTEIN America (Encore)
Thursday, July 9, 2026
Tito Munoz, conductor
Randall Goosby, violin
GINASTERA Dances Estancia
BARBER Violin Concerto
Adam SCHOENBERG Art of the Goal
REVUELTAS Sensemaya
COPLAND Billy the Kid
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Cristian Macelaru, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Roberto Gonzales-Monjas, conductor
Mao Fujita, piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
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
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
JOHN WILLIAMS “E.T. the Extra-terrestrial” - Live to Picture
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Tempest Fantasy-Overture
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
Kevin leads the RPO in a summer program with works by Gershwin, Jessie Montgomery, Copland, Tchaikovsky and more
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
Kevin will compete live in the 2023 Mahler Competition with the Bamberg Symphony.
Kevin conducts the Jacksonville Symphony in a Live-to-Film performance of Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix.
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
Kevin conducts the Jacksonville Symphony in a fully staged production of Mozart's classical opera.
Stage direction by Kristine McIntyre.
The biggest fundraising event of the season, Kevin conducts a program of music from the James Bond film franchise.
Kevin leads the Jacksonville Symphony through a Spring themed program featuring Beethoven's 6th Symphony, Debussy's Printemps, and Sibelius' Frühlingslied.