Month: November 2019

Interview: The Choir Conductor

In episode 019 of The Choir Conductor Podcast, David talks about the upcoming season for the New York Choral Society. Go to nychoral.org for more information about the chorus. “David Hayes David is a conductor with an unusually broad range of repertory spanning the symphonic, choral, and operatic genres...

Teaching Master Classes in China

In November, 2019, I was invited to teach orchestral conducting master classes at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. It was a very rewarding experience to meet so many eager, accomplished, students wanting to hone their skills. With the Head of the Conducting Program at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music...

Promises

WISDOM SEES A LIGHT DRAW NEAR What do a 21st Century Californian and a 19th Century German Romantic have in common? A lot!  Come hear a new work from Frank Ticheli, Until Forever Fades Away, for chorus and string orchestra that Music Director David Hayes has paired with Brahms’ beloved...

Mannes Orchestra performs Akhnaten

On November 2, 2019, David Hayes led the Mannes Orchestra in selections from the Philip Glass opera, Akhnaten, at the Brooklyn Museum as part of the museum’s ‘First Saturdays’ series . Joining them were Metropolitan Opera counter-tenor, Anthony Roth Costanzo, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Gandini Juggling....