Studio Masters Series

At UNC Asheville's Reuter Center

This series is for those with intermediate to advanced skills who have mastered their art forms to some degree.  Enjoy this opportunity to study one-on-one and in small-enrollment courses and workshops with accomplished master teachers, celebrated and recognized in their disciplines.  The series is also being expanded to provide an insider’s view of the work of a professional artist.  Early registration is recommended.

For information about scholarships and future programs, contact Ann Bass, 828/251-6873 or abass@unca.edu or visit our web site: www.unca.edu/ncccr/StudioMastersSeries/   Additional details on the fall series will be available online after June 15

If you would like to register for this workshop or be included on the mailing list for these programs, please contact Janice Banks, 828/251-6140 or jbanks@unca.edu

Fall Preview

Daniel Meyer: A View From the Podium 
 
September 17, 19 & 21, 2007

Does it amaze you how 80-100 musicians respond to the wave of a conductor’s baton?  “Step into the shoes” of music director Daniel Meyer through three 2-hour sessions on scoring, techniques of conducting and the business of conducting – programming, season planning and guest artists selection.  You will have the chance to plan a mock concert season and be invited to attend the Asheville Symphony’s dress rehearsal and Opening Night performance on Saturday, September 15, 2007.  Complimentary tickets will be provided for workshop participants.

Biography:  Mr. Meyer has worked closely with Mariss Jansons, Sir Andrew Davis, and Charles Dutoit, led the Pittsburgh Symphony on tour, and conducted performances with Pinchas Zukerman, Sarah Chang, and Marvin Hamlisch as soloists. With a talent for creative concerts and a passion for connecting with audiences, he led the Pittsburgh Symphony’s Symphony with a Splash, an innovative series designed for professionals, as well as a Sunday matinee series for families called Popular Classics.  Committed to music education and young audiences, Mr. Meyer has developed a new series of Tiny Tots concerts based on popular children’s books to promote music and literacy.  He has been featured on WQED-FM, KDKA-TV, in Pittsburgh Magazine, and has appeared as a guest lecturer at the Carnegie Mellon Business School.

In 2004, Mr. Meyer led the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony in a special performance at the first ever National Performing Arts Convention and conducted the orchestra on its first international tour in fifteen years to Vienna, Prague, Leipzig and Budapest in 2005. Last season he led the Youth Symphony in the world premiere of David Stock's Clarinet Concerto with soloist Richard Stoltzman and led the orchestra on tour in Washington, D.C.   

Mr. Meyer was awarded the 2002 Aspen Conducting Prize after his second season as a fellowship Academy Conductor at the Aspen Music Festival.   His residency there culminated in a performance at the Blossom Festival, where he made his debut conducting the Cleveland Orchestra.  In 2003 he served as Assistant Conductor to David Zinman and returned the following summer to lead a subscription performance.  Highlighting his commitment to new music and contemporary    composers, Mr. Meyer conducted several premieres at Aspen, was featured on the Adventures in Listening new music series, and also appeared on National Public Radio’s Performance Today.

In addition to the Cleveland Orchestra, Mr. Meyer has conducted the Utah, Forth Worth, San Antonio, Syracuse, Tallahassee, Mansfield, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Youngstown, Santa Barbara, Lansing, and Wheeling symphonies.  He has also led the Missouri Chamber Orchestra, Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati, and orchestras at the Aspen Music Festival.  Mr. Meyer was featured at the American Symphony Orchestra League’s 2003 National Conductor Preview with the Jacksonville Symphony and made his debut with the Portland Symphony and Erie Philharmonic this season.

A native of Cleveland, Mr. Meyer is a graduate of Denison University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He composed and conducted works for ensembles at both schools, including a Stabat Mater for soprano, chorus and orchestra.  As a doctoral student at Boston University, Mr. Meyer received the Orchestral Conducting Honors Award.  He also studied conducting at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.

Prior to his appointments in Asheville and Pittsburgh, Mr. Meyer was Assistant Conductor of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the KSO Youth Sinfonia.  He has prepared orchestras for Robert Shaw, Lukas Foss, Joseph Silverstein, and James Conlon, and choruses for two recordings with the Cincinnati Pops under Erich Kunzel. As Assistant Conductor of Cincinnati’s Vocal Arts Ensemble, Mr. Meyer designed and conducted a series of ASCAP award-nominated concerts for inner-city schools.