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Micah serves as assistant conductor to Nimrod David Pfeffer on The Juilliard School’s mainstage production of La Clemenza di Tito.
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Wednesday, Apr 24, 7:30PM
Friday, April 26, 7:30PM
Sunday, April 28, 2:00PM
In this guided concert experience, audience members will explore the relationship between space, sound, and memory.
Produced and conceived by organist Isabella Isza Wu, in partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music and Penn Memory Center.
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LOAM and collaborators present an interactive workshop in Philadelphia of our newly commissioned one-woman chamber opera.
The opera follows Leah, a Christian influencer fighting a losing battle with cancer, as she prepares to upload her consciousness to an AI, Thea.
Creative team: Christopher Bell - composer, Susan Bywaters - librettist, Joanne Evans, mezzo-soprano, Micah Gleason - music director , George Miller - director, as well as musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music and panelists from Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania.
Workshop will include the presentation of the first 2 scenes of the opera, as well as a a panel discussion featuring specialists in related fields (cognitive science and machine learning, digital media, music and performance, and religious fanaticism), with Q&A to discuss themes in the work and to also give the audience the chance to weigh in on the fate of the characters, Leah and Thea.
Read more about the project here. Read more about LOAM here. Donate to support LOAM projects here.
Exact location TBA.
Micah serves as assistant/cover conductor to Timothy Myers.
From acclaimed choreographer Benjamin Millepied comes a bold, multidisciplinary reenvisioning of Shakespeare’s tragedy with Prokofiev’s lush score. Set in a modern metropolis, the titular duo are recast as diverse young adults: rotating between male/female, male/male, and female/female pairings. The fast-paced drama unfolds both on and beyond the Gaillard stage through live video, a state-of-the-art projection system, and accompaniment by the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra under the baton of Orchestra Music Director Timothy Myers. Hailed by The New Yorker as “startling, dazzling, and wrenching in equal measure,” Romeo and Juliet Suite offers a riveting treatise on the recklessness of young love.
Choreographed by Benjamin Millepied
Composed by Sergei Prokofiev
Conducted by Timothy Myers
Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra
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Micah serves as assistant / cover conductor to Timothy Myers.
Gustav Mahler’s epic symphony, divided into five rich, wildly distinct movements, is a titanic work, virtually unmatched in expressive intensity. Continuing Spoleto’s commitment to commissioning new music, the concert also features a world premiere concerto by Grammy-nominated flutist, singer, and composer, Nathalie Joachim, performed by a “cellist of power and grace” (The Guardian), guest soloist Seth Parker Woods.
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Micah serves as assistant/cover conductor to Timothy Myers.
Beethoven’s stirring Symphony No. 3, “Heroic,” marked a decisive turn from the Classical to Romantic period, truly groundbreaking in both form and approach. This ambitious program also features Shostakovich’s sparkling Piano Concerto No. 1, performed by internationally celebrated pianist (and Festival favorite) Inon Barnatan, and Reena Esmail’s Testament (from Vishwas), which showcases the dexterous weaving of Indian and Western classical music we can expect from this year’s chamber music composer-in-residence.
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Micah conducts the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra, in collaboration with Aoife O’Donovan.
A century after winning the right to vote, how much has really changed for American women? That question lies at the heart of Grammy Award- winning singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan’s upcoming album All My Friends, set for release this March. Inspired by the letters and speeches of suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt, the album ponders the nation’s evolution amidst a lush soundscape featuring brass, orchestra, girls’ choir, and O’Donovan’s own mysterious and compelling voice. The 2022 Folk Alliance International Song of the Year winner, who was last seen at Spoleto in 2019 performing with her acclaimed trio, I’m With Her, is joined by members of the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra for a musical event 100 years in the making.
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Micah serves as music director for Argento’s one man opera, A Waterbird Talk, with baritone Joseph Han and the Musicians of Ma’alwyck at Troy Music Hall.
Micah serves as assistant conductor to Corrado Rovaris on Opera Philadelphia’s fall 2024 mainstage production of Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners.
Composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek follow up on their acclaimed 2016 world premiere Breaking the Waves with a thriller about the seductive power of cults and charismatic leaders in a divided nation.
The Listeners examines the lengths to which we, as Americans, are willing to go to find a sense of place and purpose, and the way in which confident, charming leaders can exploit these needs to their own ends.
A middle-class mother (soprano Nicole Heaston in her company debut) living in a southwestern U.S. suburb notices a “hum,” a high-frequency environmental noise that only a select few people, the "Listeners,” can hear. A community organization quickly forms to solve the mystery of the hum, but when the de facto leader (Kevin Burdette) suggests a spiritual significance, the meetings become increasingly cult-like. Is this community of “Listeners” on a collision course with destruction?
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Micah is one of three invited conductors to participate in a masterclass with Hilary Hahn and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
Join us for a festive concert of opera selections that showcases some of the world’s most brilliant young conductors. Each conductor will lead The Dallas Opera Orchestra in several pieces from one opera, sung by some of the country’s top singers. The conductor and orchestra will be projected on to a large screen on stage providing a unique view of the performers and conducting style.
Launched in 2015, the Hart Institute is the only program of its kind in the world and seeks to address the extreme gender imbalance of leadership on the podium. Since its inception, more than 500 women conductors from 40 nations have applied to be trained, advised, and supported by this extraordinary initiative.
This concert is the grand finale of an intensive two-week residency, which includes working with some of today’s most renowned industry leaders.
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Micah joins the Philadelphia Symphonic Chorus, Philadelphia Orchestra and Maestro Nicholas McGegan for Handel’s Messiah.
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023, 7:00 PM
Thursday Dec 21, 2023, 7:00 PM
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Micah leads the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in a thrilling evening of music.
Program:
Manuel de Falla - Three Cornered Hat Suites 1 & 2
Jessie Montgomery - Coincident Dances
Sibelius Symphony No. 1
As part of Curtis Ensemble 20/21’s Music of the Earth program, Micah sings and conducts Luciano Berio’s 1964 anthology of eleven songs from eight countries, Folk Songs, for voice and chamber ensemble.
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Curtis Symphony Orchestra and members of Curtis Opera Theatre kick off the Curtis 2023–24 season with a tribute to Strauss. A celebration of the composer’s life and legacy, the program features highlights from some of his most popular operas, and it scales the spectacular heights of his final tone poem, An Alpine Symphony. Micah Gleason opens the concert, conducting the marvelously explosive and seductive “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome.
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Alongside collaborator Gracie Francis, Micah competes in the 2023 Gerda Lissner Song / Lieder competition.
Micah serves as assistant conductor to Corrado Rovaris and assistant chorus master to Elizabeth Braden for Opera Philadelphia’s fall 2023 production of Simon Boccanegra, starring Quinn Kelsey and Ana María Martínez.
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Fri, Sep 22 8:00 p.m.
Sun, Sep 24 2:00 p.m.
Fri, Sep 29 8:00 p.m.
Sun, Oct 1 2:00 p.m.
Micah serves as assistant conductor to Emily Senturia for The Glimmerglass Festival’s 2023 production of Rinadlo, by G.F. Handel, featuring Anthony Roth Constanzo in the title role.
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Jul 28, 2023 7:30pm
Jul 31, 2023 1:00pm
Aug 6, 2023 1:00pm
Aug 12, 2023 7:30pm
Aug 15, 2023 7:30pm
Aug 17, 2023 7:30pm
Micah serves as assistant conductor to Joseph Colaneri for The Glimmerglass Festival’s 2023 production of Candide, by Leonard Bernstein; featuring Brian Vu in the title role and Katrina Galka as Cunegonde.
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Jul 8, 2023 7:30pm
Jul 10, 2023 1:00pm
Jul 16, 2023 1:00pm
Jul 25, 2023 1:00pm
Jul 27, 2023 7:30pm
Jul 29, 2023 1:00pm
Aug 5, 2023 7:30pm
Aug 7, 2023 1:00pm
Aug 13, 2023 1:00pm
Aug 15, 2023 1:00pm
Aug 18, 2023 7:30pm
Aug 20, 2023 1:00pm
The Curtis Symphony Orchestra’s 2022–23 season culminates in a West Coast tour with conductor Osmo Vänskä and piano soloist Yefim Bronfman. Micah Gleason serves as cover conductor. Tour kicks off May 12th at Longwood Gardens.
Micah assists acclaimed conductor David Stern, Music Director of Ariodante with Curtis Opera Theater and guest Orchestra Tempesta di Mare, with stage director Omer Ben Seadia.
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May 4, 5, 6, and 7, 2022 7:30pm
Join us for an evening of music for viola (mezzo of the string world), piano, and mezzo-soprano (viola of the vocal world)! Program featuring music by Johannes Brahms, Charles Loeffler, Kaija Saariaho, Jessie Montgomery, and Robert Owens.
Jay Julio, viola
Micah Gleason, mezzo soprano
Loren Greer, piano
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Under the baton of conductor Osmo Vänskä, former music director of the Minnesota Orchestra, the Curtis Symphony Orchestra presents an exhilarating evening of music. Micah opens the concert with Julia Perry’s orchestral tour-de-force, the Short Piece for Orchestra, and serves as cover conductor for additional Repertoire.
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Micah joins bassist Marguerite Cox to perform works for voice and double bass by Kaija Saariaho and Annika Socolofsky.
Micah Gleason conducts L’Histoire du Soldat with John DeLancie Jr, narrator, David Schifrin, clarinet, Soovin Kim, violin and students of the Curtis Institute. A thrilling tale of trickery and magic, Igor Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat comes to life through an ensemble of musicians. The program, designed for audiences in North America, also features works by Penderecki, Poulenc, Curtis Director of Composition Studies and Ensemble 20/21 Nick DiBerardino, and Curtis alumnus Viet Cuong. In addition to L’Histoire, Micah conducts the world premiere of Nick DiBeradino’s Darmok & Jalad, composed for L’Histoire septet.
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Tour will also include performances throughout the month of March in the following locations:
March 6-10 2023
Phoenix, AZ
Presented by Phoenix Chamber Music Society
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Irvine, CA
Irvine Barclay Theater
Presented by Philharmonic Society of Orange County
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Portland, OR
Alberta Rose Theatre
Presented by Chamber Music Northwest
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Sleepy Hollow, NY
Presented by Friends of Music Concerts, Inc
Sunday, March 19, 2023
New York, NY
Kaufmann Concert Hall
Presented by 92nd Street Y, part of Curtis at 92NY
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Philadelphia, PA
Gould Rehearsal Hall
Presented by Curtis Institute of Music
Friday, March 24, 2023
Stillwater, OK
Presented by McKnight Center for the Performing Arts
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Overland Park, KS
Presented by Midwest Trust Center
Micah performs with the Phoenix Chamber Music Society as a vocalist and conductor on their “Botanical Brass” concert. Micah sings Stravinsky’s Berceuse du Chat and conducts Stravinsky’s Octet in collaboration with David Shifrin and other musicians through the Phoenix Chamber Music Society.
Program details:
Gabrielli Four Canzonas for Brass Quintet
Martinu Quartet for clarinet, horn, cello, and snare drum
Stravinsky Berceuse du Chat for mezzo-soprano and three clarinets
Stravinsky Octet for flute, clarinet, two bassoons, two trumpets, and two trombones
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Micah conducts Messiaen’s Oiseaux Exotiques and Saariaho’s Terrestre with Ensemble 20/21.
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Emmy-award-winning, Grammy-nominated conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads the Curtis Symphony Orchestra at Verizon Hall. Micah Gleason opens the concert, conducting orchestral tour de force, Julia Perry’s Study for Orchestra. Micah also serves as cover conductor for additional repertoire.
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Micah performs the premiere of JL Marlor’s Baffled for Just a Day or Two, set to text by Emily Dickinson, with pianist Gracie Francis as part of the Sparks and Wiry Cries annual NYC SongSlam.
Based on Henry James’s chilling 19th-century novella, Benjamin Britten’s psychological thriller The Turn of the Screw launches the Curtis Opera Theatre season with a spine-tingling tale of ghosts and possession at the Philadelphia Film Center. Directed by Chas Rader-Shieber and conducted by Michelle Rofrano, this atmospheric masterpiece has kept audiences on the edge of their seats for over six decades.
Micah serves as assistant / off-stage conductor.
Nov. 18, 2022 7:30pm
Nov. 20, 2022 2:30pm
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the renowned Curtis Symphony Orchestra and rising young stars of the Curtis Opera Theatre in a musical tour of France. Romantic, mysterious, and awe-inspiring like the glow of Paris at night, this delightful program of mischievous magic, childhood fairytales, and operatic jewels celebrates the music of Dukas, Gounod, Debussy, Massenet, and Ravel. Micah serves as cover conductor.
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Micah serves as Conductor / Music Director of The Final Veil Opera, a movement opera devised by composer JL Marlor and director/choreographer Cassandra Rosebeetle, during its residency at The Cell Theater in Manhattan. The Final Veil Opera follows the true story of Franceska Mann, a Polish-Jewish dancer who demonstrated resistance and strength amid the horrors of the Holocaust.
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July 14th-17th
July 21st-24th
July 28th-31st
Micah will present “Scherza infida,” from Handel’s Ariodante in collaboration with pianist Diana Borscheva as part of the Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program’s showcase of Handel and Mozart Arias.
Join us for a program of vocal chamber music exploring themes of fragmentation and unity, distance and closeness, and the unknown both within and outside of ourselves.
Program featuring works by Leaha Maria Villarreal, Maurice Ravel, Flannery Cunningham, Caroline Shaw, Ernest Chausson, Peter Lieberson, Erich Korngold, and Alexander von Zemlinsky.
Performed by Micah Gleason, mezzo-soprano, in collaboration with:
Diana Borscheva, piano / Sabrina Parry, violin / Zongheng Zhang, violin / Leonardo Vásquez, viola / Sara Page, cello / Monika Dziubelski, flute / Jillian Paige, flute / Colin Roshak, clarinet / Olivia Hamilton, clarinet / Frank Tao, clarinet / Petra Elek, percussion
Live stream here.
Again and again, however we know the landscape of love
and the little churchyard there, with its sorrowing names,
and the frighteningly silent abyss into which the others
fall: again and again the two of us walk out together
under the ancient trees, lie down again and again
among the flowers, face to face with the sky.
- R.M. Rilke
Micah conducts Caroline Shaw’s Is a Rose with mezzo-soprano Melanie Dubil and Bard College-Conservatory Chamber players.
Micah conducts Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, arranged by Sam Exline for brass. Performed by members of The Orchestra Now.
Micah performs as the Alto Soloist in Bach Cantata BWV 111 with the Bard Baroque ensemble, lead by Renee Louprette, in collaboration with Baroque dancer Carlos Fittante, the Bard Chamber Singers, and Bard Preparatory Chorus.
Members of the Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program and Collaborative Piano Fellowship present Sheila Silver's Beauty Intolerable, based on the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Micah serves as the assistant conductor for the Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program and The Orchestra Now’s spring production of Janáček’s delightful opera, The Cunning Little Vixen.
James Bagwell, conductor
Doug Fitch, director
March 4, 2022 7pm
March 6, 2022 2pm