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Micah guest conducts the Symphony of the Americas on a program featuring works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Micah joins the Iceland Symphony to conduct a series of concerts for children featuring Stravinsky’s Firebird suite.
Micah conducts an exciting and eclectic program of nighttime music with the Iceland Symphony intended for concertgoers of all ages — who are welcome to attend in their pajamas!
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Micah serves as assistant/cover conductor to Lidiya Yankovskaya.
His products changed the world and put instant connection at our fingertips. But behind tech mogul Steve Jobs was a life shaped by triumphs, trials, and contradictions.
Step into the orbit of the Apple co-founder who rose from garage genius to tech titan. With a Grammy®–winning score by Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence emeritus Mason Bates and libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Mark Campbell, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs offers an operatic journey through the interior workings and spiritual journey of an innovator. Bates merges an electronic soundscape with Campbell’s classical lyricism to immerse audiences in the world of Silicon Valley in the 1980s.
Across his life, Jobs played husband, father, spiritual seeker, and industry leader. He was also protagonist and antagonist, cycling between destruction and redemption, disillusion and reality. As Jobs comes face-to-face with his mortality, audiences will see that some things can’t be programmed—including humanity.
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Micah serves as assistant/cover conductor to Marin Alsop.
Looking for the heart of America? Take a closer look at American opera—where every note captures the joys, struggles, and dreams of our nation.
Join us as opera luminaries take the stage to celebrate the heart and soul of American composers and their beloved works, weaving tales of struggle, triumph, and everything in between. With works by Samuel Barber to Leonard Bernstein to Margaret Bonds and more, this concert is a lively homage to the music that captures the American spirit.
With this concert, WNO continues its commitment to celebrating opera’s past and building its future.
Featuring Renée Fleming, Denyce Graves, and Thomas Hampson.
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Micah joins the SENSORIUM EX team as assistant music director to Mo Elizabeth Askren for its premiere at the Seen and Heard International festival in Omaha, NE.
SENSORIUM is a multi-modal arts project exploring fundamental questions of what it means to have voice, and the nature of voice beyond language.
The project is centered around the opera, Sensorium Ex by composer Paola Prestini and librettist/poet Brenda Shaughnessy and co-directed by choreographer Jerron Herman and Jay Sheib – it is a multi-sensory narrative woven together at the intersections of disability and artificial intelligence. The Sensorium Ex Opera, commissioned by VisionIntoArt and Beth Morrison Projects, and supported by the Ford Foundation, is centered on the nature of voice beyond language, and how to creatively explore and express forms of non-speaking or non-typical patterns of speech and voice in opera. Artificial intelligence plays a role in expanding the possibilities for voice and expression in this dystopian tale.
Opera Synopsis:
A mother’s love, science/tech ethics, romance, corporate greed, a mystical escape, and a robot named Sophia come together in this story about what it means to be human...
Sensorium Ex is an opera for soloists, choir, chamber orchestra and electronics - exploring the nature of voice beyond language, non-speaking or non-typical patterns of speech and voice in opera, and what it means to be truly human. The use of artificial intelligence expands the possibilities for voice and expression in this dystopian tale.
https://www.visionintoart.org/
https://www.paolaprestini.com/
https://bethmorrisonprojects.org/
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Micah serves as assistant conductor to Marin Alsop for the final round of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition with the Fort Worth Symphony.
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Micah serves as cover/assistant conductor to Elena Schwarz with the San Diego Symphony.
JOHN ADAMS: The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
THOMAS ADÈS: Violin Concerto, Concentric Paths
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World
Elena Schwarz takes the podium to lead the Symphony in a program of modern masterworks by John Adams and Thomas Adès and one of Western classical music’s most beloved and recognizable works: Dvořák's Symphony No. 9. Adams composed The Chairman Dances while working on his opera Nixon in China inspired by an image of Mao Tse-Tung dancing the foxtrot. A specialist in the works of living composers, Leila Josefowicz joins the Symphony for Adès’ modern masterpiece Concentric Paths, co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic by the composer who also has many ties to – and a strong history with – California. Written while he was living in the United States, Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 drew inspiration from African-American spirituals introduced to him by his then-student, the great pioneer of American music, composer Harry T. Burleigh.
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 joins conductors Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jukka-Pekka Saraste for a whirlwind final concert to culminate the 2024 Fiskars Summer Festival. Micah conducts the world premiere of J. A. Hoyle’s new piece, Hämäränsäde.
J. Montgomery: Strum / S. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 3 /
J. A. Hoyle: Hämäränsäde (World premiere) / J. Sibelius: Symphony No 5
Boris Giltburg, piano
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Micah is selected to participate in the 2024 Fiskars Festival Masterclass for young conductors, lead by Jukka-Pekka Sarastre, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Eva Ollikainen throughout the Fiskars Summer Festival.
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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 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 conducts Reena Esmail’s Testament (from Vishwas), and serves as assistant/cover conductor to Timothy Myers for additional repertoire.
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 Spoleto chamber music composer-in-residence.
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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.
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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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.
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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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
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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