The WVU Symphony Orchestra is playing a concert on Thursday night, featuring Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the year of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. Dr. Christopher Wilkinson (interview) will be the narrator.
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Dr. Mitchell Arnold |
They will also perform The Golden Flute by Chen Yi (with flute soloist Francesca Arnone), as well as music by Bernard Hermann and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
The orchestra will be led by Dr. Mitchell Arnold, Director of Orchestral Studies at WVU and conductor of the WVU Symphony Orchestra.
Maestro Arnold spoke with me about the WVU Symphony Orchestra and the music on the concert. We also discussed his musical background as a composer, the developing orchestral conducting program at WVU, and how a conductor is made. Take a listen:
Interview with Mitchell Arnold