Miguel del Aguila Recording Now Available

Dirk’s recording with the Augusta Symphony of the Orchestral Works by composer Miguel del Aguila is now available on the Albani Label. It can be streamed on all platforms and purchased through the regular channels.

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Dirk Meyer

Dirk Meyer

Conductor

German-American conductor DIRK MEYER is Music Director of the Augusta Symphony (GA), as well as the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera of the North in Minnesota.

First Prize Winner of The American Prize in orchestral conducting Meyer has guest conducted many orchestras, including the Toronto and Edmonton Symphony Orchestras in Canada, the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, the Orlando Philharmonic, the Symphony Orchestras of Springfield and Missouri, as well as the Naples Philharmonic and the Florida Orchestra. He has also collaborated with some of today's leading artists, including Jan Lisiecki, Lynn Harrell, Peter Serkin and Christine Brewer.

As a champion for orchestral music he has created many new concert experiences that include multimedia formats, as well as collaborations of all kinds. Among his latest endeavors is the recording of five orchestral works by Uruguayan-American composer Miguel del Aguila, in collaboration with Peermusic Classical. In October 2017 his efforts in the field of innovating the orchestral experience were recognized by the Depot Foundation with their Arts & Culture Initiative Award.

Meyer is also the author of Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Repertoire. A Catalog of Modern Music and has led many world and U.S. premiers, including works by Arvo Pärt, Jonathan Leshnoff, Miguel del Aguila and Joby Talbot.

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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

 6/13/25 and 6/15/25

Lyric Opera of the North

Strauss: Die Fledermaus

 

2025/2026 SEASON

 

DSSO with Adam Golka         

 9/20/25 

Weber: Abu Hassan

Saint Saens: Africa 

Say: Silk Road              

Rimsky: Scheherazade   


Augusta Symphony with Hyeok Kwon

9/26/25

Dvorak: Carnival                                   

Abels: Emerge

Saint Saens: Cello Concerto No.1          

Brahms: Symphony No.2         


Augusta Symphony 

10/9/25

Pops: Tony Bennett 


Augusta Symphony

Outdoors at the North Augusta Amphitheater

10/11/25


Augusta Symphony with Orion Weiss

10/24/2025

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4                       

Leshnoff: Symphony No.4                      

Debussy: La Mer                    


DSSO with the DSSO Chorus

11/8/25

Clyne: Restless Oceans

Brahms: Serenade No.2

Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass


Augusta Symphony

11/13/2025

Pops: Yacht Rock


Augusta Symphony

12/4/25

Pops: Sounds of the Season


DSSO               

12/6/25

Holiday Pops


Augusta Sympyhony

12/7/25

Family Concert: Holiday Concert

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Meyer Catalog

Chamber Orchestra & Ensemble Repertoire

Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Repertoire provides conductors, music administrators and librarians with the complete performance information of almost 4000 pieces by more than 1100 composers. 

“A must! This wonderful tool comes as a very helpful companion for programming and researching repertoire for chamber orchestra”. 

Ludovic Morlot, Conductor

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