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

 

9/21/24                

DSSO with Jeffrey Biegel, piano

Dvorak: American Suite

Boyer: Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue (MN premiere)

Barber: First Symphony

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue


9/27/24                

Augusta Symphony with Orion Weiss, piano

Shostakovich: Festive Overture

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4

Frank, G.L.: Two Latin American Dances

Debussy: La Mer


10/10/24             

Augusta Symphony Pops: Bruce Springsteen


10/26/24             

DSSO with Darci Gamerl, English horn

Mozart: Paris Symphony (No.31)

Lee III: Courageous Lights (MN premier)

Mendelssohn: Symphony No.1


11/1/24             

Augusta Symphony      

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite

Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus

Sibelius: Symphony No.5


11/7/24               

Augusta Symphony Pops: Mariachi Core


11/16/24             

DSSO with Lindsay Ohse, soprano

Bruckner: Symphonic Prelude

Sibelius: Symphony No.3

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

Bruckner: Te Deum


12/7/25                

DSSO: Holiday Spectacular


12/12/24             

Augusta Symphony Sounds of the Season with Chloe Agnew

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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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