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Dirk Meyer (photo: Hillary Odom)
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.
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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6/13/25 and 6/15/25
Lyric Opera of the North
Strauss: Die Fledermaus
DSSO with Adam Golka
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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
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