Concerts

About Guest Conductor Martin Fraile

On Saturday, January 31st, 2009, at 8:00PM at the SF Conservatory of Music, BARS will present:

  1. Jesi in Festa — Aquilantio

  2. Cello Concerto in A minor – Schumann
    Robert Howard, Guest Soloist

  3. Symphony no. 1 Winter Daydreams – Tchaikovsky

  1. The program is expected to last approximately one and a half hours, including intermission.

  1. Directions are available to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

A native of Atlanta, GA, Robert Howard began studying cello at age 12. A graduate of Rice University and San Francisco Conservatory of Music, he has studied and performed at festivals such as Tanglewood, Spoleto, Verbier, the Accademia Chigiana and the Sandor Vegh Academy in Prague. Robert won first prize in the Rome Festival Competition and has received grants from the Maggini and Virtu Foundations. Locally, he has performed with American Bach Soloists, Philharmonia Baroque, and the San Francisco Symphony.
 
Originally from Argentina, Assistant SSO Conductor Martin Fr
aile completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in Choral Conducting with Sergio Siminovich. In Argentina, he began orchestral conducting training with Guillermo Scarabino and continued at Louisiana State University with Jindong Cai and Julian Shew.

Martin Fraile studied at LSU as a recipient of the Concert Spectacular Scholarship and the Oramay Welch Young Scholarship. During the years 2004 and 2005 he received the LSU Music Award. From 2003 to 2205 Martin Fraile served as Assistant Conductor of LSU Symphony, Philharmonia and Opera orchestras. As a conductor Fraile has led several ensembles in Argentina and the LSU Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras, and Stanford Symphony Orchestra in the USA. This past summer, Fraile conducted the Stanford Summer Orchestra in Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending with guest artist Dawn Harms. This Autumn, Fraile begins his second year as assistant conductor of the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and the Stanford New Ensemble.

 

About cello soloist Robert Howard

  1. Ticketing for this event will being in January 2009. As previous performances have sold-out, reserve tickets are highly recommended.