FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA
Artists
Conductor
Zachary Salsburg-Frank, Director
San Francisco Symphony
FILM
John Williams
Composer
Chris Columbus
Director
Conductor
Joshua Gersen recently concluded his tenure as assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic, where he made a subscription debut at just a few hours’ notice. He then conducted his own subscription concert the following season, which included Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story during the Bernstein centennial year.
As an educator, Mr. Gersen has frequently worked at the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Boston University, and Curtis Institute of Music. During his time with the New York Philharmonic, he also conducted Young People’s Concerts and worked extensively with both the Very Young Composers Program and the Harmony Program. Previously, he was music director of the New York Youth Symphony, where he led the orchestra on their first international tour in over 50 seasons.
Mr. Gersen has been closely associated with the New World Symphony, where he acted as assistant conductor to Michael Tilson Thomas. He made his conducting debut with the San Francisco Symphony in October 2013. Other recent guest conducting appearances include the Chicago Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Hannover Opera, New Jersey Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, and the Colorado Music Festival. He is the recipient of a 2015 and 2016 Solti Foundation US Career Assistance Award.
Grammy Award–winning Ragazzi Boys Chorus, Silicon Valley, provides outstanding musical education and performance opportunities for boys and young men ages 5 to 18. The largest boys’ chorus in the Bay Area, Ragazzi serves more than 200 choristers in six levels. Under the leadership of Artistic and Executive Director Kent Jue, Ragazzi shapes the lives of boys from diverse backgrounds, developing tenacious and confident young musicians who pursue choral arts of the highest caliber together.
Ragazzi has provided vocalists for San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, Opera San Jose, Symphony Silicon Valley, and the Stanford University Symphonic Chorus, among others. Recent collaborations include Britten’s War Requiem with the SF Symphony and Tosca with Opera San Jose. The group tours throughout the United States and has performed at Carnegie Hall, St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice, and MuTH Concert Hall in Vienna. Ragazzi will make its Sydney Opera House debut in July 2024.
Zachary Salsburg-Frank, Director
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