The Oakville Symphony is stepping into the spirit of the season with its annual Household Vacation Live performance, that includes two performances on December 14. Together with the members of the OS, there shall be particular appearances by members of the Oakville Symphony Youth Orchestra (OSYO) and the Oakville Choir for Kids and Youth.
This system options a mixture of classics and new works, together with:
- Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Journey
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Christmas Overture op. 74 No. 1 (arr. Baynes)
- Christmas on the Motion pictures (arr. Bob Krogstad)
- Alternatives from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
- David Lovrien: Minor Alterations No. 2
- Music from FROZEN (Anderson-Lopen, arr. Krogstad)
- All I Need for Christmas (M. Carey & W. Afanasieff)
- A Vacation Pops Sing-along (arr. Bob Cerulli)
- Jingle Bells (James Lord Pierpont, arr. Kevin Lau)
Conductor Lorenzo Guggenheim
The Oakville Symphony is led by Music Director & Conductor Lorenzo Guggenheim.
A local of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Lorenzo immigrated to Canada in 2018. He’s been learning piano, together with jazz and common music, since he was a baby, and commenced formal research in Argentina. He graduated from the Pontifical Catholic College of Argentina licensed in Orchestral Conducting, and in addition studied Modern Music Ensemble Conducting’s Diploma in Conservatorio de Musica “Manuel de Falla” in Buenos Aires. He carried out within the Teatro Colon with the Educational Orchestra of its Institute for the Arts.
Lorenzo studied studied choral and opera conducting, together with superior jazz research and American musical historical past on the College of Washington College of Music, incomes his Grasp’s diploma in Orchestra Conducting.
Guggenheim immigrated to Canada in 2018, and earned a PhD on the College of Toronto, the place he researched the music of composer Franz Shreker, who was banned and persecuted by the Nazi regime in Germany. Lorenzo based the College of Toronto Campus Philharmonic Orchestra, and nonetheless serves as their Musical Director. In 2018, he carried out the North American premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s The Maiden from the Sea.
Lorenzo furthered his research with masterclasses with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec. He was chosen for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra 2023 Conducting Showcase, and was a fellow for Ludovic Morlot on the Seattle Symphony whereas learning in direction of his Grasp’s diploma.
In 2023, he participated within the Mentorship program of the Nationwide Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. He has labored with mentors corresponding to Bramwell Tovey, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Alexander Shelley, Christian Mācelaru, Steven Sloane, Ken Kiesler and Mark Gibson
With the Oakville Symphony, he has labored to strengthen the orchestra’s dedication to variety, and applications roughly 25% of the music with the work of feminine composers. He carried out the primary listening to of Florence Worth’s Symphony No. 1 in Toronto.
Live performance Particulars
Performances happen on the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts on December 14, with the selection of two time slots — 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
- Discover live performance particulars and tickets [HERE].
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