T A I C H I F U K U M U R A
C O N D U C T O R
E V E N T S
2020-2021
October 2, 2020
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Northwestern University String Orchestra
Socially Distanced Reading Performance
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
Guest Conductor, Taichi Fukumura
October 4 and 17, 2020
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Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Paul Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
October 13, 2020
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Webinar - Northwestern Medical Orchestra
The History of the Symphony: Development of both the Ensemble and the Genre
This webinar series hosted by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Taichi Fukumura is one of several new initiatives in NMO’s 2020-21 Season:
‘Hope for Healers during COVID-19’. The webinar is bi-weekly and intended for members as well as supporters of the orchestra.
October 24, 2020
7:30pm
Northwestern University String Orchestra
Virtual Concert
Roger Zare - La Zebu Forte Overture
Robert G Hasty, Conductor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Noveletten No. 1 and No. 2
Kyle Dickson, Conductor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Noveletten No. 3
Taichi Fukumura, Conductor​
Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence
Robert G Hasty, Conductor
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October 27, 2020
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Webinar - Northwestern Medical Orchestra
The History of the Symphony: So What Happened After Beethoven?
This webinar series hosted by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Taichi Fukumura is one of several new initiatives in NMO’s 2020-21 Season:
‘Hope for Healers during COVID-19’. The webinar is bi-weekly and intended for members as well as supporters of the orchestra.
November 6, 2020
7:00pm
Northwestern Medical Orchestra
Fall Chamber Music Concert
15 Chamber groups perform a virtual chamber music concert
Coached by Taichi Fukumura and Michael Wang
November 7-8, 2020
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
November 10, 2020
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Webinar - Northwestern Medical Orchestra
The History of the Symphony: Nationalism in the 19th Century Symphony
This webinar series hosted by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Taichi Fukumura is one of several new initiatives in NMO’s 2020-21 Season:
‘Hope for Healers during COVID-19’. The webinar is bi-weekly and intended for members as well as supporters of the orchestra.
November 24, 2020
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Webinar - Northwestern Medical Orchestra
The History of the Symphony: Introduction to the 20th Century Symphony
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This webinar series hosted by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Taichi Fukumura is one of several new initiatives in NMO’s 2020-21 Season:
‘Hope for Healers during COVID-19’. The webinar is bi-weekly and intended for members as well as supporters of the orchestra.
End of November, 2020
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National Virtual Medical Orchestra
Guest Condcutor, Taichi Fukumura
Joe Hisaishi, Symphonic Variations Merry Go Round from Ghibli film, Howl's Moving Castle
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Watch the performance here!
December 5-6, 2020
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
December 8, 2020
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Webinar - Northwestern Medical Orchestra
The History of the Symphony: The American Heritage Revisited
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This webinar series hosted by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Taichi Fukumura is one of several new initiatives in NMO’s 2020-21 Season:
‘Hope for Healers during COVID-19’. The webinar is bi-weekly and intended for members as well as supporters of the orchestra.
January 9-10, 2021
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
January 11-15, 2021
Ferit Tuzun International Conducting Competition
Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra
(Postponed due to COVID-19 to Fall of 2021)
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For more information, visit their website
February 6-7, 2021
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
February 16-19, 2021
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 - Recording Workshop with Orchestre Promethee in Paris
Orchestre Promethee
Watch the performance here!
March 6-7, 2021
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
April 3-4, 2021
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
End of April, 2021
Merit School of Music
Virtual Performance Projects
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Merit String Orchestra
Merit Philharmonic
Video release date TBD
May 1-2, and 15, 2021
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
June 5-6, 2021
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
E V E N T S
2019-2020
October 5-8, 2019
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Chicago Sinfonietta Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
October 12, 2019
7:30pm
Bartok Violin Concerto
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University
Accompanietta Orchestra
Kathleen Yuan, Violin
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December 3, 2019
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Northwestern Medical Orchestra
John Williams - Imperial March from Star Wars Suite
Sibelius - Alla Marcia from Karelia Suite
Dr. Aroop Kar - Stormy Seas Overture
Dvorak - Symphony No. 8
December 4, 2019
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Northwestern Medical Orchestra
John Williams - Imperial March from Star Wars Suite
Sibelius - Alla Marcia from Karelia Suite
Dr. Aroop Kar - Stormy Seas Overture
Dvorak - Symphony No. 8
December 8, 2019
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Chicago Philharmonic
Scott Speck, Music Director
Taichi Fukumura, Cover Conductor
Marcus Roberts Trio
December 14, 2019
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Merit School of Music
Merit String Orchestra
Mendelssohn - Sinfonia No. 2 in D Major
Mascagni - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
IVM Strad Orchestra
Merit Philharmonic
John Williams - Tuba Concerto
Prokofiev - Symphony No. 7
January 18-21, 2020
Chicago Sinfonietta Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
February 8, 2020
12:00pm
Merit Philharmonic
Live from Gottlieb Performance
Saint-Saens - La Muse et Le Poète
Desirée Ruhstrat, Violin
David Cunliffe, Cello
March 7-10, 2020
Chicago Sinfonietta Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
March 23-27, 2020
Ferit Tuzun International Conducting Competition
Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra
April 3, 2020
11:30am
SMILE Show Case Concert 1
Cahn Auditorium, Northwestern University
Accompanietta Orchestra and Northwestern Opera Theatre
Fund Raising Concert for Lurie Children's Hospital
April 3, 2020
7:00pm
SMILE Show Case Concert 2
Cahn Auditorium, Northwestern University
Accompanietta Orchestra and Northwestern Opera Theatre
Fund Raising Concert for Lurie Children's Hospital
April 4, 2020
2:00pm
SMILE Show Case Concert 3
Cahn Auditorium, Northwestern University
Accompanietta Orchestra and Northwestern Opera Theatre
Fund Raising Concert for Lurie Children's Hospital
April 24, 2020
7:00pm
Merit Philharmonic
Merit Philharmonic
Vaughan Williams - Dona Nobis Pacem
Mark Heyes - Credo
April 25, 2020
6:00pm
Merit String Orchestra
Merit String Orchestra
Bartok Romanian Folk Dances
Mendelssohn Sinfonia No. 2 in D Major
May 5, 2020
Northwestern Medical Orchestra
John Williams - Jurassic Park Theme
Faure - Pavane
Gershwin/Whitney - American in Paris
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Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
J. Strauss - Voices of Spring Waltz
R. Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra Introduction
Holst - Jupiter from The Planets
May 8, 2020
Northwestern Medical Orchestra
John Williams - Jurassic Park Theme
Faure - Pavane
Gershwin/Whitney - American in Paris
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Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
J. Strauss - Voices of Spring Waltz
R. Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra Introduction
Holst - Jupiter from The Planets
May 9-12, 2020
Chicago Sinfonietta Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
June 6-7, 2020
Chicago Sinfonietta Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
June 29-July 5, 2020
Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition
Bamberg Symphony in Bamberg, Germany
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Mahler Symphony No. 4
Mozart Symphony No. 26
Webern Variations for Orchestra Op. 30
Lachenmann Tableau
Lachenmann Marche Fatale
Miroslav Srnka Commission