New Utah Symphony Conductor?
As many of you know, this is Keith Lockhart’s finale season as the Utah Symphony’s Music Director. Our summer Deer Valley Music Festival was part of his vision for the organization, and it’s great to see how successful it has become. Melia, USUO’s President & CEO, presented him with a gift from OC Tanner this weekend, and I thought he and the Symphony gave a great opening performance at 1812 Overture.
Today I was reading through some blog entries about last weekend’s concert and found an aspiring Utah Symphony Music Director showing off his conducting skills to Bernstein’s Overture to Candide. Scroll to the bottom and watch the video to see if you think Cannon is the Utah Symphony’s future: Cannon Conducting Cannons.
There were some other great blog reviews out there this weekend also. The Labrun Family loved dancing to the Elvis tunes (for those who missed it, Keith got his wish of seeing 3,000 people dance on the Deer Valley lawn this weekend), Karisa & Cortland enjoyed the outdoor atmosphere of the Festival, and Ben plugged his ears while the cannons went off.
Thanks everyone for all your great blog posts about the Utah Symphony! Keep them coming.
Posted in Blogosphere Reviews, Deer Valley Music Festival
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:18 pm
How unutterably cool to have musical notes aligned with morse code! I remember my Grandpa (a WWII vet) typing morse code on the kitchen table constantly. He actually worked teaching music for his entire life. I don’t know if he knew about this cross-over Beethoven/victory thing.