Today, the Fresno Philharmonic announced the renewal of Music Director Rei Hotoda’s contract through the 2024-25 season and the orchestra’s plans for returning to live, in-person concerts in the 2021-22 season. Ms. Hotoda began her tenure as the Fresno Philharmonic’s music director in the 2017-2018 season. In her first four seasons, Ms. Hotoda introduced Fresno audiences to works by several major and emerging living composers, combining them with classical repertoire staples to highlight the evolution and diversity of symphonic music. She also initiated several projects aimed at increasing the Philharmonic’s presence in Fresno, such as concerts at Bitwise South Stadium, The Shrine of Saint Therese and Fresno State’s Henry Madden Library, as well as this past season’s Digital …
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In a new special series, Fresno Philharmonic music director Rei Hotoda joins Valley Public Radio's David Aus to explore the ways in which music deals with adversity, isolation, and connection. Each week, we’ll focus on a different theme, while we listen to inspiring performances by the Fresno Philharmonic. In the words of the bard, “Play on!” Join us Wednesday nights at 8 pm on FM89 or online at kvpr.org …
Fresno Philharmonic Announces 2019-2020 Season Programming
Proxima: Music for the Next Century
The Fresno Philharmonic and the Fresno State Department of Music present Proxima, a FREE concert of new music performed by musicians of the Fresno Philharmonic and Music Director Rei Hotoda. This concert will take place on February 20, 2019 at 7:30pm in the Ellipse Gallery of the Henry Madden Library at Fresno State. The program will include works by Kenneth Froelich, Jack Fortner, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Andrea Clearfield, Danielle Fisher, Mason Lamb (Winner of Student competition), Vera Ivanova, and Zachary Wadsworth. The concert will feature: Rei Hotoda, piano Heather Gardner, soprano Caitlin McSherry, violin Calvin Lewis, violin Martha Brody, viola Drew Ford, cello Bruce Bransby, bass A Parking permit will need to be purchased for $4 to park on the Fresno State Campus, parking permits …
Fresno Philharmonic Announces 2018-2019 Season Programming
Today, the Fresno Philharmonic and Music Director Rei Hotoda announced the orchestra’s 2018-2019 season which highlights the power of musical narratives to speak across history, geography and cultures to bring a wide range of stories to life. A centerpiece of the season will be the Fresno-premiere performance of Benjamin Britten’s dramatic War Requiem on Veterans Day, which falls on the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. Based on texts from the traditional Latin mass for the dead and the poetry of English soldier Wilfred Owen, who died in the trenches of World War I, this searing work for huge orchestral and choral forces has become a landmark of 20th century music. The season-long focus on musical storytelling continues with Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an …
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