2011 Performances
January 9 - 23
12th. Festival Música nas Montanhas (Music in the Mountains Festival) - Poços de Caldas - MG, Brazil.
Visit: http://www.festivalmusicanasmontanhas.com.br/fmm2011/Inicio.html
February 14
Valentine's Concert
UND Chamber Orchestra in collaboration with the Buffalo Commons Chamber Music Society.
Guest artist: Marta Lledo, piano
Alejandro Drago, solo violin and conductorUND Hughes Fine Arts Center - Josephine Campbell Recital Hall. 8:00pm
March 1
UND Chamber Orchestra goes Symphonic!
Works by Mozart, Bruch and Beethoven.
Alejandro Drago, solo violin and conductor
James Popejoy, guest conductorUND Hughes Fine Arts Center - Josephine Campbell Recital Hall. 8:00pm
March 14
Trio with Duo Guitiano: Carlos Castilla (guitar) and Amanda Virelles (piano)
Latin American concert music.
Jackson State Community College - click here for details and directions.
Ayers Auditorium 2046 N. Parkway - McWherter Bldg - Jackson, TN 38301
March 15
Tango Violin Masterclass
Open to Blair School of Music students/faculty and other interested string players from the community.
At the Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN), sponsored by Blair School of Music, and the Center for Latin American Studies.
6:15-8:15pm, Blair Room 2175. For more informaction, click here.
March 18
Tango Violin Recital and Lecture
In collaboration with Duo Guitiano: Carlos Castilla (guitar) and Amanda Virelles (piano)
7pm, Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN), Choral Hall. For more information, click here.
April 1-3
Honor Orchestra at UND - Spring String Fest!
Final concert at the Chester Fritz Auditorium, April 3 at 2:30pm
April 26
A Scandinavian Concert
UND Chamber Orchestra
Works for string orchestra by C. Nielsen, Lars-Erik Larsson, E. Grieg, J. Sibelius, and J. Svendsen.
Alejandro Drago, conductor.UND Hughes Fine Arts Center - Josephine Campbell Recital Hall. 8:00pm
May 20
Natchez Festival of Music 2011 - Natchez, MS
Tango Rendezvous: A Concert/Dance Event
Alejandro Drago, conductor, solo violin.
8:00pm, Prentiss Club - 211 North Pearl Street - Natchez, MS - (601) 304-9763
June 7
5th. Annual Mississippi Grammy® Legacy Celebration - Biloxi, MS
Tango Rendezvous with guest conductor Jay Dean
Alejandro Drago, solo violin / arrangements
7:30pm, Beau Rivage Resort & Casino - Biloxi, MS.
* Guest artists include legendary blues musician B.B. King.
July 20 - 30
2nd International Music Festival in the Brazilian Pampas (FIMP)
Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
VII/23: • Felix Mendelssohn - Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor (1822)
Alejandro Drago, violin - Jean Reis, conductor - Festival Orchestra.
VII/25: • Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Violins in A minor RV522 Op. 3 no. 8
Alejandro Drago and Levon Ambartsumian - violins.
ARCO Chamber Orchestra soloists and guests. Levon Ambartsumian, artistic director.
VII/28: • Ernst Mahle - Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra.
Alejandro Drago, violin - Davinson Berger, conductor - FIMP Academic Camerata
• Eugene Ysaye - Sonata Op. 27 no. 5, Ist mov. "L'Aurore"
Alejandro Drago, violin. Professors' Concert.
October 6
Musical Pilgrimages
UND Chamber Orchestra
Works by Béla Bartók, Kohei Kondo, C. Saint-Saëns and Josef Suk.
Guest soloists: Simona Barbu, violoncello; Nariaki Sugiura, piano.Alejandro Drago, conductor.UND Hughes Fine Arts Center - Josephine Campbell Recital Hall. 8:00pm
November 7 - 12
VI "Tiberius Week" International Chamber Music Festival
Hosted by the Tiberius String Quartet. Târgu Mureş, Romania.
Cancelled due to airline flight cancellations
November 17
Baroque Jewels
UND Chamber Orchestra
Works by A. Vivaldi, G. Ph. Telemann, and J. S. BachSoloists: Members of the UND Student String Quartet (Ceclila Florencia García, violín; Lihue Czackis, viola; Austin Soderstrom, cello); Clayton Miranda, trumpet; Sharon Boschee, flute; Robert Herman, oboe; Alejandro Drago, violin/conductingGuest conductor: Joshua Bronfman
UND Hughes Fine Arts Center - Josephine Campbell Recital Hall. 8:00pm
January 9 - 23
12th. Festival Música nas Montanhas (Music in the Mountains Festival) - Poços de Caldas - MG, Brazil.
Visit: http://www.festivalmusicanasmontanhas.com.br/fmm2011/Inicio.html
February 14
Valentine's Concert
UND Chamber Orchestra in collaboration with the Buffalo Commons Chamber Music Society.
Guest artist: Marta Lledo, piano
Alejandro Drago, solo violin and conductorUND Hughes Fine Arts Center - Josephine Campbell Recital Hall. 8:00pm
March 1
UND Chamber Orchestra goes Symphonic!
Works by Mozart, Bruch and Beethoven.
Alejandro Drago, solo violin and conductor
James Popejoy, guest conductorUND Hughes Fine Arts Center - Josephine Campbell Recital Hall. 8:00pm
March 14
Trio with Duo Guitiano: Carlos Castilla (guitar) and Amanda Virelles (piano)
Latin American concert music.
Jackson State Community College - click here for details and directions.
Ayers Auditorium 2046 N. Parkway - McWherter Bldg - Jackson, TN 38301
March 15
Tango Violin Masterclass
Open to Blair School of Music students/faculty and other interested string players from the community.
At the Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN), sponsored by Blair School of Music, and the Center for Latin American Studies.
6:15-8:15pm, Blair Room 2175. For more informaction, click here.
March 18
Tango Violin Recital and Lecture
In collaboration with Duo Guitiano: Carlos Castilla (guitar) and Amanda Virelles (piano)
7pm, Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN), Choral Hall. For more information, click here.
April 1-3
Honor Orchestra at UND - Spring String Fest!
Final concert at the Chester Fritz Auditorium, April 3 at 2:30pm
April 26
A Scandinavian Concert
UND Chamber Orchestra
Works for string orchestra by C. Nielsen, Lars-Erik Larsson, E. Grieg, J. Sibelius, and J. Svendsen.
Alejandro Drago, conductor.UND Hughes Fine Arts Center - Josephine Campbell Recital Hall. 8:00pm
May 20
Natchez Festival of Music 2011 - Natchez, MS
Tango Rendezvous: A Concert/Dance Event
Alejandro Drago, conductor, solo violin.
8:00pm, Prentiss Club - 211 North Pearl Street - Natchez, MS - (601) 304-9763
June 7
5th. Annual Mississippi Grammy® Legacy Celebration - Biloxi, MS
Tango Rendezvous with guest conductor Jay Dean
Alejandro Drago, solo violin / arrangements
7:30pm, Beau Rivage Resort & Casino - Biloxi, MS.
* Guest artists include legendary blues musician B.B. King.
July 20 - 30
2nd International Music Festival in the Brazilian Pampas (FIMP)
Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
VII/23: • Felix Mendelssohn - Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor (1822)
Alejandro Drago, violin - Jean Reis, conductor - Festival Orchestra.
VII/25: • Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Violins in A minor RV522 Op. 3 no. 8
Alejandro Drago and Levon Ambartsumian - violins.
ARCO Chamber Orchestra soloists and guests. Levon Ambartsumian, artistic director.
VII/28: • Ernst Mahle - Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra.
Alejandro Drago, violin - Davinson Berger, conductor - FIMP Academic Camerata
• Eugene Ysaye - Sonata Op. 27 no. 5, Ist mov. "L'Aurore"
Alejandro Drago, violin. Professors' Concert.
October 6
Musical Pilgrimages
UND Chamber Orchestra
Works by Béla Bartók, Kohei Kondo, C. Saint-Saëns and Josef Suk.
Guest soloists: Simona Barbu, violoncello; Nariaki Sugiura, piano.Alejandro Drago, conductor.UND Hughes Fine Arts Center - Josephine Campbell Recital Hall. 8:00pm
November 7 - 12
VI "Tiberius Week" International Chamber Music Festival
Hosted by the Tiberius String Quartet. Târgu Mureş, Romania.
Cancelled due to airline flight cancellations
November 17
Baroque Jewels
UND Chamber Orchestra
Works by A. Vivaldi, G. Ph. Telemann, and J. S. BachSoloists: Members of the UND Student String Quartet (Ceclila Florencia García, violín; Lihue Czackis, viola; Austin Soderstrom, cello); Clayton Miranda, trumpet; Sharon Boschee, flute; Robert Herman, oboe; Alejandro Drago, violin/conductingGuest conductor: Joshua Bronfman
UND Hughes Fine Arts Center - Josephine Campbell Recital Hall. 8:00pm
