Special Projects & Upcoming Performances
September 28, 2024
Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall (Fresno, CA)
Sergei Babayan, piano
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Yuzo Toyama: Rhapsody for Orchestra
Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
September 29, 2024
Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall (Fresno, CA)
Sergei Babayan, piano
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Yuzo Toyama: Rhapsody for Orchestra
Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
October 8-11, 2024
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall (Sarasota, FL)
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Over the course of four days, the Sarasota Orchestra will present their Young Person's Concerts for thousands of fourth and fifth graders across Manatee and Sarasota County. Students will actively participate in a concert featuring works by John Williams, Gregory Smith and others.
October 21, 2024
Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra
The Grand Opera House (Macon, GA)
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Hailstork: Amazing Grace Fanfare
Copland: Lincoln Portrait
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
November 23, 2024
Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall (Fresno, CA)
Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio, Concertmaster & violin
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Mozart: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
Reena Esmail: Re/member
Respighi: Poema autunnale
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123
November 24, 2024
Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall (Fresno, CA)
Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio, Concertmaster & violin
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Mozart: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
Reena Esmail: Re/member
Respighi: Poema autunnale
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123
December 7, 2024
William Saroyan Theatre (Fresno, CA)
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Home for the Holidays
February 1, 2025
Metropolitan United (Ontario, Canada)
Lina Cao, guzheng
Scott St John, violin
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Huang Ruo: Folk Songs for Orchestra
Renato Taki: The Moon over the Ruined Castle
Kevin Lau: Across the Jade Sea
Alice Ping Yee Ho: Silk Road Fantasy
Wang Rui: Waves of the Sea
Debussy: Clair de lune
Li Huanzhi: Spring Festival Overture
January 17-18, 2025
St. Barths Music Festival
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Program to be Announced
February 15, 2025
Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall (Fresno, CA)
Barry Douglas, piano
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Hitomi Oba & Erika Oba: Meguru: Dreams of Harvest (World Premiere)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
February 16, 2025
Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall (Fresno, CA)
Barry Douglas, piano
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Hitomi Oba & Erika Oba: New Work (World Premiere)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
April 12, 2025
Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall (Fresno, CA)
Sandeep Das, tabla
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Debussy: Clair de lune
Dinuk Wijeratne: Tabla Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
April 13, 2025
Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall (Fresno, CA)
Sandeep Das, tabla
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Debussy: Clair de lune
Dinuk Wijeratne: Tabla Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
May 10, 2025
The Smith Center (Las Vegas, NV)
Rei Hotoda, conductor and piano
Clyne: Sound and Fury
Higdon: Breeze Serenade from “Dance Card”
Montgomery: Rounds
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
May 20-22, 2025
William Saroyan Theatre (Fresno, CA)
Valerie Salcedo, actor
Tony Sanders, actor
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Link Up: The Orchestra Sings