Dia de los Muertos Program Book

Dia de los

MUERTOS OCTOBER 31, 2023 MORTON H. MEYERSON SYMPHONY CENTER

MAURICE COHN Conducts Assistant Conductor Marena & Roger Gault Chair

ALICIA BARRERA Host

ARTURO MÁRQUEZ Conga del Fuego Nuevo (Approximate duration 5 minutes)

GABRIELA ORTIZ Antrópolis (Approximate duration 10 minutes)

JOSÉ PABLO MONCAYO (GARCIA) Huapango (Approximate duration 7 minutes)

CARLOS CHAVEZ Symphony No. 2 (“Sinfonia india”) (Approximate duration 11 minutes)

MICHAEL GIACCHINO Suite from Coco (Approximate duration 5 minutes)

ARTURO MÁRQUEZ Danzón No. 2 (Approximate duration 10 minutes)

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Maurice Cohn

Assistant Conductor Marena & Roger Gault Chair

A two-time recipient of the Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award, Maurice Cohn currently serves as Assistant Conductor for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and was recently named the 11th Music Director of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Recent engagements include the Cincinnati Symphony, Utah Symphony, Amarillo Symphony, Colorado Music Festival and Symphoria New York. He was also Assistant Conductor of the Aspen Music Festival for the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

With the DSO, Cohn’s performance highlights include the world premiere of Mason Bates’s Philharmonia Fantastique, the second-ever performance of Gabriela Ortiz’s Yanga and a concert performance of selections from Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Maurice has also had frequent appearances with the Chicago-based contemporary ensemble Zafa Collective and the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble.

Cohn spent two summers as a Conducting Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, where he received the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize and the Aspen Conducting Prize. He received an M.M. in conducting from the Eastman School of Music, where he worked with the Eastman orchestras and OSSIA New Music Ensemble. He also holds a B.M. in cello performance from Oberlin Conservatory and a B.A. from Oberlin College, where he studied history and mathematics. When not conducting or playing cello, you can find him reading mystery novels, playing tennis, or continually searching for the best podcast app.

THE

RING CYCLE

The DSO Proudly Presents the Complete Wagner Ring Cycle in Concert

Fabio Luisi Conducts

Hear the full power of more than 100 orchestra musicians and singers on-stage as they perform the cycle’s first two concerts in spring 2024, before taking on the full cycle in the fall.

Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold MAY 1 & MAY 4, 2024 Ring Cycle: Die Walküre MAY 2 & MAY 5, 2024

THIS PROJECT IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY: Mercedes T. Bass, Joanne Bober, Diane and Hal Brierley, Susan and Mark Geyer, Joe Hubach and Colleen O’Connor, Jo Jagoda, Holly and Tom Mayer, the Eugene McDermott Foundation, The Morton H. Meyerson Family Foundation, Sarah Titus and Jean Ann Titus, Kern and Marnie Wildenthal, Karen and Jim Wiley

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