2011-2012 Season

Handel's Messiah

Roanoke Symphony Orchestra

Roanoke Symphony Chorus

David Stewart Wiley, Conductor

Adelaide Muir-Trombetta, soprano

Tara Bouknight, alto

John Hugo, tenor

Wayne Kompelien, bass

Sun 4 Dec 2011, 3:00 PM
Jefferson Center

Generously supported by
Sydney & Paul Nordt and
Friendship Retirement Community

and partially supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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The RSO Virtuosi and Chorus produce an intimate and enchanting performance of Handel's great oratorio for Christmas. Parts 1 and 3, plus the Hallelujah Chorus.

Handel Messiah: Pt. 1, Pt. 3, Hallelujah About this Music

David Stewart Wiley

Conductor

About this Artist

David Stewart Wiley serves concurrently as Music Director & Conductor of our Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and New York's Long Island Philharmonic. Prior to these positions, he served as Assistant Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra and, before that, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. In demand as a guest conductor, pianist, and composer, Maestro Wiley has performed all over the world including numerous countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. He has led top American orchestras including the symphonies of Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, Honolulu, Indianapolis, Minnesota, Oregon, Saint Louis, San Francisco, and Utah. David Stewart Wiley is the recipient of the Aspen Conducting Prize (1993), a Conducting Fellowship at Tanglewood, the Daniels Prize in Music & Literature from Tufts University, and Virginia's Perry F. Kendig Award for Service to the Arts. Maestro Wiley holds four degrees: Doctor and Master of Music degrees in Conducting from Indiana University, a degree in piano performance with honors from the New England Conservatory, and a degree in Religion, summa cum laude, from Tufts University.

As a solo pianist, David Stewart Wiley has performed with numerous major orchestras throughout the United States and has appeared as a jazz pianist in Boston's Symphony Hall and in recital appearances throughout the U.S. as well as in China, Russia, Romania, Germany, Italy, and Bulgaria. Wiley has collaborated with a diverse list of top artists in the Classical and Pops world, including Billy Joel, Jessye Norman, Leonard Bernstein, Sir James Galway, Midori, Lynn Harrell, John Williams, David Kim, Elmar Oliveira, Jon Nakamatsu, Andre Watts, Norman Krieger, Zuill Bailey, Bernadette Peters, Bruce Hornsby, Jennifer Holliday, Marvin Hamlisch, Mercedes Ellington, Lou Rawls, Doc Severinsen, Michael McDonald, Art Garfunkel, the Pointer Sisters, Ben Vereen, Kool & the Gang, and the Sounds of Blackness. The RSO & Wiley announced that David will extend his contract with the RSO through 2013.

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KeyNotes - Pre-Concert w/ David Stewart Wiley 2:00 PM

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