In Kansas City, I was the principal bassist for
Kansas City Civic Orchestra • Heritage Philharmonic • Kinnor Philharmonic
Selected repertoire performed:
2015–2016
- Symphony No. 2 in D-flat Major, Op. 30 (“Romantic”) … Howard Hanson
- St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 … Gustav Holst
- Overture to Finlandia, Op. 26 … Jean Sibelius
- Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K. 299 … Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 … Johannes Brahms
- Overture to Oberon … Carl Maria von Weber
- Overture to Le nozze di Figaro … Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Pictures at an Exhibition … Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Ravel
- Festive Overture in A Major, Op. 96 … Dmitri Shoshtakovich
- Shéhérazade … Maurice Ravel
- “Berceuse” and “Finale” from Firebird Suite (1919) … Igor Stravinsky
- Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 … Ludwig van Beethoven
- Corolian Overture, Op. 62 … Ludwig van Beethoven
- Rhapsody in Blue … George Gershwin
2014–2015
- Pavane pour une infante défunte … Maurice Ravel
- Pelléas et Mélisande Suite … Jean Sibelius
- Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417 (“Tragic”) … Franz Schubert
- “Troika” from Lieutenant Kijé … Sergey Prokofiev
- Danzón No. 2 … Arturo Márquez
- Má vlast … Bedřich Smetana
- Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 … Antonín Dvořák
- “Courtly Dances” from Gloriana, Op. 53a … Benjamin Britten
- The Banks of Green Willow … George Butterworth
- Pomp and Circumstance: March No. 1 in D Major … Edward Elgar
- Symphony No. 2 in B Minor … Alexander Borodin
- Eight Russian Folk Songs, Op. 58 … Anatol Liadov
- Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 … Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
- Morceau de concert pour harpe et orchestre … Camille Saint-Saëns
- L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 … Georges Bizet
2013–2014
- Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 … Ludwig van Beethoven
- Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K. 364 … Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 105 (“Reformation”) … Felix Mendelssohn
- Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) … Richard Strauss
- Overture to Romeo and Juliet … Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
- Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel … David Diamon
- Overture to Die Zauberflöte … Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Symphony No. 5 in D Major … Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Cuban Overture … George Gershwin
- Fantasia Parachicos … James Mobberley
- Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 … Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
- Kaiser Waltzer, Op. 437 … Johann Strauss, Jr.
- Peter and the Wolf … Sergey Prokofiev
- Scheherazade, Op. 35 … Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2012–2013
- “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt, Op. 23 … Edvard Grieg
- Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 (“Mysterious Mountain”) … Alan Hovhaness
- Overture to Poet and Peasant … Franz von Suppé
- Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp Minor, Hob I:45 (“Farewell”) … Joseph Haydn
- Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 … Antonín Dvořák
- Fugue from Symphony No. 4 … Charles Ives
- Prelude to Die Meistersinger … Richard Wagner
- Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 … Gabriel Fauré
- Magnificat … John Rutter
- Overture to Oberon … Carl Maria von Weber
- Ma mère l’oye: Suite … Maurice Ravel
- Adagio in G Minor … Tomaso Albinoni
- Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 (“Romantic”) … Howard Hanson
- España … Emmanuel Chabrier
- Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2 (selections) … Georges Bizet
- Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 … Ludwig van Beethoven
- Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 … Johannes Brahms
2011–2012
- Corolian Overture, Op. 62 … Ludwig van Beethoven
- Symphony No. 3 (“Organ”) … Camille Saint-Saëns
- Overture to Le carnaval romain, Op. 9 … Hector Berlioz
- Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 … Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
- Introduction to Also sprach Zarathustra … Richard Strauss
- An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 … Johann Strauss, Jr.
- Slavonic Dances No. 1 and No. 2, Op. 46 … Antonín Dvořák
- “Mars” from The Planets … Gustav Holst
- Clair de lune … Claude Debussy
- Billy the Kid Suite … Aaron Copland
- Knoxville, Summer of 1905 … Samuel Barber
- Lullaby for String Orchestra … George Gershwin
- An American in Paris … George Gershwin
- Carol for Orchestra … Henry Cowell
- Japanese Suite … Gustav Holst
- English Folk Song Suite … Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Rhysomedre … Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Irish Rhapsody No. 1 … Charles Villiers Stanford
- Irish Suite … Leroy Anderson
- Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 … Ludwig van Beethoven
2010–2011
- Overture to Hebrides, Op. 26 (“Fingal’s Cave”) … Felix Mendelssohn
- “Woltan’s Farewell” and “Magic Fire Music” … Richard Wagner
- Trettanrune … William Funk
- Songs for a Wayfarer … Gustav Mahler
- Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (“Pastoral”) … Ludwig van Beethoven
- “Marche Hongroise” from La damnation de Faust … Hector Berlioz
- Marche funèbre d’une marionette … Charles Gounod
- American Salute … Morton Gould
- Quiet City … Aaron Copland
- Suite from Les Indes galante … Antonio Vivaldi
- Symphony in B Minor (“Unfinished”) … Franz Schubert
- Symphony No. 2 in B Minor … Alexander Borodin
- “Berceuse” and “Finale” from Firebird Suite (1919) … Igor Stravinsky
2009–2010
- Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17 … Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
- Serenade for Strings in E Minor … Edward Elgar
- Carmen Suite No. 1 … Georges Bizet
- Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (“Eroica”) … Ludwig van Beethoven
- Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail … Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- A Somerset Rhapsody … Gustav Holst
- Masquerade Suite … Aram Khachaturian
- Overture to Egmont … Ludwig van Beethoven
- Prayer of St. Gregory … Alan Hovhaness
- Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82 … Jean Sibelius
- Prelude to Die Meistersinger … Richard Wagner
- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 … Johannes Brahms
- Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 … Gabriel Fauré
- Symphony No. 104 in D Major (“London”) … Joseph Haydn
- Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 … Antonín Dvořák
- Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 … Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky