Music Director Lawrence Loh leads Symphoria in a reading of three new works by talented young composers Logan LaFlamm, Kaelem Michel, and Ebun Ogantola. This workshop is the conclusion of the Symphoria/Setnor School of Music Orchestration Workshop, led by Syracuse University faculty members Dr. Natalie Draper and Dr. Nicholas Scherzinger.
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FEATURED ARTISTS
Ebunoluwa Oguntola (age 15) is a composer, violinist, and pianist from Fayetteville, New York. She started music at the age of 3, but it wasn’t until she was 11 when she first started composing. In 2019-2020, she was a Luna Composition Lab Fellow. Luna Composition Lab is a unique mentorship program ...
Ebunoluwa Oguntola (age 15) is a composer, violinist, and pianist from Fayetteville, New York. She started music at the age of 3, but it wasn’t until she was 11 when she first started composing. In 2019-2020, she was a Luna Composition Lab Fellow. Luna Composition Lab is a unique mentorship program that addresses the gender imbalance in the field of classical music by providing role models and performance opportunities for aspiring young female composers, founded by 2019 Grammy nominee Missy Mazzoli and 2019 Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Reid. In summer of 2020, Ebun attended the internationally acclaimed Eastman
Classical Studies program for composition. She also hosted a virtual concert online in which she musically composed and narrated the unfortunate events of 2020, where she featured Grammy-award winning violinist, Johnny Gandelsman as a soloist of her new work. As well as being a composer, Ebun has recently began conducting lessons, and she performs as well. She is a violinist within the Symphoria Young Artist Orchestra, and has attended Junior-High Area All State two years in a row, as well as Junior-High All County two years in row; the second year, Ebun was the concertmaster of that event. Ebun enjoys writing different types of pieces, sharing it and playing it with others, and challenging herself within different aspects of music.
Kaelem Michel, fifteen, resides with his family in Fayetteville, NY. He currently studies with
Natela Mchedlishvili at the Manhattan School of Music Pre-college Program. He has won prizes in numerous competitions, notably 1st place in the Steinway & Sons Competition Senior Division in Syracuse, NY, and 2nd place at ...
Kaelem Michel, fifteen, resides with his family in Fayetteville, NY. He currently studies with
Natela Mchedlishvili at the Manhattan School of Music Pre-college Program. He has won prizes in numerous competitions, notably 1st place in the Steinway & Sons Competition Senior Division in Syracuse, NY, and 2nd place at the 1000 Islands International Piano Competition. He also received the Robinson Award from the Skaneateles Festival, in Skaneateles, NY, which resulted in a solo performance as part of the festival. As a composer, Kaelem has composed numerous piano solos and duets. He currently works with Texu Kim, assistant teaching professor of Music Theory/Composition at San Diego State University.
Logan LaFlamm (age 17) has been playing Alto Sax since I age 9. Logan recently become quite interested in composition and its wide range of applications. He was inspired by hearing a beautiful and moving soundtrack to an anime, and now wants to make meaningful music for
video games, TV ...
Logan LaFlamm (age 17) has been playing Alto Sax since I age 9. Logan recently become quite interested in composition and its wide range of applications. He was inspired by hearing a beautiful and moving soundtrack to an anime, and now wants to make meaningful music for
video games, TV shows, and other forms of media alike. He is interested in sharing wonderful and emotional musical experiences with everyone!
Described as bringing an “artisan storyteller’s sensitivity… shaping passages with clarity and power via beautifully sculpted dynamics… revealing orchestral character not seen or heard before” (Arts Knoxville) Lawrence Loh enjoys a dynamic career as a conductor of orchestras all over the world.
After an extensive two ...
Described as bringing an “artisan storyteller’s sensitivity… shaping passages with clarity and power via beautifully sculpted dynamics… revealing orchestral character not seen or heard before” (Arts Knoxville) Lawrence Loh enjoys a dynamic career as a conductor of orchestras all over the world.
After an extensive two year search, Lawrence Loh was recently named Music Director of the Waco Symphony Orchestra beginning in the Spring of 2024. Since 2015, he has served as Music Director of The Syracuse Orchestra (formerly called Symphoria), the successor to the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. “The connection between the organization and its audience is one of the qualities that’s come to define Syracuse’s symphony as it wraps up its 10th season, a milestone that might have seemed impossible at the beginning,” (Syracuse.com) The Syracuse Orchestra and Lawrence Loh show that it is possible to create a “new, more sustainable artistic institution from the ground up.”
Appointed Assistant Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony in 2005, Mr Loh was quickly promoted to Associate and Resident Conductor within the first three years of working with the PSO. Always a favorite among Pittsburgh audiences, Loh returns frequently to his adopted city to conduct the PSO in a variety of concerts. Mr. Loh previously served as Music Director of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Syracuse Opera, Music Director of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra.
Mr. Loh’s recent guest conducting engagements include the San Francisco Symphony, Dallas Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, Pensacola Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, National Symphony, Detroit Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, National Symphony (D.C.), Utah Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Albany Symphony and the Cathedral Choral Society at the Washington National Cathedral. His summer appearances include the festivals of Grant Park, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Tanglewood with the Boston Pops, Chautauqua, Sun Valley, Shippensburg, Bravo Vail Valley, the Kinhaven Music School and the Performing Arts Institute (PA).
As a self-described “Star Wars geek” and film music enthusiast, Loh has conducted numerous sold-out John Williams and film music tribute concerts. Part of his appeal is his ability to serve as both host and conductor. “It is his enthusiasm for Williams’ music and the films for which it was written that is Loh’s great strength in this program. A fan’s enthusiasm drives his performances in broad strokes and details and fills his speaking to the audience with irresistible appeal. He used no cue cards. One felt he could speak at filibuster length on Williams’ music.” (Pittsburgh Tribune)
Mr Loh has assisted John Williams on multiple occasions and has worked with a wide range of pops artists from Chris Botti and Ann Hampton Callaway to Jason Alexander and Idina Menzel. As one of the most requested conductors for conducting Films in Concert, Loh has led Black Panther, Star Wars (Episodes 4-6), Jaws, Nightmare Before Christmas, Jurassic Park, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz and Singin’ in the Rain, among other film productions.
Lawrence Loh received his Artist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting from Yale, his Masters in Choral Conducting from Indiana University and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester. Lawrence Loh was born in southern California of Korean parentage and raised in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He and his wife Jennifer have a son, Charlie, and a daughter, Hilary. Follow him on instagram @conductorlarryloh or Facebook at @lawrencelohconductor or visit his website, www.lawrenceloh.com