Andrew Crust | Conductor

Events

January, 2015

Berlioz, Hungarian March
Respighi, Pines of Rome

Rehearsal Conductor
CU-Boulder Symphony Orchestra

Boulder, CO

February 4, 2015 at 7:30pm

Pärt, Tabula Rasa
Bloch, Concerto Grosso No. 1
Britten, Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

Doctoral Conducting Practicum
Lina Bahn, violin
Erika Eckert, viola
Rose Lachman, piano
Deborah Hui, piano
Paul Kroeger, tenor
Jonathan Groszew, horn

Grusin Concert Hall, CU-Boulder

February 7, 2015 at 10:00am

Aurora Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition

Judge

Aurora, CO

February 23, 2015 at 7:30pm

Françaix, Clarinet Concerto

Kellan Toohey, Clarinet

Grusin Concert Hall, Boulder

April 12, 2015

Colorado New Music Ensemble

Boulder, CO

April 21, 2015 at 7:30pm

Hovhaness, Prayer of St. Gregory for Trumpet and Strings
Warlock, Capriol Suite
Borodin, Symphony No. 2

CU-Boulder Campus Orchestra
Terry Sawchuk, trumpet

Macky Auditorium

April 25, 2015 at 7:30pm

Liadov, The Enchanted Lake
Dvorak, Cello Concerto
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra

Cover Conductor
Boulder Philharmonic
Zuill Bailey, cello

Macky Auditorium

December, 2015

Opera production with the Boulder Opera Company

Boulder, CO

Notes from Andrew's desk

January 20, 2015 "I don't think about technique. The ideas dictate everything. You have to be true to that or you're dead." - #DavidLynch

January 13, 2015 Trying a new personal morning work routine inspired by Ben Franklin and #MasonCurrey. Though, unlike Ben, I won't be studying in the nude.

January 12, 2015 "There is no progress in art; all beautiful things belong to the same age." #OscarWilde

January 8, 2015 Today, on the bus, like a scene out of Clockwork Orange, some man started singing "Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium!"

January 7, 2015 Laurence Olivier's Thoughts on Conducting: Blog Post http://t.co/EJeFD6MDjV

January 7, 2015 "We actors stand by our present performance, not by the past. Scratch an actor and underneath you'll find another actor." #LaurenceOlivier

January 7, 2015 The best personal holiday tradition is binge reading. #Hesse, #PatConroy, #SaulAlinsky, #PicoIyer, #LaurenceOlivier

January 6, 2015 #ArvoPart on twelve-tone music: “The sterile democracy between the notes has killed in us every living feeling."

January 4, 2015 Upcoming concert. http://t.co/ACkBjyCIpS

January 2, 2015 How to read more books: http://t.co/GTpZLrZIT3

January 2, 2015 Always new amazing music to discover. #nielsen - Aladdin Suite - https://t.co/SvyWo1F32S

December 31, 2014 Concert listing on #Bachtrack: http://t.co/y6O5NH8Ypj

December 29, 2014 A new score is like an unfamiliar forest. Blog post: http://t.co/InLXEq8vyf

News

January 3, 2015
Andrew will be a judge in the Young Artist Competition with the Aurora Symphony Orchestra on February 7, 2015

December 15, 2014
Andrew will join the Boulder Philharmonic as Assistant Conductor in 2015.

December 1, 2014
Andrew is a finalist for the positions of Assistant Conductor, Akron Symphony and Music Director, Akron Youth Symphony

November 19, 2014
Andrew has been invited to join the creative committee of the Boulder Opera Company.

September 11, 2014
Andrew has been engaged to conduct on the Boulder Opera Company's opening concert gala

September 10, 2014
Andrew has launched the CU-Boulder Campus Orchestra Composition Contest, with a deadline of April 1st.

April 18, 2014
Andrew is a finalist for the positions of Music Director and Artistic Director of the Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.

April 13, 2014
Andrew is a finalist for the positions of Assistant Conductor - Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra and Music Director - Cape Cod Symphony Youth Orchestra.

February 19, 2014
Andrew has been invited to the Colorado College Summer Music Festival as a cover conductor and student of Scott Yoo for the summer of 2014, the first student conductor in the festival's history.