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Music Director,

Boise Philharmonic
Mansfield Symphony

Associate Conductor,

Houston Symphony

Biography

Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic, Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony, and Music Director of the Mansfield Symphony, Robert Franz is emerging as one of the most talented conductors of his generation. Eminent composer Bright Sheng has praised Franz for his “extremely musical and passionate approach towards music making” and critics have hailed his “masterly pace, emphasis and technical control” calling his conducting “viscerally thrilling”.

Now in his second season as Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic, Robert Franz has made great strides in reaching out to the community. This season Franz is continuing to build the Orchestra’s composer residency program, which will include award winning composer Jennifer Higdon whose visit will culminate in a performance of her Concerto for Orchestra in February. Franz is also continuing to create partnerships with other leading arts groups and educational institutions in the area, including Opera Idaho, the Idaho Shakespeare Festival and the Boise Ballet, and launching a new Casual Classics Series of informal Saturday morning concerts.

Robert Franz began his tenure as Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony in June 2008 where he has already led the Symphony in a broad range of highly successful education and family concerts. He continues his seventh season as Music Director of the Mansfield Symphony in Ohio, where he has created highly successful collaborations with other arts, educational and civic groups, and was awarded the Extraordinary Leadership Award in 2007.

With a wide and varying knowledge of symphonic and operatic works, Maestro Franz has worked with some of today’s finest classical soloists, including James Galway, Joshua Bell and Rachel Barton, as well as many of the top pops artists such as Chris Botti, Chaka Khan, and Judy Collins. He has been invited to guest conduct orchestras throughout the United States, including multiple appearances with such orchestras as the Rochester Philharmonic, North Carolina Symphony and the Columbus Symphony, among others. His guest conducting appearances this season include the Peoria Symphony, Lake Placid Sinfonietta and the Ashville Lyric Opera.

A champion of new music, Franz has conducted numerous world premieres. As associate conductor of the Louisville Orchestra, he re-vitalized an ASCAP award-winning new music concert series, and served as co-host of In a Different Key, a weekly contemporary classical music radio program on WUOL.

On two occasions, ASCAP has recognized Robert Franz for his advocacy in arts education. Under his direction, both the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in 2008 and the Louisville Orchestra in 2001 were awarded the Leonard Bernstein Award for Educational Programming. The Louisville Orchestra’s award lead to the creation a 2.5-hour education program for Kentucky Educational Television entitled,Creating Music and Stories. Winner of the 2008 BPO/ECMEA Music Educators Award for Excellence, Mr. Franz is a strong supporter of arts education, and has created arts education programs for the
Carolina Chamber Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Louisville Orchestra, West End Chamber Ensemble and the Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony, including that organization’s innovative Bolton Research Project.

In addition to his current posts, Mr. Franz served as Resident Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic through the 2008-09 season and Associate Conductor of the Louisville Orchestra from 1997-2006. He has also led the Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony, the Louisville Youth Orchestra, and the Winston-Salem Youth Symphony. He continues to serve as Music Director Emeritus of the Carolina Chamber Symphony, an orchestra that he founded, and provide educational programming workshops at the National Repertory Orchestra during the summer.

Mr. Franz received his Master of Music degree in conducting from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1992 and his Bachelor of Music degree in oboe performance in 1990 from that same institution. He has participated in conducting workshops in the Czech Republic, St. Petersburg (Russia), Nashville (ASOL), the Festival at Sandpoint and was a participant in the 1997 National Conductor Preview (ASOL).
For more information, please visit his website at www.robertfranz.com.

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Repertoire

(year and orchestra performed)

John Adams
Black Gondola (2003 Louisville Orchestra)
Chairman Dances (2003 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Chamber Symphony (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Harmonium (2008 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Shaker Loops (2003 Killington Music Festival)

Leroy Anderson Piano Concerto (2008 Houston Symphony)

Arensky Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky (1991 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)

Malcolm Arnold A Grand, Grand Overture (2000 Louisville Orchestra)

C.P.E. Bach Cello Concerto in B-flat, Wq. 171 (2002 Louisville Orchestra)

J.C. Bach Symphony, op. 18, no. 2 (1994 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)

J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 (1997 National Repertory Orchestra)
Cantata No. 191 (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D (1994 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Piano Concerto in A (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Piano Concerto in f (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
St. John Passion (2001 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Suite No. 2 in b (1995 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Suite No. 3 in D (2003 Louisville Orchestra)
Violin and Oboe Concerto in c (1997 National Repertory Orchestra
Violin Concerto in a (1997 National Repertory Orchestra
Violin Concerto in e (2003 Louisville Orchestra

Simon Bainbridge Ad Ora Incerta (North American premiere) (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Medea (original version) (2002 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
School for Scandal Overture (2001 National Repertory Orchestra)
Serenade for Strings, op. 1 (1992 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)

Bela Bartok
Divertimento for Strings (1997 Killington Music Festival)
Rumanian Folk Dances (1997 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Viola Concerto (2005 Oberlin Symphony Orchestra

L. van Beethoven
Choral Fantasy (2005 Louisville Youth Orchestra)
Leonore Overture No. 3 (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Overture to Egmont (1997 Winston-Salem Symphony)
Overture to Fidelio (2002 Louisville Youth Orchestra
Overture to Prometheus (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Piano Concerto No. 1 (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Piano Concerto No. 3 (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Piano concerto No. 4 (2003 Spokane Symphony Orchestra)
Romance No. 1 in G for violin (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Ruins of Athens Overture (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 1 in C (1989 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Symphony No. 2 in D (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, "Eroica" (2004 Oberlin Chamber Orchestra)
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat (2004 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 5 in c (2003 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 6 in F (2005 Louisville Youth Orchestra)
Symphony No. 7 in A (2003 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Symphony No. 8 in F (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 9 in d, "Choral" (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Triple Concerto (2003 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Violin Concerto (1998 National Repertory Orchestra)
Wellington's Victory (1999 Louisville Orchestra)

Alban Berg Violin Concerto (2002 Louisville Orchestra)

Hector Berlioz
Judges of the Secret Court Overture (2005 Louisville Orchestra)
Rokoczy March (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Roman Carnival Overture (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphonie Fantastique (2007 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)

Leonard Bernstein
Overture to Candide (1997 Louisville Orchestra)
Overture to West Side Story (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Suites 1 & 2 from West Side Story (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Suite from On the Waterfront (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)

Georges Bizet
Carmen, Suite 1 (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Carmen (concert vers.) (COVER CONDUCTOR, 1997 National Repertory Orchestra)

Ernest Bloch Suite Hebraique (1998 National Repertory Orchestra

Joseph Boulogne Sinfonia (1999 Louisville Orchestra)

Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture (1998 NC Symphony Orchestra)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (2006 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Serenade No. 2 in A (2003 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 2 (2003 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Symphony No. 3 (2006 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Symphony No. 4 (2001 National Repertory Orchestra)

Paul Brink Variations and Fugue (world premiere) (1999 Louisville Orchestra)

Benjamin Britten
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (2008 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Simple Symphony (1996 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1999 Louisville Orchestra)

Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy (1997 National Repertory Orchestra)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in g (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)

Anton Bruckner
Mass No. 2 in e (1997 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Symphony No. 4, "Romantic" (2003 Louisville Youth Orchestra)

Ernst Chausson Poeme (2001 National Repertory Orchestra)

E. Chaminade Concertino for Flute (2002 Louisville Youth Orchestra)

Carlos Chavez Toccata for Percussion (1995 International Music Program)

Frederic Chopin
Fantasy on Polish Airs (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in f (1997 Cumberland Valley Chamber Players)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
La Bamboula (2002 Louisville Youth Orchestra)
Danse Negre (2005 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)

Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring (1994 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Billy the Kidd Suite (2003 Louisville Orchestra)
Fanfare for the Common Man (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
John Henry (2002 Louisville Youth Orchestra)
Lincoln Portrait (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Old American Songs (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Our Town (2003 Spokane Symphony Orchestra)
Rodeo (1997 Winston-Salem Symphony)
Tenderland Suite (2005 Oberlin Symphony Orchestra)

Archangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8 in g (2000 Louisville Orchestra)

John Corigliano
Elegy (1994 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Gazebo Dances (2000 Louisville Orchestra)

David Cutler Maristella for Tenor Sax and Orch. (2005 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)

Richard Danielpour
The Awakened Heart (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Concerto for Orchestra (2002 Louisville Orchestra)

Michael Daugherty
Flamingo (2002 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Hell's Angels (North American premiere) (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Metropolis Symphony (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Rosa Parks Blvd. (2006 Louisville Orchestra)
Route 66 (2000 Louisville Orchestra)

Claude Debussy
Danses Sacre et Profane (1996 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
La Mer (II) (1997 Winston-Salem Symphony)
Nocturnes (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (2003 Louisville Orchestra)
Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra (2005 Louisville Orchestra)

Frederick Delius
Two pieces for Small Orchestra (2003 NCSA Summer Festival Orchestra - Manteo)

Normon Dello Joio
Lyric Fantasies (1989 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Triumph of St. Joan (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

David Diamond Romeo and Juliet (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

Lawrence Dillon
Amadeus ex Machina (world premiere) (2002 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Flute Concerto (world premiere) (1996 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Snegglish Dances (world premiere) (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 1 (world premiere) (1998 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Wright Flight (world premiere) (2003 NCSA Summer Festival Orchestra - Manteo)

Paul Dukas Sorcerer's Apprentice (1998 Louisville Orchestra)

Tan Dun Death and Fire: Dialogue with Paul Klee (2003 Louisville Orchestra)

Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Czech Suite (2002 Louisville Youth Orchestra)
Romance for Violin (1995 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Serenade for Strings (1997 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Serenade for Winds (1997 Cumberland Valley Chamber Players)
Slavonic Dances, op. 72, nos. 1-4 (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 8 (2005 Oberlin Symphony Orchestra)
Symphony No. 9 (2003 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)

David Dzubay
Doppelganger (world premiere) (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 1 (1998 Louisville Orchestra)

Richard Einhorn Voices of Light (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto (2003 Louisville Orchestra)
Enigma Variations (1991 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Introduction and Allegro (1998 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Serenade for Strings (1992 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)

Duke Ellington
Harlem (2006 Louisville Orchestra)
Three Black Kings (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

Manuel de Falla Three Cornered Hat, Suite 2 (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

Gabriel Faure
Pavane (1996 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Pelleas and Melisande (2004 Louisville Youth Orchestra)

David Felder Three Pieces for Orchestra (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)

Ross Lee Finney Symphony No. 4 (1997 Louisville Orchestra)

Gerald Finzi Suite from Love's Labours Lost (2004 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)

Arthur Foote Suite for Strings in E (2002 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Kenneth Frazelle
Blue Ridge Airs II (2003 Louisville Orchestra)
Shivaree (1999 Louisville Orchestra)

David Froom Going To Town (world premiere) (1998 Louisville Orchestra)

Ann Gebuhr Voyage d'anima (2003 Louisville Orchestra)

Steven Gerber Symphony No. 1 (North American Premiere) (2002 Louisville Orchestra)

George Gershwin
American in Paris (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Cuban Overture (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)
I've Got Rhythm Variations (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Lullaby for Strings (2004 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Overture to Girl Crazy (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Overture to Of Thee I sing (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Piano Concerto in F (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Rhapsody in Blue (2004 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Alexander Glazunov Winter from The Seasons (1998 Louisville Orchestra)

Reinhold Gliere Russian Sailor's Dance (1998 Louisville Orchestra)

Mikhail Glinka Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla (1997 Louisville Orchestra)

C. W. Gluck Overture to Iphigenie in Aulis (1999 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Daniel Godfrey Symphony in Minor (2002 Louisville Orchestra)

Louis Moreau Gottschalk Night in the Tropics (2003 Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra)

Morton Gould
Flourishes and Galops (1997 Louisville Orchestra)
The Jogger and the Dinosaur (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Latin American Symphonette (2005 Louisville Orchestra)

Charles Gounod
Funeral March of the Marionette (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Petite Symphonie (1999 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Edward Grieg
Holberg Suite (1997 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (1997 Winston-Salem Symphony)
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 (1992 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Concerto for Piano in a (2003 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)

Ferde Grofe Grand Canyon Suite (2005 Louisville Orchestra)

Pavel Haas Study for Strings (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

G.F. Handel
Dixit Dominus (2000 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba (1998 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Organ Concerto in g, op. 4, no. 1 (1999 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Water Music Suites I, II & III (2000 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

John Harbison
Darkbloom Overture (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
The Most Often Used Chords (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Remembering Gatsby (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Partita (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Symphony No. 3 (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

Roy Harris When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1998 NC Symphony Orchestra)

Franz Joseph Haydn
Concerto for Trumpet (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Mass in B flass, Teresa Mass (2008 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Mass in d, Lord Nelson (1996 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Sinfonia Concertante, op. 84 (1997 National Repertory Orchestra)
Symphony No. 43 in E-flat "Mercury" (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Symphony No. 52 in c (1998 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Symphony No. 71 in B-flat (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 80 in d (1997 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Symphony No. 83 in g, "The Hen" (1993 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Symphony No. 85 in B flat (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 88 in G (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 92 in G, "Oxford" (2000 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Symphony No. 94 in G, "Surprise" (2002 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 100 in G (1995 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Symphony No. 104 in D (1998 NC Symphony Orchestra)

Jennifer Higdon Machine (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)

Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite (1995 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
The Planets (1998 National Repertory Orchestra)

Arthur Honegger
King David (1999 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Concerto da Camera (1990 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Pacific 231 (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)

Alan Hovhaness And God Created Great Whales (2004 Louisville Orchestra)

Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel: Dream and Pantomime (1995 Winston-Salem Youth Symphony)
Hansel and Gretel: Witch's Ride (1997 Louisville Orchestra)

Karel Husa Two Sonnets by Michelangelo (1997 Louisville Orchestra)

Jacgues Ibert Divertissement (1990 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches (2004 Louisville Orchestra)

Charles Ives Variations on America (Schuman) (1996 Winston-Salem Symphony)

Leos Janacek Suite for Strings (1993 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Dmitri Kabalevsky Violin Concerto (2002 Louisville Youth Orchestra)

Robert Kapilow
Gertrude McFuzz (1995 Winston-Salem Symphony)
Green Eggs and Ham (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Polar Express (2000 Louisville Orchestra)

Terese Kaptur Until Dawn (world premiere) (1996 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Louis Karchin Rhapsody for Orchestra (world premiere) (1998 Louisville Orchestra)

Aaron Jay Kernis
New Era Dance (2004 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony in Waves (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 2 (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Too Hot Toccata (2002 Louisville Orchestra)

Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade Suite (2006 Rochester Philharmonic)
Sabre Dance (1998 Louisville Orchestra)

Mark Kilstofte Recurring Dreams (1999 Louisville Orchestra)

Don Knaack
Environmental Continuum (world premiere) (2004 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)

Zoltan Kodaly Hary Janos Suite (2004 Oberlin Chamber Orchestra)

Edouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole (V) (1999 Louisville Orchestra)

Libby Larsen Fanfare: Sizzle (world premiere) (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)

Franz Liszt
Christus (Part 1) (1990 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (2006 Rochester Philharmonic)
Piano Concerto No. 1 (2006 Reading Symphony Orchestra)

Anatol Liadov Eight Russian Folk Songs (1994 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)

Lowell Liebermann Piano Concerto No. 3 (2006 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)

Witold Lutoslawski Symphony No. 4 (1999 Louisville Orchestra)

Tod Machover Song of Penance (2004 Louisville Orchestra)

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1 (2006 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)

Bohuslav Martinu Toccata e due canzoni (1996 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Cathy McTeeTimepiece (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

Felix Mendelssohn
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture (2005 Louisville Youth Orchestra)
Elijah (2006 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Nocturne from Midsummernight's Dream (2006 Columbus Symphony Orchestra)
Scherzo from Midsummernight's Dream (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Sinfonia No. 12 in g (1996 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Symphony No. 4, "Italian" (2004 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 5, "Reformation" (2002 Louisville Orchestra)
Violin Concerto in e (2000 Louisville Orchestra)

Darius Milhaud
Le Boeuf sur le Toit (2004 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Creation of the World (1995 International Music Program)

W.A. Mozart
L’Anero saro costante from Il re pastore (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Bastien and Bastienne (2002 Louisville Orchestra)
Ch’io mi scordi di te – Non temer (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Clarinet Concerto (2002 Chattanooga Symphony)
Concerto for 3 Pianos in F (1997 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Concerto for Flute and Harp in C (1996 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Cosi Fan Tutte
Overture (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Ah Che Tutta in una momento (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Divertimento for Strings, K. 136-138 (Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Exsultate Jubilate (1991 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Flute Concerto in D (1998 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Flute Concerto in G (2006 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Magic Flute:
Overture (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Hm, Hm, Hm Quintet (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Pa-Pagena! Pa-Pageno! (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Marriage of Figaro (2005 Asheville Lyric Opera)
Missa Brevis, K. 275 (2002 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Oboe Concerto in C (1989 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Overture to Apollo and Hyacinthus (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Overture to Don Giovanni (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Overture to the Impresario (1998 National Repertory Orchestra)
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Overture to Il Seraglio (2005 Columbus Symphony Orchestra)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat (1995 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-flat for two pianos (2006 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Sinfonia Concertante (violin/viola) (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Symphony No. 1 in E-flat (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Symphony No. 25 in g (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 29 in A (1995 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Symphony No. 31 in D, Paris (2005 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 38 in D, Prague (2002 Chattanooga Symphony)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat (2003 NCSA Summer Festival Orchestra - Manteo)
Symphony No. 40 in g (2002 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Symphony No. 41 in C (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Vesperae solennes de confessor (1998 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A (2006 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Modest Mussorgsky
Night on Bald Mountain (1997 Louisville Orchestra)
Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel) (2008 Houston Symphony)

Vaclav Nelhybel
Concertante for Flute and Harp (world premiere) (1991 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)

Carl Neilsen Clarinet Concerto (1991 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)

Otto Nicolai Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

Jacgues Offenbach Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld (2002 Louisville Orchestra)

David Ott Concerto for two Celli (2002 Louisville Orchestra)

Arvo Part Symphony No. 3 (2001 Louisville Youth Orchestra)

Stephen Paulus
Concertante (2003 Louisville Orchestra)
Voices of Light (2003 Louisville Orchestra)

Russell Peck
Concerto for Timpani and Orch. (world premiere) (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
The Thrill of the Orchestra (1997 Winston-Salem Symphony)

Walter Piston Divertimento for Nine Instruments (1999 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Francis Poulenc
Aubade (2004 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Babar the Elephant (1996 Winston-Salem Symphony)
Organ Concerto in g (1999 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Giacomo Puccini (2004 Louisville Orchestra)
La Boheme Che Gelida, Mi Chiamano Mimi, O Soave
(2004 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Gianni Schicchi O mio Babbino caro (2004 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Madame Butterfly Un Bel Di, Vogliatemi Bene (2004 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Manon LescautIntermezzo (2004 Louisville Orchestra)
Tosca E Lucevan (2004 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Turandot Nessun Dorma (2004 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Madame Butterfly (complete) (2006 Asheville Lyric Opera)

Sergei Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf (1997 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 5 (1999 Louisville Orchestra)

Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 2 (2004 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)

Shulamit Ran
Legends (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Vessels of Courage and Hope (1999 Louisville Orchestra)

Behzad Ranjbaran
Cello Concerto (2007 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Seven Passages (2006 Reading Symphony Orchestra)

Maurice Ravel
Bolero (2005 Louisville Orchestra)
Daphnis et Chloe, Suite 2 (2005 Louisville Orchestra)
La Valse (2004 Louisville Orchestra)

Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite III (1999 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Gli Ucelli (2007 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Pines of Rome (2002 Louisville Youth Orchestra)

Josef Rheinberger
Organ Concerto No. 2 in g (1999 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Cappricio Espagnol (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Flight of the Bumblebee (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Russian Easter Overture (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Scheherazade (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

Gioacchino Rossini
Barber of Seville (complete) (2008 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Overture to the Barber of Seville (1996 Winston-Salem Symphony)
Overture to La Cambiale di Matrimonio (1998 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Overture to Cinderella (2004 Louisville Orchestra)
Overture to the Italian in Algiers (2004 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Overture to Semiramide (2004 Louisville Orchestra)
Overture to Il Signor Bruschino (1997 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Overture to William Tell (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra (2002 Louisville Orchestra)

Bernhard Romberg Symphony in c, "Trauer" (1998 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Christopher Rouse Symphony No. 2 (2000 Louisville Orchestra)

Steve Rouse Symphony No. 2 (world premiere) (2000 Louisville Orchestra)

John Rutter Requiem (2001 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Camille Saint-Saens
Bacchanale from Samson and Deliah (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Carnival of the Animals (2002 Louisville Orchestra)
Danse Macabre (1997 Louisville Orchestra)
Piano Concerto No. 2 (2008 Boise Philharmonic)
Tarantella for clarinet and flute (2004 Louisville Orchestra)

Marc Satterwhite
Goyas Negras (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 2 (world premiere) (2000 Louisville Orchestra)

Arnold Schoenberg
Verklarte Nacht (1996 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Chamber Symphony No. 1 (2000 Louisville Orchestra)

Franz Schubert
Mass No. 2 in G (1997 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Overture to Rosamunde (1994 Winston-Salem Youth Symphony)
Symphony No. 4 in c (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat (1999 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Symphony No. 8 in b (1995 Winston-Salem Youth Symphony)

William Schuman New England Triptych (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)

Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in a (2007 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish" (2003 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 4 in d (2003 Louisville Youth Orchestra)

Vache Sharafyan
Concerto for Tenor Sax and Orch. (world premiere) (2005 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)

Bright Sheng
Postcards (2003 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Nanking! Nanking! (2003 Louisville Orchestra)

Noam Sheriff Akeda (1999 Louisville Orchestra)

Dimitri Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Festive Overture (1998 Louisville Orchestra)
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1998 National Repertory Orchestra)
Symphony No. 5 in d (1998 CO All-State Orchestra)

Jean Sibelius
Finlandia (1996 Winston-Salem Youth Symphony)
Pelleas and Melisande (1998 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Symphony No. 1 in e (2003 Spokane Symphony Orchestra)
Symphony No. 2 in D (1997 National Repertory Orchestra)
Violin Concerto (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)

Roberto Sierra Concerto for Saxophones (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)

Bedrich Smetana
Into the Bohemian Woods (2004 Louisville Orchestra)
The Moldau (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Overture to the Bartered Bride (1997 Winston-Salem Youth Symphony)

Frederick Speck
Dance Variations (world premiere) (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Distant Airs and Nighttime Dances (1998 Louisville Orchestra)

William Grant Still
Afro-American Symphony (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Festive Overture (1998 Louisville Orchestra)

David Stock Drive Time (world premiere) (1998 Louisville Orchestra)

Johann Strauss, Jr. Blue Danube Waltz (2000 Louisville Orchestra)
Overture to Die Fledermaus (2003 Louisville Orchestra)

Igor Stravinsky Eight Instrumental Miniatures (1995 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Fairy's Kiss Divertimento (2004 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Firebird Suite (1919) (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Pulcinella Suite (2002 Chattanooga Symphony)

Josef Suk
Asrael Symphony (2002 Louisville Orchestra)
Meditation on a Bohemian Chorale (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Serenade for Strings (2003 Killington Music Festival)

Hilary Tann The Open Field: In memoriam (1999 Louisville Orchestra)

Peter I. Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture (2004 Louisville Orchestra)
Cappricio Italien (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Francesca da Rimini (2004 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Nutcracker (complete) (1996 Winston-Salem Symphony)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in b (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Rococo Variations (1989 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Romeo and Juliet (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Serenade for Strings (1999 Carolina Chamber Symphony)
Sleeping Beauty (complete ballet) (2007 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Symphony No. 2 in c (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Symphony No. 4 in f (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Symphony No. 5 in e (1998 National Repertory Orchestra)
Symphony No. 6 in b (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

G. P. Telemann
Don Quixote Suite (2001 Jefferson County All-County Orchestra)
Viola Concerto (1998 National Repertory Orchestra)

Michael Tilson Thomas From the Diary of Anne Frank (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

Virgil Thompson Acadian Songs and Dances (2003 Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra)

Henri Tomasi Fanfares Liturgiques (2002 Louisville Orchestra)

Michael Torke
Ash (2008 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Bright Blue Music (2005 Louisville Orchestra)
Javelin (1999 Louisville Orchestra)
Adjustable Wrench (2000 Louisville Orchestra)

Chinary Ung Antiphonal Spirals (2001 Louisville Orchestra)

Jeffrey Van Concerto for two guitars (world premiere) (2002 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves (1997 Louisville Orchestra)
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (2002 Louisville Orchestra)
Lark Ascending (2007 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Overture to the Wasps (2005 Louisville Orchestra)
Symphony No. 2, London (2002 Louisville Youth Orchestra)

Giuseppe Verdi
Overture to La Forza del Destino (2001 Louisville Orchestra)
La Traviata (concert vers.) - COVER CONDUCTOR (1998 National Repertory Orchestra)
Triumphal March and Ballet from Aida (1995 Winston-Salem Youth Symphony)

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (1990 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)
Erosão (2004 Louisville Orchestra)

Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons (1998 National Repertory Orchestra)
Various Wind Concerti

Richard Wagner
Die Walkure (concert vers.) (COVER CONDUCTOR, 2001 Louisville Orchestra)
Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (2004 Louisville Orchestra)
Overture to Faust (2008 Buffalo Philharmonic)
Overture to the Flying Dutchman (2003 Louisville Orchestra)
Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde (2005 Louisville Orchestra)
Prelude to Die Meistersinger (2002 Louisville Orchestra)
Ride of the Valkyries (1997 Louisville Orchestra)
Rienzi Overture (2007 Mansfield Symphony Orchestra)
Siegfried Idyll (1993 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

George Walker Lyric (2002 Chattanooga Symphony)

Emil Walsteufel The Skaters' Waltz (1997 Louisville Orchestra)

William Walton Façade (2001 Carolina Chamber Symphony)

Robert Ward
Jubilation Overture (1997 Winston-Salem Symphony)
Symphony No. 6 (1994 NCSA Symphony Orchestra)

Franz Waxman The Song of Terezin (2004 Louisville Orchestra)

Carl Maria von Weber Concertino for Clarinet (2004 Louisville Orchestra)

Dan Welcher Prairie Lights (2000 Louisville Orchestra)

Charles Wuorinen Microsymphony (2007 Buffalo Philharmonic)

Ellen Taffe Zwillich Concerto Grosso, 1985 (2006 Buffalo Philharmonic)


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Robert Franz photo

Robert Franz photo

Robert Franz photo

Robert Franz photo


Robert Franz photo


Robert Franz photo

Robert Franz photo

Robert Franz photo

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