Anthony Holland, Conducting Positions
1982 - Present Conductor, Skidmore College Orchestra
Saratoga Springs, NY
1992 - Present Conductor & Music Director:
Bethesda Episcopal Church
Saratoga Springs, NY
1985-1994 Conductor, Skidmore College Chorus
1993 & 1987 Guest Conductor, Skidmore College Flute Ensemble
1992 Guest Conductor: Bethesda Church performance of Bach
Cantata: "Wachet Auf" 1992
1991 Conductor: First International Workshop for
Conductors with the Bohuslav Martinu
Philharmonic Orchestra, Zlin, Czechoslovakia
[one of twelve chosen world-wide]
1990 Conductor: Opera Excelsior & Eba Dance Theater
Production of "Gershwin". Starlight Music Theater,
Latham, NY
1989 Conductor: St. Cecila Chamber Orchestra & Opera
Excelsior production of Lukas Foss': "The
Jumping Frog of Calavares County", at "The
Egg", (several performances) Albany, NY
1989 Conductor: St. Cecilia Chamber Orchestra & Opera
Excelsior production of Mozart's "Der
Schauspiel Direktor" , at "The Egg",
(several performances) Albany, NY
1989 Carnegie Hall Conducting Debut
Guest Conductor: El Camino Youth Symphony
several performances of my work "Sun
Flight" for flute ensemble
and orchestra. Palo Alto, Ca. & Carnegie
Hall, NYC, NY
1988 Guest Conductor: Stanford University
for performance of "Grass", by David
Jaffe, for voice and computer generated tape.
Stanford University Electronic Music Concert (CCRMA)
1984 - 1987 Guest Conductor and Performer, Northeast Chapter of
The American Recorder Society, with
members of the Skidmore College Collegium Musicum
1987 Guest Conductor, Central Adirondack Festival Senior
Chorus, Long Lake, New York 1987
1986 Guest Conductor, Saratoga All-County High School
Orchestra Festival Performance, Ballston Spa,
New York 1986
1982-87 Conductor Skidmore College Wind Ensemble
Conductor Skidmore College Collegium Musicum
1985-1987 Conductor, Skidmore College Women's Chorus
1984 - 1985 Conductor, Old Saratoga Reformed Church,
Schuylerville, New York
1973-1982 Conductor and Music Director, The Cleveland Civic
Light Opera Company, Cleveland, Ohio
1982 Guest Conductor, Bethesda Episcopal Church, Telemann
"Concerto for Oboe"
1982 Guest Conductor, Baldwin-Wallace College Symphonic
Wind Ensemble, Berea, Ohio
Badings Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble
1982 *Guest Conductor, "Reconnaissance" (contemporary
music ensemble), Cleveland, Ohio
*conducted: Elliott Carter's Sonata for Oboe
flute, cello and harpsichord (on 48 hours notice!)
1980 -81 Rehearsal Conductor, Baldwin-Wallace College
Symphony Orchestra, Summer Music Clinic Wind Ensemble
1980 Guest Conductor, The Old Stone Church Chorus
(professional church choir) Cleveland, Ohio
1979 Guest Conductor, The Symphony West Suburban
Orchestra, North Olmstead, Ohio
1978 Guest Conductor, The Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival
production of "Polly", Lakewood, Ohio
several performances
1978 First Apprentice Conductor, Baldwin-Wallace College
Bach Festival (2nd oldest Bach Festival in U.S.A.)
Berea, Ohio
1978 Conducting Assistant to Kenneth Jean (former
assistant conductor for The Cleveland
Orchestra) while in residence at Baldwin-Wallace College
1977 Conductor, Baldwin-Wallace Student Chamber Ensemble Program
1973-74 Guest Conductor, Fairview Park High School Symphony
Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Marching Band, and Chorus
Faiview Park, Ohio
**********CONDUCTING REPERTOIRE***********
*Please note: this is a partial listing of mostly instrumental works which I have conducted. There is also a lengthy list of vocal/choral repertoire which I have conducted since 1973 as ell (not curently a part of this web page).
Instrumental-Operatic-Oratorio: Conducting Repertoire
*note: following title is month and/or year of performance.
R-indicates a work conducted in rehearsal only.
The key for name of ensemble is on last page.
* Orchestra name key at bottom of this list
Anderson, Leroy
Sleigh Ride; 12/82; S
Syncopated Clock; 5/84; S
The Typewriter; 4/83; S
Bach, J.S.:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4; 4/83; S
Cantata 80, Ein Feste Berg...; R-1978; BW
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; 1986, S
St. Mathew Passion; R-1978; BW
Concerto for Two Violins; 4/83; S
Badings, Hank:
Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble; 5/78; BWWE
Barber, Samuel:
Adagio for Strings; R-1984; S
Bartok, Bela:
Rumanian Folk Dances; 5/84; S
Concerto for Orchestra; R-1991; CZ
Beethoven, Ludwig:
Egmont Overture; 12/85; S
Symphony No. 4; Op. 60; 3/92;S
Symphony No. 5; Op. 67; 11/93; S
Symphony No. 6, movement I; 12/89;S
Symphony No. 6, entire: 11/94
Symphony No. 7;movement II; 4/83; S, BW
Symphony No. 8, Op. 93; 2/93; S
Piano Concert No. 1; Op. 15; 11/92;S
Berlioz, Hector:
Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9; 11/90;S; 11/91/BZ
Bernstein, Leonard:
Overture to "CANDIDE"; 4/92; S
Bizet, George:
Carmen Suite No. 1; 4/87; S
Blatny', Pavel:
Hommage a' Gustav Mahler; 11/93; S
"Das Lied"; 2/97; S
(World Premiere Concert)(Commissioned by Skidmore College Orchestra)
Brahms, Johannes:
Academic Festival Overture; 4/86; S
Symphony No. 1; R-1980; BW
"Double" Conceto for Violin and Cello, Op. 102 4/92; S
Two Chorale Preludes; 4/90;SWE
Brant, Henry:
Skull and Bones; 4/91;S (World Premiere, commissioned by Skidmore College)
Bruch, Max:
Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor; 12/85; S
Cage, John:
Imaginary Landscape No. 4; 5/77; BW
Carter, Elliott:
Sonata for flute, oboe, cello & harpsichord; 5/82; RECC
Chabrier, Emmanuel:
Joyeuse Marche; 12/83; S
Chaminade, Cecil:
Concertino (arranged for wind ensemble);12/89;SWE
Chausson, Ernest:
Poeme for Violin and Orch.; R-1978; BW
Chobanian, Loris:
Armenian Dances; 4/90;SWE
Chopin, Frederic:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in e; 12/86; S
Copland, Aaron:
Four Dance Episodes from "Rodeo" [entire], S, 1994
Quiet City; S, 2/94
Outdoor Overture; S, 2/94
Hoe-Down; 1984; S
Buckaroo Holiday; 1984; S
Variations on a Shaker Melody; 1985; S
Outdoor Overture; 4/90;S
John Henry; 12/89;S
Cowell, Henry:
Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3; 1983; S
Creston, Paul:
Afternoon in Montreal; 1983; S
Night In Mexico; 1984; S
Dello Joio, Norman:
The Dancing Sergeant; 12/87; S
Scenes from "The Louvre"; 4/87; S
Doppler, Franz:
Double Flute Concerto; 4/87; S
Dvorak, Anton:
Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 No. 1; 5/84; S
Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 ("from The New World"); 4/93;S
Elgar, Edward:
Enigma Variations: Nimrod; 1978; BW; 12/84, S
Erickson, Frank:
Toccata for Band; 12/86; SWE
Faure, Gabriel:
Peleas and Melisande, Op. 80; 11/92; S
Gibbons Orlando:
The Cries of London; 10/87; BSC+BVC
Gershwin, George:
Prelude II; 12/87; SWE
Rhapsody in Blue; 4/93; S
Gluck, Christoph Willibald:
Overture to Orpheus; 11/92; S
Grainger, Percy:
Irish Tune from County Derry; 12/85; SWE
Granados, Enrique:
Spanish Dance No. 3; 4/83; SWE
Grieg, Edvard:
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1; 12/85; S
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16; 3/92;S/11/90;S
Guilmant, Alexandre:
Morceau Symphonique; 12/86; SWE
Handel, George F.:
The Messiah:12/83,84,85,86,92;S
Hanson, Howard:
Chorale and Allelulia; 12/85; S
Haydn, Franz J.:
Symphony No. 45 (Farewell): Adagio; 12/87; S
Symphony No. 7; 4/83; S
Herbert, Victor:
Babes in Toyland, Selections; 1976; CCLOC
Naughty Marietta, excerpts; 1977; CCLOC
The Red Mill; 1973 & 1982; CCLOC
Holland, Anthony:
Concerto for Violin: 11/96: BW,S
Concerto for Piccolo and Chamber Orch; 5/82;
Nuegic Mash; 6/78; FHSMB
Ultimus; 5/80; CIM
Symphony for a Life; Reading-4/80; CIM
Angstrom; 1986; S
The Visions of Timberlaine; 1/77; BW
The Three Walls of Matternil; 5/77; BW
Et Facta Est Lux; 9/87;S(chorus)
The Master Singers; 5/87;S(chorus)
Saratoga Gallop; 12/87; SSHO
Chopin Forever; 10/82; CCLOC
The Conquerer Worm; r-1977; BW
Two Moods for Orchestra; 1978; FHS
The Entertainer (arranged); 1978; FHS
Jazz Variations; 1972; FHS (jazz combo)
Sunflight; 4/90;S & 6/89:ELCA
Holst, Gustov:
Suite No. 2 in F; 12/84; SWE
Suite in E Flat; 4/88; SWE
Marching Song; 12/89;SWE
Ives, Charles:
Circus Band; 4/88; S (orchestra and chorus)
Country Band March; 12/86; S
Fugue from Symphony No. 4; 1985; S
The Unanswered Question; 12/83; S/11/92;S
Variations on America (arr. for band) 4/88; SWE
Jacob, Gordon:
Suite in B Flat; 12/86; SWE
Jaffe, David:
Grass, for chorus and electronic tape; 12/87; S; & Stanford 1988
Kabalevsky, Dimitri:
The Comedians: Gallop; 1985; S
Kern, Jerome:
Show Boat: Selections; 1977; CCLOC
Khachaturian, A.:
Sabre Dance from Gayne Ballet; 4/86; S
Lalo, Edouard:
Symphony Espagnol; 12/84; S
Lehar, Franz:
The Merry Widow; 1978; CCLOC
Loewe, Frederick:
Brigadoon Selections; 1978; SWSO
Maxwell, Everett:
Diamond Jim March; 5/85; S
Mendelssohn, Felix:
Violin Concerto in e; 1985; S
Fingal's Cave Overture; 1978; 1984; BW & S
Elijah: Lord God of Abraham; 12/87; S
Elijah (all of part I, most of part II);12/93;S
Symphony No. 4 ("Italian"); 4/97; S
Mozart, W.A.:
Andante for flute in C; 5/82; CIM
Marriage of Figaro: Overture; 4/83; S & 11/94; S
Magic Flute: Overture; 12/87; S
Piano Concerto in d K. 466; 5/85; S
Concerto for Two Pianos Eb Major, K. 365; 1988; ASO+S
Symphony No. 29; R-1981;
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat; 4/88; S
Requiem; 12/91;S
Overture to "The Impressario"; 4/90;S
"Porgi Amor" from The Marriage of Figaro; S 2/94
"Una donna a quindici ani" from Cosi Fan Tutte; S 2/94
Mussorgsky, M.P.:
Khovanchtchina: Introduction; R-1978; BW
Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev; 4/83; S
Pictures at an Exhibition: (entire) BZ, 1990
Pictures at An Exhibition: (entire/Ravel), 1997; S
Night on Bald Mountain; 11/93; S
Nielsen, Carl:
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Movement I 4/92; S
O'Reily, John:
Hudson River Suite; 12/87; SWE
Prokofiev, Serge:
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67; 11/90;S
Ravel, Maurice:
Valse Noble & Sentimental; R-77; BW
Reed, Alfred:
Second Suite for Band; 4/86; SWE
Russian Christmas Music; 12/87; SWE
A Symphonic Prelude; 12/85; SWE
Respighi:
The Pines of Rome; R-1978; BW
Rheinberger Josef:
Concerto for Organ in F; 4/86; S
Rimsky Korsakov:
Scheherazade; R-1986; ESYO
Rodgers, Richard:
The King and I: Selections; 6/78; BWWE
Oklahoma: Selections; 1977; CCLOC
South Pacific: Selections; 1977; CCLOC
Sound of Music: Selections; 1976; CCLOC
Rodrigo, Joaquin:
Concerto Pastoral: Movement II; 4/90;S
Romberg, Sigmund:
Blossom time; 1976; CCLOC
Desert Song; 1982; CCLOC
Student Prince; 1979; CCLOC
Rosengarten, Lewis:
Four Poems of Arnaut Daniel; 4/92; S
Rossini, G.:
The Barber of Seville: Overture; 4/85; S
"The Thieving Magpie", Overture; 4/90;S
William Tell, Overture; 12/89;S
Saint Saens:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in g; 5/84; S
Concerto for Organ in G Minor; 4/97; S
Satie, Eric:
Gymnopedies No. II (orchestrated by Debussy); 1982; 11/92; S
Schubert, Franz:
Mass No. 5 in A Flat; 4/84; S
Sympnony No. 8; 5/84; S
Schuman, William:
Chester; 4/87; S
Dedication Fanfare; 12/89;SWE
Schwantner, Joseph:
And The Mountains Rising Nowhere; R-1979; BWWE
Sousa, John Philip:
Stars and Stripes Forever; 4/83; S
Washington Post March; 5/84; S
Liberty Bell March; 4/87; S
King Cotton March
Strauss, Joh. Jr.:
Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz; 5/85; S
Radetzky March; 4/90; S
Stravinsky, Igor:
Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra; 5/85; S
Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra; 4/89;S
The Firebird Suite; S
Histoire du Suldat; 3/97; S
Sullivan, Arthur:
H.M.S. Pinafore: Overture; 12/86; S
The Pirates of Penzance (complete); 1995; S
Tschaikovsky, P.:
The Nutcracker Suite; 12/84; S; R-1979;BW
Violin Concerto in D; 12/87; S
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23
Vaughan Williams, Ralph:
Folk Song Suite; 5/85; S
Verdi, Giuseppe:
La Forza Del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio; 4/86; S
Villa Lobos, H.:
Bracianas Brasilerias No. 1; 1977; BW
Vivaldi, Antonio:
Piccolo Concerto in a; 12/84; S
Concerto for guitar (mandolin) in D; 4/87; S
Wagner, Richard:
Prelude to Die Meistersinger; 4/88; S
Introduction to Act II of Lohengrin; 11/93; S
Walton, Sir WM.:
Crown Imperial; 5/84; S
Weber, Carl M. Von:
Concertino for Clarinet; 12/84; S
Overture to the Opera Der Freitschutz; 1/92;S
Wieniawski Henri:
Violin Concerto No. 2; 5/85; S
Williams, John:
The Empire Strikes Back; 5/85; SWE
**key to ensembles:
ASO=Albany Symphony Orchestra
BSC=Bethesda Schola Cantorum
BVC=Boston Viol Consort
BW=Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory Orchestra
BZ=Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, Zlin, Czechoslovakia
BWWE=Baldwin-Wallace Symphonic Wind Ensemble
CCLOC=Cleveland Civic Light Opera Company
CIM=Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
CZ= Bohuslav Matrinu Orchestra of Zlin, Czech Republic
ELCO=El Camino Youth Symphony, Palo Alto, Ca.
ESYO=Empire State Youth Orchestra
FHS=Fairview Park High School Orchestra
FHSMB=Fairview Park High School Marching Band
RECC=Reconnaissance contemporary music ensemble
S=Skidmore College Orchestra
SSHO=Saratoga Springs High School Orchestra
SWE=Skidmore College Wind Ensemble
SWSO=Symphony West Suburban Orchestra