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Conductor and Professor
Summer, 2022 International Concerts
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1) May 15 - May 30, 2022 - Posadas, Misiones ARGENTINA
Grillos Sinfonicos - Conciertos May 20, 21, 27
Handel - MUSIC FROM THE ROYAL FIREWORKS
Beethoven - SYMPHONY NO. 1 (1st movt.)
Webber - PIA JESU from the "REQUIEM
Williams - MUSIC FROM "STAR WARS"
Marquez - CONGA DEL FUEGO
Orquesta del Teatro de Conocimiento -
Beethoven - VIOLIN CONCERTO (Diego Salazar)
Ravel - LE TOMBEAU DE COUPERIN
Conciertos May 28, 29
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2) June 5 - 12 - Orquesta Sinfonica de Mendoza, ARGENTINA
Barber - ESSAY #2
Peireira - CONCIERTO POR CONTRABAJO
(Carlos Vergenzuela)
Brahms - SINFONIA #1 - Concert June 11
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June 15 - 30, 2022 - Asuncion, Paraguay
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3) June 22 - Orquesta de la Ciudad de Asuncion (OCMA)
Mendelssohn - VIOLIN CONCERTO in D MINOR
(Miguel Echaverria)
Vaughan - Williams - FANTASIA ON THOMAS TALLIS
Mendelssohn - OCTET FOR STRINGS
4) June 23 Camerata Miranda/UniNorte
Barber - ADAGIO FOR STRINGS
Brahms - SEXTET NO. 2
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5) June 28 - Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Paraguay
Ives - VARIATIONS ON AMERICA
Copland - FOUR DANCE EPISODES FROM "RODEO"
Hanson - SYMPHONY NO. 2 "ROMANTIC)
6) June 29 - Orquesta de la Policia Nacional, Asuncion
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7) July 8 - Orquesta Camera de Salta, ARGENTINA
Ives - VARIATIONS ON AMERICA
Copland - FOUR DANCE EPISODES FROM "RODEO"
Hanson - SYMPHONY NO. 2 "ROMANTIC)
8) August 15 - Guadiagrele, Italy GO Opera Festival
Verdi - RIGOLETTO
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UPCOMING CONCERTS
Illinois State University
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Illinois State University Symphony/Phiharmonia
2022 – 2023 Concert Season
Dr. Glenn Block, Music Director and Conductor
1) Sunday, September 18, 2022 – 3:00 PM Symphony Collage
Wagner – OVERTURE TO “RIENZI”
Kousevitzky - CONCERTO FOR DOUBLE BASS
Benjamin DeKock, faculty double bass soloist
2) Sunday, September 25, 2022 – 7:00 PM Symphony Concert
Wagner – OVERTURE TO "RIENZI”
Koussevitzky - CONCERTO FOR DOUBLE BASS
Benjamin DeKock, faculty double bass soloist
Schumann – SYMPHONY NO. 4
3) Wednesday, October 12, 2022 – 7:00 PM Philharmonia
Mozart – DIVERTIMENTO K. 136 FOR STRINGS
Sibelius – ANDANTE FESTIVO FOR SRINGS
Hovhaness – PSALM AND FUGUE FOR STRINGS
4) Wednesday, October 19 – Thursday, October 20
Symphony Chicago Tour
Wagner – OVERTURE TO "RIENZI”
Koussevitzky - CONCERTO FOR DOUBLE BASS
Benjamin DeKock, faculty double bass soloist
Bloch - SCHELOMO FOR CELLO
Cora Swenson Lee, faculty cello soloist
Schumann – SYMPHONY NO. 4
5) Sunday, October 30, 2022 – 3:00 PM Symphony Concert
Bloch - SCHELOMO FOR CELLO
Cora Swenson Lee, faculty cello soloist
Haydn – MASS IN TIME OF WAR
Michelle Vought, Elizabeth Thompson, Justin Vickers, John Koch, faculty vocal soloists
Civic Choir, Concert Choir, Belle Voix, Glee Clubs
6) Saturday, November 12, 2022 – Symphony MUSIC FOR ALL
SUITE FROM "POLAR EXPRESS"
Wagner – OVERTURE TO "RIENZI”
Koussevitzky - CONCERTO FOR DOUBLE BASS
Benjamin DeKock, faculty double bass soloist
7) Saturday, December 10,11,2022 – Symphony/Philharmonia MUSIC FOR HOLIDAYS
Anderson – CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
Anderson – SLEIGH RIDE
Reed – RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC
Vaughan-Williams – FANTASIA ON GREENSLEEVES
Kimberly Risinger, faculty flute soloist
Angelo Favis, faculty guitar soloist
Vivaldi – "WINTER" FROM THE SEASONS
Igor Kalnin, faculty violin soloist
8) Tuesday, February 28, 2023 – 7:00 PM Philharmonia String
Repertoire TBA
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9) Joint Schools of Theater/Dance and Music Opera
March 3 - 9, 2023
Humperdinck – HANSEL AND GRETEL
10) Thursday, March 30, 2023 – 8:00 PM RED NOTE FESTIVAL
Winner Composition Competition Contest (TBA)
Repertoire from resident RED NOTE guest composer
11) Wednesday, April 19, 2023 – 7:00 PM Philharmonia String
Repertoire TBA
12) Sunday, April 23, 2023 – 3:00 PM – Concerto-Aria Concert
Concerto-Arias TBA
Hindemith – SYMPHONIC MERTAMORPHOSIS
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BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Glenn Block has served as the Director of Orchestras and Opera and Professor of Conducting at Illinois State University since 1990. In addition, he served as Music Director of the Youth Symphony of Kansas City from 1983-2007. Prior to his appointment at Illinois State in the fall of 1990, Dr. Block served for 15 years as Director of Orchestras and Professor of Conducting at the Conservatory of Music of the University of Missouri - Kansas City and Music Director of the Kansas City Civic Orchestra. Born in Brooklyn, Dr. Block was educated at the Eastman School of Music. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego.
A frequent guest conductor, he has appeared in over 42 states with all-state and professional orchestras. Foreign guest-conducting have included concerts and master classes at the Fontainebleau Conservatoire in France, and concerts in Spain, Canada, Colombia, Estonia, Russia, Italy, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic and throughout South America since 2012. He has served on the Boards of Directors for both the Conductors Guild and the Youth Orchestra Division of the American Symphony Orchestra League. The Youth Symphony of Kansas City and Dr. Block made their Carnegie Hall debut in June 1997. Dr. Block has served on the faculty of the National Music Camp at Interlochen as Resident Conductor of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra, and at the Interlochen Arts Academy as Visiting Conductor. In addition, he has served as Music Director of the Summer Festival Orchestra at the Rocky Ridge Music Center in Estes Park, Colorado. This year, he has also been invited to serve as Adjunct Professor of Conducting at Illinois Wesleyan University. He will be returning in the summer of 2022 to guest-conduct orchestras in Argentina (Teatro Colon, Misiones/Posadas, Mar del Plata, Mendoza); Londrina, Brazil; Antofagasta, Chile; and Guadiagrele, Italy.
He has conducted many of the major orchestras of Argentina: Teatro Colon, Chascomus, Posadas, Salta, Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Iguazu International Music Festival; Paraguay: Orquesta Nacional de Paraguay, Camerata Miranda, Orquesta de la Policia Nacional, Orquesta Camera de la Ciudad de Asuncion (OCMA); Londrina, Brazil International Music Festival (2019); Guadiagrele, Italy Opera Festival (2019, 2020, 2022); Wuhan, China (2019); Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam National Orchestra of Vietnam (2018). He has led international conducting seminars throughout South America, Asia, and Europe.