Earl Lee is a renowned Korean-Canadian cellist and conductor, currently Music Director of the Ann Arbor Symphony. He also served as assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony, resident conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and associate conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony. He is the 2022 recipient of The Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award.

Part of the Temerty Orchestral Program at The Glenn Gould School (GGS), the Royal Conservatory Orchestra (RCO) is widely regarded as an outstanding ensemble and one of the best training orchestras in North America. It consists of instrumental students in the undergraduate and graduate programs of The Glenn Gould School. Graduates of the RCO have joined the ranks of the greatest orchestras in the world.

Please join us! This concert is preceded by a short performance by talented students of The Royal Conservatory. Prelude Recital starts at 7:00pm.

Program:

Samy Moussa: Elysium

Ernest Bloch: Schelomo, Rhapsodie Hébraïque, B. 39

(Sabina Sandvoss, winner of The Robert W. and G Ann Corcoran Concerto Competition)

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major (“Titan”)