Calendar

Summer 2008

• Conducted the final concert of the 07-08 season with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in May in St. Petersburg.
• The only American to make it to the final 7 contestants (from more than 100 initial competitors) in the Cadaques International Conducting Competition in June.
• Taught and performed (as both pianist and conductor) at the LSM Academy and Festival in Minnesota for four weeks in June and July.
• Debuted with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, the national orchestra of the Philippines.
• Taught and performed (as both pianist and conductor) for two weeks at Opusfest, an international piano chamber music festival in the Philippines

Fall 2008

IC Symphony Orchestra, Brahms Symphony No. 3 & Beethoven Leonore Overture, No. 3. Saturday, September 20, 2008, 8:15 PM, Ford Hall, Ithaca College.

2008 International Conducting Competition "Antonio Pedrotti, Trento, Italy, 9/24/08-10/5/08. There were preliminary auditions for this competition in 5 countries to select the approximately 40 conductors that would be accepted into the competition. Meyer is one of only only four Americans selected to participate in the competition. http://concorsopedrotti.isite.it/engli.ht

Combined Concert: IC Symphony Orchestra and the Cornell Symphony Orchestra, Jeffery Meyer and Chris Kim, conductors. Holst: "The Planets". Concert is part of the annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society and will include projected images from the recent Mars Rover missions. Saturday, October 11, 2008, 8 PM, Bailey Hall, Cornell University.

IC Chamber Orchestra, works by Beethoven, Respighi and Bolcom, with the composer (Bolcom) in attendance. Sunday, October 12, 2008, 4:00 PM, Ford Hall, Ithaca College.

Water City Chamber Orchestra season opening concert. Works by Joyce, Respighi and Beethoven, with composer in residence Brooke Joyce in attendance. 2008-2009 marks the first season with Meyer as the WCCO's Artistic Director. www.watercitychamberorchestra.org Saturday, October 25, 2008, 7:30 PM, Grand Opera House, Oshkosh, WI.

Syracuse Symphony Youth Orchestra. Works by Dvorak and Stravinsky. Sunday, November 9, 2008, 8 PM, Civic Center, Syracuse, NY.

Ithaca College Contemporary Ensemble "Kulmusik" in a program of Ligeti, Schoenberg, Rezetdinov (World Premiere) and others.

Performances:

• Friday, November 14, 2008, 8:15 PM, Hockett Recital Hall, Ithaca College
• Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 8:00 PM, St. Luke's Church, Ithaca, NY
• Thursday, November 20, 2008, 8:00 PM, Setnor Auditorium, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
• Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 7 PM, Glinka Hall (Maly Sal) of the Philharmonic as part of the 20th Contemporary Music Festival "Sound Ways", St. Petersburg, Russia (with composer in attendance)
• Friday, December 5, 2008, 7:15 PM, NYSSMA Conference, Rochester, NY

St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic season opening concert. Russian premiere of John Adams, Choruses from the Death of Klinghoffer and the world premiere of Alexander Radvilovich, Juda (2008). Friday, November 28, 2008, 7:00 PM, St. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Nevsky Prospect, St. Petersburg, Russia.

IC Symphony Orchestra, works by Carter, Messaien (in honor of the 100th birthday celebration of both composers), and Tchaikovsky. Saturday, December 6, 2008, 8:15 PM, Ford Hall, Ithaca College.

IC Chamber Orchestra, works by Wagner, Mozart, Steve Reich and David del Puerto (United States Premiere). Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 8:15 PM, Ford Hall, Ithaca College.

St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic, "Baroque to Jazz" concert with works by Telemann, Quantz, Keith Jarrett, Ornette Coleman and others. Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 7:00 PM, White Hall, Marble Palace of the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Recording project with the St. Peterburg Chamber Philharmonic. Baroque works for horn and orchestra, Bruce Atwell, horn. December 17-20, 2008.