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Concerts

21 October, 2023 | 11:00AM | Los Angeles Philharmonic | Symphonies for Youth  
Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, USA

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Laurel Irene, Soprano

Georgia Belmont, Soprano

Kitty McNamee, Director & Choreographer

Debbie Devine, Narrator

Allison Avina-Wyant, Guard lead, choreographer, costume designer

Matt Phan, Guard

Orlando Franco, Guard

Adrian Govea, Guard

Ceasar Avina-Wyant, Guard

Rand Ryan, Lighting designer

Lesley Gonzalez, Stage manager

  • Esa-Pekka Salonen: Wing on Wing

24 October, 2023 | 8:00PM | Los Angeles Philharmonic | Modeling Sound  
Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, USA

LA Phil New Music Group

Kinnara Gagaku

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Paul Jacobs, Organ

Frank Gehry, Architect

Maristella Casciato, Moderator

 

  • Kinnara Gagaku: Hyojyo no Netori and Etenraku

  • Boulez: Initiale

  • Stravinsky: Octet

  • Harrison: Concerto for Organ and Percussion

28 October, 2023 | 11:00AM | Los Angeles Philharmonic | Symphonies for Youth  
Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, USA

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Laurel Irene, Soprano

Georgia Belmont, Soprano

Kitty McNamee, Director & Choreographer

Debbie Devine, Narrator

Allison Avina-Wyant, Guard lead, choreographer, costume designer

Matt Phan, Guard

Orlando Franco, Guard

Adrian Govea, Guard

Ceasar Avina-Wyant, Guard

Rand Ryan, Lighting designer

Lesley Gonzalez, Stage manager

 

  • Esa-Pekka Salonen: Wing on Wing

16 December, 2023 | 2:00 & 4:00PM | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson, Soloist
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, Soloist
Kolbrún Völkudóttir, Soloist

Barbara the Clown, Host

17 December, 2023 | 2:00 & 4:00PM | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson, Soloist
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, Soloist
Kolbrún Völkudóttir, Soloist

Barbara the Clown, Host

25 January, 2024 | 7:30PM | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

The Icelandic Love Corporation, Accordion

  • Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir: Striations

  • Þuríður Jónsdóttir: Installation Around a Heart

  • Finnur Karlsson: Accordion Concerto

  • The Icelandic Love Corporation, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir and Ólafur Björn Ólafsson: Flökkusinfónía (Wanderer Symphony)

17 February, 2024 | 2:00PM | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Barbara the Clown, Narrator and Master of Ceremonies

Graduale Choir of Langholtskirkja

Iceland Ballet Academy

  • Atli Heimir Sveinsson: Dimmalimm

  • Tchaikovsky: From Swan Lake

  • Atli Heimir Sveinsson: Kvæðið um fuglana (Poem of the Birds)

4 May, 2024 | 2:00 & 4:00PM | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Narrator

Ari Hlynur Guðmundsson Yates, Illustrations

Iceland Ballet Academy

  • Stravinsky: From The Firebird

2023 Past Concerts

23 September, 2023 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra | A Love Story from the Mountains
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Jóhann Sigurðarson, Vocalist and Narrator

Guðún Helgadóttir, Story

Pétur Eggerz, Lyrics

Brian Pilkington, Illustrations

  • Grieg: Prelude from the Holberg Suite

  • Grieg: March of the Trolls

  • Guðni Franzson: A Love Story from the Mountains

19 August, 2023 | 3:00 & 5:00PM | Iceland Symphony Orchestra | Open house on Culture Night  
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Vigdís Hafliðadóttir, Master of Ceremonies and Vocalist​

7 April, 2023 | Turku Philharmonic Orchestra | Turku Cathedral
Finland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Teppo Lampela, Countertenor

  • Locatelli: Sinfonia funebre

  • Fagerlund: Preghiera

  • Vivaldi: Filiae maestae Jerusalem

  • Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

  • Purcell: Chacony in G minor

  • Silvestrov: The Messenger

  • Händel: Largo (from Xerxes)

17 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony: Soundbox TOUR | Elbphilharmonie
Hamburg, Germany

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Nico Muhly, Curator

Yuja Wang, Piano

  • Muhly: Two Motets by William Byrd Miniature for Piano and Percussion

  • Maxwell Davies: Fantasia on a Ground and Two Pavanes

  • Muhly: Miniature for Piano and Trombone

  • Shaw: Blueprint

  • Dowland: Time Stands Still / Edited by Nico Muhly

  • Adès: Les baricades mistérieuses

  • Bach: Prelude from Partita for Violin No. 3 BWV 1006

  • Salonen: Fog (for 13 instruments)

  • Muhly: Miniature for Piano and Viola

  • Billy Childs: Prelude and Allegro from Four Portraits for Solo Violin

  • György Kurtág Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit “Actus tragicus” BWV 106

16 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony TOUR | Elbphilharmonie
Hamburg, Germany

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Yuja Wang, Piano

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Gabriella Smith: Tumblebird Contrails

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

  • Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

15 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony TOUR | Elbphilharmonie
Hamburg, Germany

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Johan Dalene, Violin

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Stucky: Radical Light

  • Barber: Violin Concerto

  • Salonen: Nyx

  • Bartok: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin

13 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony TOUR | Grand Théâtre
Luxembourg

11 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony TOUR | Philharmonie 1
Paris, France

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Yuja Wang, Piano

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Gabriella Smith: Tumblebird Contrails

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

  • Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Yuja Wang, Piano

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Gabriella Smith: Tumblebird Contrails

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

  • Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

10 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony TOUR | Philharmonie 1
Paris, France

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Johan Dalene, Violin

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Stucky: Radical Light

  • Barber: Violin Concerto

  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

9 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony: Soundbox TOUR | Salle Des Concerts,
Paris France

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Nico Muhly, Curator

Yuja Wang, Piano

  • Muhly: Two Motets by William Byrd Miniature for Piano and Percussion

  • Maxwell Davies: Fantasia on a Ground and Two Pavanes

  • Muhly: Miniature for Piano and Trombone

  • Shaw: Blueprint

  • Dowland: Time Stands Still / Edited by Nico Muhly

  • Adès: Les baricades mistérieuses

  • Bach: Prelude from Partita for Violin No. 3 BWV 1006

  • Salonen: Fog (for 13 instruments)

  • Muhly: Miniature for Piano and Viola

  • Billy Childs: Prelude and Allegro from Four Portraits for Solo Violin

  • György Kurtág Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit “Actus tragicus” BWV 106

4 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony: Soundbox | Davies Symphony Hall
San Francisco, California

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Nico Muhly, Curator

Yuja Wang, Piano

1 - 2 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony | Davies Symphony Hall 
San Francisco, California

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Yuja Wang, Piano

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Gabriella Smith: Tumblebird Contrails

  • Salonen: Nyx

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

23 February 2023 | Colburn Brass | Zipper Hall
Los Angeles, California

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Andrew Bain, Curator

  • Dukas: Fanfare to La Péri (arr. K.C. Kemmerer)

  • Gabrieli: Canzon per Sonar Noni Toni from Sacrae symphoniae (arr. T. Higgins)

  • Gabrieli: Canzon duodecimi toni à 10, C.178 from Sacrae symphoniae

  • Piazzolla: Tango Suite (arr. P. Bhasin)

  • Gabrieli: Canzona for 4 voices, C.178 (arr. T. Higgins)

  • Bach: Toccata for Organ in D minor, BWV 565 (arr. R. Sauer)

  • Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium for Brass Ensemble

21 February 2023 | Colburn String Ensemble | Zipper Hall 
Los Angeles, California

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Aubree Oliverson, Violin

  • Weinberg: Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra in G, Op.42

18 February 2023 | Colburn Brass | Saint Paul the Apostle Church
Los Angeles, California

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Andrew Bain, Curator

  • Dukas: Fanfare to La Péri (arr. K.C. Kemmerer)

  • Gabrieli: Canzon per Sonar Noni Toni from Sacrae symphoniae (arr. T. Higgins)

  • Gabrieli: Canzon duodecimi toni à 10, C.178 from Sacrae symphoniae

  • Piazzolla: Tango Suite (arr. P. Bhasin)

  • Gabrieli: Canzona for 4 voices, C.178 (arr. T. Higgins)

  • Bach: Toccata for Organ in D minor, BWV 565 (arr. R. Sauer)

  • Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium for Brass Ensemble

28 January, 2023 | Colburn Orchestra | Cerritos Performing Arts Center
Los Angeles, California

Simone Menezes, Conductor

Elena Mateo Saez, Bassoon

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Guarnieri: Abertura Concertante

  • Crusell: Concertino for Bassoon

  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

13 & 14 January, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony: Soundbox | Davies Symphony Hall
San Francisco, California

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Conrad Tao, Curator

5, 6 & 7 January, 2023 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra: Viennese Favourites 
Harpa Concert Hall, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

​Dísella Lárusdóttir, Soprano

Jóhann Kristinsson, Baritone

Þorkell Jónsson, Dancer
Denise Margrét Yaghi, Dancer
Gylfi Már Hrafnsson, Dancer
María Tinna Hauksdóttir, Dancer
Eiður Fannar Gapunay, Dancer
Þórdís Birna Kristmannsdóttir, Dancer

  • Viennese Waltzes and Polkas

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Past Engagements
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