Dirk O. Meyer

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Dirk Meyer is a German conductor active in the United States of America since 2002.

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Current position

Meyer is currently Music Director of the Augusta Symphony Orchestra [1] in Georgia and the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra [2] in Minnesota. In addition he serves as Music Director of the Lyric Opera of the North (LOON). [3] Previously Meyer served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Sarasota Orchestra [4] in Florida, where he also served as assistant and associate conductor and music director of the Sarasota Youth Orchestras. He appears frequently as guest conductor throughout North America, having worked with orchestras like the Phoenix Symphony, Symphoria in Syracuse, NY, and the Toronto [5] and Edmonton Symphony Orchestras in Canada. In 2012 Meyer was awarded the "American Prize" for professional conductors. [6]

Former positions

Prior to these appointments Meyer held music director positions with the Mason Symphony and the Art Nouveau Chamber Orchestra (MI) and assistant positions with the Traverse Symphony (MI) and Missouri Symphony Orchestra.

Specialization

An advocate for 'new music', Meyer is actively involved in the promotion of new music through performance and commissioning of new compositions.

Publications

He is also the author of Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Repertoire. A Catalog of Modern Music (Scarecrow Press, 2011). [7]

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References

  1. "Music director - Augusta Symphony". augustasymphony.com. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  2. "New conductor plays musical chairs with DSSO". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  3. "Dirk Meyer, Music Director : Lyric Opera of the North". loonopera.org. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  4. "Dirk Meyer". www.sarasotaorchestra.org. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  5. TSO http://www.tso.ca
  6. David (2012-09-07). "The American Prize: WINNING ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTORS and RUNNERS-UP, 2012". The American Prize. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  7. Scarecrow Press: Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Repertoire. A Catalog of Modern Music Archived December 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine