Alumni Moments

Two Aspen Conducting Academy alumni returned to the podium, deftly leading wide-ranging programs that featured both seasoned performers and artists new to the Benedict Music Tent stage. Alumnus Kerem Hasan conducted an Aspen Chamber Symphony program that featured not only alumnus Andrew Norman’s work, Try, but also 2021 Dorothy DeLay Competition winner and violinist Fiona Shea in a performance of Bruch’s Violin Concerto and pianist Paul Lewis with Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto.

Alumnus Roderick Cox made his guest conducting debut at the summer’s final Aspen Chamber Symphony concert, leading Schumann’s First Symphony, “Spring.” He also welcomed soprano and Aspen newcomer Raven McMillon to the stage for an ethereal performance of Handel’s Gloria, and alumna Alisa Weilerstein, who performed the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1.