MEET NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

Commencing with the 2022-2023 season, American conductor

Na’Zir McFadden is the Assistant Conductor and Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. In this role, he works closely with Music Director Jader Bignamini and guest conductors on both the PVS Classical Series and William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series. He also leads pre-concert lectures at Orchestra Hall and conducts a variety of programs on the Educational Concert Series, Young People’s Family Concert Series, and PNC Pops Series.

In fall 2022, he led DTE Community Concerts at five venues across Metro Detroit, powered by the DTE Energy Foundation. The yearly tradition signaled the start of the new season, and for McFadden, the start of his role with the DSO.

Previously, McFadden was the inaugural Apprentice Conductor of the Philadelphia Ballet Orchestra from 2020 to 2022, where he worked with Music Director Beatrice Jona Affron. He also served as the Robert L. Poster Conducting Apprentice of the New York Youth Symphony from 2020 to 2021.

SEE NA’ZIR IN ACTION AT ORCHESTRA HALL

PVS Classical Series

CLASSICAL ROOTS

March 3-4

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Young People’s Family Concert Series

SYMPHONIC SUPERHEROES

March 11

YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA

May 20

PNC Pops Series

THE MUSIC OF ELTON

JOHN FEATURING

MICHAEL CAVANAUGH

May 13

RESPECT: A TRIBUTE TO ARETHA FRANKLIN

May 26-28