Music
Classical music is a big part of who I am! In a past life, I studied trumpet seriously with the goal of becoming an orchestral player. Now I enjoy being a full-time listener. Below you'll find what I'm currently listening to, as well as a log of the professional (large ensemble) classical concerts I've seen live!
🎵 Current Listening
I’m currently exploring the works of Respighi! Highlights so far: Roman Trilogy (obviously), Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds, Prelude and Fugue in D Major, and Ancient Airs & Dances
📯 Concert Log
June 2026 – National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, conducted by Valentina Peleggi
note. technically a pre-professional orchestra, but they more than deserve to be on this list.- Respighi – Roman Festivals
- Respighi – Fountains of Rome
- Respighi – Pines of Rome
May 2026 – National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Gaffigan
- Ives – Three Places in New England
- Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite
- Mahler – Symphony No. 1
February 2026 – Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Klaus Mäkelä
- Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
- Berlioz – Symphony fantastique
January 2026 – National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda
- Brahms – Double Concerto
- Scriabin – Symphony No. 3, Le Poeme Divin
October 2025 – Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan Heyward
- Simpson – Israfel
- Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 2
- Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique
October 2025 – Stuttgart Ballet
- Cranko – Onegin
- Cast – Elisa Badenes, Friedemann Vogel, Gabriel Figueredo
July 2023 – Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andris Nelsons
note. open rehearsal.- Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 3
- Orff – Carmina burana
July 2023 – Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andris Nelsons
note. open rehearsal.- Habibi – Zhian
- Montgomery – Freedom Songs
- Brahms – Violin Concerto (w/ Hilary Hahn)
November 2019 – Lyric Opera of Chicago, conducted by James Gaffigan
- Mozart – Don Giovanni
November 2019 – Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Juanjo Mena
- James Lee III – Sukkot Through Orion's Nebula
- Barber – Two Scenes from Antony and Cleopatra, Give me some music, Give me my robe
- Holst – The Planets
June 2019 – Kansas City Symphony, conducted by Michael Stern
- Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1
- Corigliano – Snapshot: Circa 1909
- Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
March 2019 – Kansas City Symphony, conducted by David Lockington
- Rossini – Overture to Guillaume Tell
- Barber – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
- Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"
December 2018 – Kansas City Ballet
- The Nutcracker
August 2018 – Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bramwell Tovey, Keith Lockhart, and John Williams
- Ravel – Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2
- Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
- Williams – Excerpts from Star Wars
- Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
August 2018 – Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, conducted by Stefan Asbury
- Bernstein – A Quiet Place
August 2018 – Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
note. open rehearsal.- Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
August 2018 – Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andris Nelsons
note. open rehearsal.- Mahler – Symphony No. 1
March 2018 – Seattle Symphony, conducted by Pablo Rus Broseta
- De Falla – The Three-Cornered Hat
- Orff – Carmina burana
