Hays Symphony Masterworks II Concert - Concerto/Aria Winner's Concert
Brian Buckstead – conductor
Student soloists:
Brandon Smith, piano
Katy Walters, soprano
Luis Valencia Zamora, tenor
Ashley Vilaysing, clarinet
Date: Saturday, February 18, 2023
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
Performing: Haydn – Armida Overture
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major, K. 459
Meyerbeer – "Ah! mon fils!" from Le Prophète
Rossini – "Di tanti palpiti" from Tancredi
Mozart – "Guerrier che d'un acciaro" from Lucio Silla
Weber – Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 26
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 11, No. 2
Upcoming Events
2023 ASTA National Conference
I will be presenting the following session at the 2023 ASTA National Conference in Orlando, Florida:
To B(eethoven), or not to B(rahms): Diversifying the Orchestra Conductors’ Playbook.
When: March 18, 2022; 1:30 p.m.
Description: In this session, I will present a more culturally and historically diverse and inclusive repertoire for college orchestras. By exploring beyond the European tradition and embracing forgotten, minority, disadvantaged, and underrepresented composers, including American jazz and folk music, Asian music, music by black and African American composers, Latin American music, and music by Jewish and women composers, a more diversified and balanced conductors’ playbook can be achieved.
For more information, visit https://www.astastrings.org
Cottonwood Chamber Music Festival
The 2023 Cottonwood Chamber Music Festival will feature FHSU faculty member Brian Buckstead, violin, and guest artists Agustin Muriago, piano, Margaret Miller, viola, and Sunnat Ibragimov, cello.
Date: Friday, March 31, 2023
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
Performing: Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Quartet No. 3, Op. 3 in B minor
Danny Elfman – Piano Quartet
Hays Symphony Masterworks III Concert - Evocations
Brian Buckstead – conductor
Erin Wood – solo harp
Date: Saturday, Saturday, April 22, 2023
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
Performing: Georges Bizet – Selections from Carmen
Germaine Tailleferre – Concertino for Harp and Orchestra
Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9, Op. 70
Past Events
Cathedral Christmas Concert
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2022
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: St. Fidelis Church
Victoria, KS
Performing: Ottorino Respighi – Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1
Simeone/Schoenfeld –Twas the Night Before Christmas
Hays Symphony Children's Halloween Concert - "Disney Magic"
Brian Buckstead – conductor
Date: Sunday, October 30, 2022
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
Performing: Disney Magic
Pixar Movie Favorites
A Disney Super Time
Aladdin
Music from Frozen
Pirates of the Caribbean
Hays Symphony Masterworks I Concert - "American Tapestry"
Brian Buckstead – conductor
Ivalah Allen – soprano
Date: Saturday, October 1, 2022
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
Performing: David Diamond – Rounds for String Orchestra
Samuel Barber – Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Wallingford Riegger – Dance Rhythms
Morton Gould – American Symphonette No. 2
Hays Symphony Outdoor Pops Concert - "Pops Potpourri"
Brian Buckstead – conductor
Date: Friday, August 26, 2022
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Hays Pavilion
Performing: Hayman – Pops Hoedown
Anderson – Jazz Legato
Anderson– Jazz Pizzicato
Gould – Yankee Doodle
Anderson – Fiddle-Fiddle
Anderson – Plink, Plank, Plunk!
Anderson – Syncopated Clock
Gershwin – Lullaby
Gould – "Pavanne" from Symphonette No. 2
Gould – American Salute
2022 High Plains Music Camp
Faculty Strings Concert
Date: Friday, July 15, 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Felten-Start Theatre - Fort Hays State University
Performing: Por una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel, Prayer for Peace by John Williams, Cook it HOT or Get Out of the Kitchen by Andy Patterson, and Metal Rhythmico by Kirt Mosier
High School Orchestra Concert
Date: Saturday, July 16, 2022
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center- Fort Hays State University
Conducting: La Follia by Geminiani, Romanian Folk Dances by Bartók, and selections from Carmen and L'Arlésienne by Bizet.
Hays Symphony Masterworks Concert - Voyage to France
Brian Buckstead and Terry Crull - conductors
Date: Sunday, May 1, 2022
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center - Fort Hays State University
Performing: Francis Poulenc – Gloria
Hector Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
2022 ASTA National Conference
I will be presenting the following session at the 2022 ASTA National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia:
Quarter Tone Quandary: A Beginner's Guide to Arabic Violin Music and Technique
When: March 18, 2022; 8:15 a.m.
Description: In this interactive session, we will explore the basic building blocks of Arabic violin playing. Participants will play commonly used maqam, or melodic modes/scales, explore characteristic ornamentation and its application to melodies, and apply those skills to simple improvisation over drones. Although I will focus this session on the violin, violists, cellists, and bassists are welcome as well.
For more information, visit https://www.astastrings.org
Hays Symphony Winter Concert - Past Meets Present
Brian Buckstead - conductor/violin soloist
Date: Saturday, February 19, 2022
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center - Fort Hays State University
Performing: Max Richter – The Four Seasons Recomposed
Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Sergei Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 (Classical)
Hays Symphony Holiday Pops Concert
Brian Buckstead - conductor
Date: Saturday, December 4, 2021
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center - Fort Hays State University
Performing: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Christmas Overture
Bob Krogstad – The Bells of Christmas
Bill Holcombe/Carson Rothrock – Festive Sounds of Hanukah
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Selections from Nutcracker Suite
Vince Guaraldi/David Pugh – A Charlie Brown Christmas
Bob Krogstad – Christmas at the Movies
Leopold Mozart – Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Gordon Munford – A Christmas Carol Sing-Along
New Music Festival, featuring composer Stephen Andrew Taylor
Performers: Brian Buckstead, viola; Hilary Shepard, flute; Kristin Pisano, clarinet; Gustavo do Carmo, piano; Stephen Andrew Taylor, piano
Date: Saturday, November 13, 2021
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center - Fort Hays State University
Performing: Duo for Flute and Clarinet
The Dove is Sad
Solaria
Pulse Aria/Achoo Lullaby
Piranesi (world premiere)
Hays Symphony Halloween Concert - "Creepy Classics"
Brian Buckstead - conductor
Date: Sunday, October 31, 2021
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center - Fort Hays State University
Performing: Camille Saint-Saëns – Danse macabre
Modest Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Edvard Grieg – "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Bernard Herrmann – Suite from Psycho
Hector Berlioz – "March to the Scaffold" from Symphonie fantastique
John Williams – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Symphonic Suite
Hays Symphony Season Opening Gala - "The Western Hemisphere"
Brian Buckstead - conductor
Date: Saturday, September 25, 2021
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center - Fort Hays State University
Performing: Philip Glass – The Canyon
Alan Hovhaness – Symphony No. 2 (Mysterious Mountain)
William Grant Still – Symphony No. 5 (The Western Hemisphere)
Hays Symphony Outdoor Pops Concert - "Broadway Tonight"
Brian Buckstead - conductor
Date: Saturday, August 28, 2021
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Hays Pavilion
Performing: Chase – Broadway Tonight!
Bernstein – West Side Story Selections
Hamlisch – A Chorus Line
Rodgers – Richard Rodgers Portrait
Bock – Fiddler on the Roof Overture
Schwartz – Highlights from Wicked
Miranda – Suite from Hamilton
2021 High Plains Music Camp
Faculty/Staff Recital
Date: Monday, July 12, 2021
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center - Fort Hays State University
Performing: movements from the Strings & Threads Suite by Mark O'Connor
Faculty Strings Concert
Date: Friday, July 16, 2021
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Felten-Start Theatre - Fort Hays State University
Performing: "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas, "Jump" by Van Halen, "Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones, and "An Irish Party in Third Class."
High School Orchestra Concert
Date: Saturday, July 17, 2021
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center- Fort Hays State University
Conducting: String Symphony No. 6 by Mendelssohn, Palladio by Karl Jenkins, and "Danse Bacchanale" from Samson and Delilah by Saint-Saëns
FHSU Sinfonietta performance
I will be directing the Fort Hays State University Sinfonietta, an all-strings ensemble, in a performance of three 20th century masterworks:
Selections from the film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters by Philip Glass
Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber
Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten
Our performance will be captured on video and shared via YouTube. Please check back for more details and a link for the performance.
ASTA National Conference
I will be moderating the following Collegiate Roundtable Discussion at the 2021 Virtual ASTA National Conference:
Collegiate Roundtable 2:
Virtual Roundtable Discussions—Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Collegiate String World
Friday, March 5, 2021
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm EST
Description: Participate with your collegiate colleagues in 45 minutes of highly interactive virtual discussions on how we can address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in our collegiate studios and classrooms. What resources exist to help us create more diverse programming? How do we make meaningful and lasting connections with diverse populations in our communities? How can we better support first-generation students? How do we address food and housing insecurity on our campuses? How can we cultivate an inclusive environment for LGBTQIA students and faculty? How do we accommodate all of the variety of opinions, beliefs, and perspectives that students and colleagues have, to help keep the arts civil, inclusive, and open minded? These facilitated conversations will be limited in size to provide an opportunity to talk to peers from around the country to find ways to navigate your current environment.
For more information, visit https://www.astastrings.org/NationalConference/2021_Roundtable_Discussions.aspx
ASTA National Conference
I will be presenting the following session at the 2021 Virtual ASTA National Conference, March 3-7, 2021:
Beyond Bach, Beethoven, And Brahms: Exploring New And Diverse Repertoire In A Top 40 World
Speaker: Brian Buckstead, Fort Hays State University
Topic Areas: Literature/Repertoire, Diverse And Inclusive Classrooms; Research Related To Pedagogy And Performance
Target Instruments: Violin
Content Level: Multi Level
For more information, visit www.astastrings.org
Hays Symphony At Home Concert Series
During this period of social distancing and postponed concerts, the Hays Symphony welcomes you to our homes-turned-studios in hopes that our performances can bring joy and inspiration to your day. While we miss performing together, and in person, for you, our musicians continue to play their music for you, from home.
Tune in to hear from members of the symphony on the Hays Symphony Facebook page, YouTube, and on HaysSymphony.org.
Stay safe and keep listening,
Brian Buckstead
Music Director of the Hays Symphony