DANIEL MEYER, 36, is a native of Cleveland, having graduated from Denison University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.  As a doctoral student at Boston University, Mr. Meyer received the Orchestral Conducting Honors Award.  He also studied conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.  He has recently served as resident conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and music director of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony, and has just been appointed music director of the Asheville Symphony in North Carolina.  Mr. Meyer has conducted the Cleveland Orchestra and the Utah, Forth Worth, San Antonio, Syracuse, Tallahassee, Mansfield, Northeastern Pennsylvania, and Wheeling symphonies.  He has also led the Missouri Chamber Orchestra, Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati, and orchestras at the Aspen Music Festival.  This season he will make his debut with orchestras in Santa Barbara, Lansing, and Beijing, China.

Saturday, January 17, 2009
Free ConcerTalk by Daniel Meyer at 7:00 p.m., Concert begins at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets begin at $25.
George Mason University's Center for the Arts (Directions)
4373 Mason Pond Drive in Fairfax, Virginia

Jennifer Frautschi, violin
BERNSTEIN: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
BRUCH: Violin Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor

Student Tickets available at the door for $15.

VASTA Masterclass with Jennifer Frautschi (Flyer)
Saturday, January 17 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Program)
George Mason University's Harris Theater