PAUL HAAS, 37, is a graduate of Yale University and The Juilliard School, where he studied conducting as a Bruno Walter Fellow with Otto Werner Mueller.  During his term as music director of the New York Youth Symphony, he and the NYYS were honored with the ASCAP/American Symphony Orchestra League Leonard Bernstein Award for Educational Programming, the first time that prize was given to a youth orchestra.  His numerous TV and radio appearances include a CBS Sunday Morning feature titled “American Maestro” and the McGraw-Hill Young Artists Showcase on New York’s WQXR.  He has recently guest conducted the San Antonio Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, and the Fort Worth Symphony, among others.  Following a concert with soloist Itzhak Perlman and the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Post noted: " ... His ability to marry heartfelt expression with disciplined playing from the NSO ... would have been impressive in a conductor three times his age.  If Thursday’s concert was an accurate barometer of his talents, Haas is headed for a significant podium career."

Saturday, September 20, 2008
Free ConcerTalk by Paul Haas 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

Alexander Ghindin, piano
PENMAN: Songs the Plants Taught Us
RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor