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SUMMARY:Featured Speaker: Dr. Andrew M. Kurtz - Music Director
DESCRIPTION:Featured Speaker for January 25th Meeting:Dr. Andrew M. Kurtz\nMusic Director\nGulf Coast Symphony founder Dr. Andrew M. Kurtz enters his twenty-eighth season as the Symphony’s Music Director\, President & CEO. His deep-rooted commitment to new work\, community\, and education\, combined with a vibrant artistic vision\, has led to creating and nurturing one of the most dynamic arts organizations in the region. \nHe was named the 2007 Performing Artist of the Year at Lee County’s Angel of the Arts Awards. Kurtz’s repertoire encompasses a wide range of music styles\, from baroque to contemporary\, and multiple genres\, including symphonic\, opera\, ballet\, musical theater\, jazz\, cantorial\, and symphonic pops. \nKurtz also served as General Director of Center City Opera Theater\, a professional opera company in Philadelphia dedicated to new work\, new audiences\, and new artists. During his sixteen-year tenure\, he led over four dozen productions\, including numerous world or regional premieres. Notable productions that received international praise and recognition include the world premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (chamber version)\, the East Coast premiere of Daniel Catan’s Il Postino\, the world premiere of Paul Morovec’s Danse Russe\, and the world premiere of Michael Ching’s Slaying the Dragon. \nKurtz was the international tour conductor for CANTORS: A Faith In Song\, featuring three of the world’s leading cantors\, and now is the tour conductor for the NEW YORK CANTORS. In 2022\, he and the Gulf Coast Symphony recorded TRINITY: CLASSICALLY IRISH for PBS\, and he serves as the show’s tour conductor. He served as the Music Director of the Florida Jewish Philharmonic Orchestra and as Producing Artistic Director of Synergy Productions\, a professional musical theater company in Southwest Florida. \nKurtz is the past president of the board of the Lee County Alliance for the Arts. An avid arts educator\, Maestro Kurtz was Resident Music Director at the Luzerne Music Center. In 2001\, he won First Prize in the Dell’Arte di Firenze International Conducting Competition and made his European conducting debut in Florence. In 1995\, Kurtz made his international operatic debut in Tel Aviv while working as a staff conductor at the Israel Vocal Arts Institute. In 1997\, he conducted the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s educational tour production of The Best of Puccini. He was a scholarship conducting student at the prestigious Aspen Music Festival and boasts numerous other conducting credits\, including the Pennsylvania Opera Theater\, the Pennsylvania Ballet\, the Charlotte Symphony\, Gonzaga Symphony\, and the Ocean City Pops. \nKurtz completed his doctoral studies in conducting at the Peabody Conservatory and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Virginia\, where he received his master’s degree in music history and a bachelor of arts in music and drama. A native of Philadelphia\, Kurtz has called Southwest Florida home for 30 years\, where he currently resides with his wife\, Julie\, and their son\, Benjamin. \nWEEKLY SUNRISE MEETING\nJoin us on Wednesday at the Crowne Plaza Fort Myers at Bell Tower Shops\n13051 Bell Tower Drive\, FL\, 33907\nLET US KNOW YOU ARE ATTENDING\nCan’t Make it?\nJoin our Zoom Meeting – 2 Ways to Join\nONEClick on the link to our ZOOM ROOM below. With this method you can join via a desktop computer\, laptop computer\, tablet or phone. If you use a desktop or laptop you can use your regular browser or download the Zoom App for your computer. If you plan to join via a tablet or phone\, you must download the application from your phone provider’s App store. \nSunrise ZOOM RoomTWOClick on the link below and and enter\nMeeting ID: 465 653 4071 \nSunrise ZOOM Room
URL:https://fmsunriserotary.com/event/featured-speaker-dr-andrew-m-kurtz-music-director/
LOCATION:Doubletree at Bell Tower Shops\, 13051 Bell Tower Drive\, Fort Myers\, 33907\, United States
CATEGORIES:Wednesday Meeting
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