More: Austin's getting more Spanish-language opera, thanks to a multimillion-dollar giftħ. (At this point, the animated chat swerved to the subject of obscure musicals, which I also cherish, for about half an hour.) You'd never hear it. I love watching a marching band, but not marching."Ħ. He's into all Broadway musicals, but he nurtures a special fondness for the half-forgotten ones. There's no point to marching with a flute. The fingering on both instruments is the same. You especially don't want to throw short of the plate."ĥ. Bay played flute in the band at the University of Maryland: "In the marching band, however, I played the sax. Speaking of being a sports fan, last summer he threw out the first pitch for the Round Rock Express: "I've seen tons of of videos of celebrities throwing the ball all over the map. He says, "I don't play golf, but I watch a few tournaments each year, just recently the Masters."Ĥ.
Onstage at symphony pro#
The Washington, D.C., native has suffered lately for his hometown teams, but he zealously follows pro and college football, as well as baseball. More: Live music in Austin: Moody Center opens with two night of John Mayerģ. I lost count of the number of curtain calls and encores. 1, featuring soloist and fan fave Olga Kern. This came right after performing a salute to the Ukrainian people, as well as Tchaikovsky's fast and fiercely difficult Piano Concerto No. On April 8-9, Bay and 86 instrumentalists played the entire ballet score to Stravinsky's "The Firebird," an intense and tricky piece. A small version of the orchestra performed, as did students from McCallum High School String Orchestra.
Onstage at symphony full#
This year, a full house met on March 24 at the spanking new Junior League Community Impact Center just off Loop 360 and spent the evening lionizing Bay's 25th anniversary with the Austin Symphony. Spoiler alert: Bay won, beating out 10 other candidates who guest-conducted the orchestra over the course of a season and a half of auditions. That, and the following night's concert, counted as his Austin audition. 5, 1997, Peter Bay conducted his first concert with the Austin Symphony.Īlong with other music at Bass Concert Hall, he and the orchestra partnered with eccentric soloist Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg for the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.
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