Presented by the New
Conservatory of Dallas
Arkady Fomin, Artistic Director
Symphony of Toys™
is a unique family concert presentation,
in which young musicians of the New Conservatory
of Dallas, via the medium of music, help
to provide holiday gifts for other children
in the area through Santa’s Helpers
Toy Drive. The performance will feature
a film suite by American Composer Aaron
Copland, “Red Pony,” Bach’s
D minor concerto with 15-year-old pianist,
Julie Palmer, Goedicke’s “Concert
Etude for Trumpet & Strings” with
17-year-old trumpet player, Halie Silverman,
a musical gallery “Pictures at an
Exhibition” by Moussorgsky, and “Bluebonnet
Rag” by Conservatory alumnus, Brent
Cramer. Joining the New Conservatory of
Dallas orchestras conducted by Arkady Fomin,
Gary Needham, and Malvina Keselman will
be dancers from Dallas Ballet Center and
violinists of Magical Strings of Youth from
Betty Haag Academy in Chicago.
Symphony of Toys™ concert includes
a performance of Toy Symphony by Leopold
Mozart, father of Amadeus. This grand finale
brings on stage the New Conservatory of
Dallas young musicians and Toy Soloists,
comprised of cultural and civic leaders
from the community, led by members of the
Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
www.symphonyoftoys.org
Arkady Fomin,
violinist, was born in Riga, Latvia, where
he received his musical training at the
Latvian State Conservatory with legendary
pedagogue, Voldemar Sturestep. As a chamber
musician and soloist, Mr. Fomin has collaborated
in performances with Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim
Bronfman, Emanuel Borok, Schlomo Mintz,
Atar Arad, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and
the late Stephen DeGroot, among others.
His active concert schedule has taken him
to Russia, Latvia, Estonia, Czechoslovakia,
Great Britain, Austria, Japan, and throughout
the United States including the critically
acclaimed performance with the CLAVIER TRIO
in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in
New York. In addition to his duties as a
violinist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra,
Mr. Fomin is founder and Artistic Director
of the New Conservatory of Dallas, Artistic
Director of the Conservatory Music in the
Mountains in Durango, Colorado, and Director
of the Music Academy at Schloss Ort in Gmunden,
Austria. In 2002, Mr. Fomin began his affiliation
as Artist in Residency at Colorado State
University. His association with University
of Texas at Dallas has been long and distinguished.
In 1980, he was honored as recipient of
the Cowlishaw Artist-in-Residence Award
at the University of Texas at Dallas for
artistic achievement and contributions to
the City of Dallas. Presently, Mr. Fomin
is a member of the faculty and Artist in
Residency at UTD.
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