2024 Nebraska All-State Orchestra

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2024 ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Emmy award-winning and Grammy-nominated conductor, celebrating 35 years of professional conducting, and with a deep commitment to passing his experience on to the next generation of musicians, he is currently the Director of Orchestral Studies at Baylor University, where in addition to performing, he teaches orchestral conducting at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
He has also established The Conducting Institute to teach the fundamentals of conducting to students ages high school and up, of all levels, through intensive summer and winter programs, workshops, courses, and seminars.

Harth-Bedoya has amassed considerable experience at the helm of orchestras, including tenures as Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and as Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, where he now holds the title of Music Director Laureate. Previously he has also held Music Director positions with the Auckland Philharmonia in New Zealand and the Eugene Symphony in Oregon, and the New York Youth Symphony at Carnegie Hall. He also held the Director of Orchestral Studies position at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.

Harth-Bedoya guest conducts with orchestras around the world, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Boston Symphony, London Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

Harth-Bedoya has conducted traditional and premiere opera productions at the English National Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Bremen Opera, among others, and this fall, he will make his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, leading Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar.
Harth-Bedoya is the founder and Artistic Director of Caminos del Inka, a non-profit organization dedicated to researching, performing, and preserving music of the Americas.

He has recorded for notable labels like Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Naxos, and Harmonia Mundi, receiving critical acclaim for interpretations of various works.

www.miguelharth-bedoya.com

2024 ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA REPERTOIRE

TITLE COMPOSER
Light Speed Kevin Day
Kalamary Alex Tobar
Capriccio Italien Tchaikovsky

 

2024 ALL-STATE ENSEMBLES SELECTED PARTICIPANTS

The 2024 All-State Ensembles have been selected and are available for the public to view. We look forward to the 2024 All-State performances and the opportunity to work with such dedicated youth from all across our great state!

2024 All-State Selected Participants - ALL ENSEMBLES

DIRECTOR INFORMATION

ALL-STATE SELECTED PARTICIPANTS

The 2024 All-State Ensembles have been selected and are available for DIRECTORS ONLY to view. You will be required to log in to your NMEA profile in order to view it. The results will then be available for the public to view on our website on Wednesday, October 23.

View the Results

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS

ALL-STATE STUDENT CONTRACT INSTRUCTIONS

In order for your students to participate in All-State, they will need to sign and return the ParticipantContract. Please note these participant forms must be MAILED in by directors. Students will not be allowed to participate if this form is not postmarked by November 4th. Directors will need to send in all signed contracts to:

Westview High School
Attn: Doug Bogatz
15800 Summit Plaza
Bennington, NE 68807

Note: ALL STUDENT CONTRACTS MUST BE NOTARIZED!

ALL-STATE PRESS RELEASES

NMEA will be handling a mass press release to all newspapers in Nebraska. A press release template will not be included in this year's materials.

PARENT & LEGAL GUARDIAN INFORMATION