“The baton-less conductor set the right atmosphere for The Unanswered Question.”
-Musical America
2022 - 2023 Schedule
~ Sabbatical ~
2021 - 2022 Schedule
Monday - Thursday,
July 11 - 14, 2022
Conducting Master Classes - Grassau, Germany
Sunday, July 10, 2022
Friday & Saturday,
December 10 & 11, 2021 at 8 P.M.
The Chapman Orchestra & University Choirs in Concert
Daniel Alfred Wachs, conductor
The Chapman Orchestra 57th Annual Holiday Wassail
Wednesday, November 15, 2021, at 7:30 P.M.
The Chapman Orchestra
Daniel Alfred Wachs, conductor
Chapman Conversations: Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, “Pastoral”
Friday, October 29, 2021
College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA
Daniel Alfred Wachs, adjudicator
Friday, October 15 & 21, 2021, at 7:30 P.M.
The Chapman Orchestra
Daniel Alfred Wachs, conductor
National Anthem (arr. Mueller)
Ravel – Le jardin feerique from Ma mere l’oye [In Memoriam]
Puccini – Intermezzi from Cavalaria Rusticana & Suor Angelica
Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” movements IV & V
July 23 - August 1, 2021
2020 - 2021 Schedule
Saturday,
January 25, 2021, at 11 A.M.
California Music Educators Association 2020 Honors String Orchestra, Visalia, CA
Daniel Alfred Wachs, guest conductor
Britten – Simple Symphony Op. 4
Copland – Hoedown
Dance Masters @ Chapman University, 2020 music/architecture/dance
Igal Perry, Colin Heinninger, Ido Tadmor, Charles Renfro, Daniel Gortler, Daniel Alfred Wachs
Schumann – Polonaisen Waltmar Theatre, Chapman University
Friday, February 28, 2021
at 7:30 P.M.
The Force of Destiny: An Evening with Daniel Emmet and The Chapman Orchestra
Daniel Emmet, guest vocalist (’07)
Sandra Bouissou (’21), violin
Winner of the 2020 Instrumental Competition
Ava Narayan (’20), soprano
Winner of the 2020 Vocal Instrumental Competition
Daniel Alfred Wachs, music director & conductor
Verdi – Overture to La Forza del Destino
Ravel – Tzigane
Charpentier – Depuis le jours
Musco Center for the Arts, Chapman University
Friday, March 6, 2021 at 7:30 P.M.
The Chapman Orchestra & Opera Chapman
Daniel Alfred Wachs, conductor
W.A. Mozart – The Magic Flute
Musco Center for the Arts, Chapman University
Friday & Saturday, April 24 & 25, 2021, at 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, April 26, 2021 at 3:00 P.M.
~ Cancelled due to COVID-19 ~
Saturday, May 16, 2021, at 4:00 P.M.
~ Cancelled due to COVID-19 ~
The Chapman Orchestra
Daniel Alfred Wachs, music director & conductor
Arnold O. Beckman High School String Orchestra
Jim Kollias, music director
TBA, soprano
TBA, baritone
Brahms – A German Requiem
Saturday, May 22, 2021
(Streamed)
Beckman High School Orchestra, Irvine, CA
Daniel Alfred Wachs, pianist
Jim Kollias, conductor
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 12 K. 414