See the conducting stars of tomorrow in these engaging concerts where student conductors rotate between conducting a movement of a work, or playing in the orchestra. Program Director and AMFS Music Director Robert Spano observes the work of his students at this weekly event.

Discover a musical epic on this lively program! Sibelius’s Lemminkainen Suite is based on the adventures of the eponymous macho Finnish folk hero. In the first tone poem, he’s chased by the people of his native Pohjola, leaves his parental home, and sails to an island where he’s greeted with joy by the local virgins. The second movement is the famous and hauntingly beautiful The Swan of Tuonela, which depicts a sacred swan who resides in the realm of the dead. In the third poem, Lemminkainen is sent to kill the swan and ends up being killed by a poisoned arrow and cut into pieces. His mother pulls the parts out of a lake and uses her magical skills to reassemble him. As he rides home, the orchestra evokes the sounds of his galloping horse, leading to a joyful finale.