Maestro Benichou and His Team

The Mid-Atlantc Symphony Orchestra has accomplished great strides since Julien Benichou accepted the baton in 2005. He is a person of  many talents, both personally and professionally who, in rehearsals and performances, inspires the musicians and draws the very best out of them. They love working together and  function beautifully as a team. They speak a common language in interpreting the music to inspire the audience.

Maestro Benichou has assembled a group of incredibly talented musicians and he has a very special way of leading them without compromising their freedom of musical expression. They experiment together on refining novel interpretations of the great classical masterpieces and presenting some of the more contemporary compositions to the appreciation of the listener. They have dedicated their lives to perfecting the art of taking the audience to a deeper understanding of the language of music, and Julien, in a masterful blending of their renditions, is the catalyst who brings forth the unique MSO sound.

Julien Benichou, a young but already accomplished music director, and his youthful team, truly represent a new generation of musical talent. They share with many enthusiastic listeners the sense that the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra is fast on its way to a major place in the world of music, as it strives to fulfill its mission of enriching the lives of audiences through the power of classical music.  Come and  experience the magic of the MSO sound!

A Message from the Concertmaster: 

Dear MSO family, 
 
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the 2011-12 season. I would like to congratulate our principal clarinetist Edna Huang on her strong and delightful performance of Weber. I would also like to thank Baltimore Symphony Concertmaster Jonathan Carney for joining us again with an inspiring delivery of a lesser known, but great concerto, by Max Bruch. I think that we can all agree that this season is off to a grand start. 
 
Again Maestro Julien Benichou has crafted a fabulous set of programs. Notable to me are the two big works, or should I say the “Great Eights,” by Beethoven and Dvorak. Both of these works express expansiveness in very different flavors. Mr. Benichou has framed these with gems such as Verdi’s La Forza del Destino overture, which exemplifies the height of Italian opera, and a work by Milhaud: Scaramouche. For the Spring Concert, as a first for the MSO, Julien Benichou has invited a guest conductor, Maestro Osvaldo Ferreira, Principal Conductor of one of Brazil’s great orchestras. 
 
When it comes to the soloists...I can't rave enough! Again, we've already been dazzled by two. In the spring we will be working with Gary Louie with the Glazunov Saxophone Concerto. I have heard him with other orchestras and assure you that you are in for a treat. In the final concert we are fortunate to have a returning violinist, who perfectly combines musicality and technique. Stefan Jackiw will perform the Scottish Fantasy by Max Bruch. In the same vein as my earlier comment, this is a perfect match of a great romantic work and an expressive violinist.  
 
Thank you for your continued support. In light of the changing landscape of the classical music world, my colleagues and I are grateful that the tradition of great symphonic music is still well and strong on the Eastern Shore and in Sussex County. 
 

Nicholas Currie