Philip Myers with Student Photo

From: Photo Flash: First Look at Alan Gilbert & New York Philharmonic in Inaugural Performance Residency at University of Michigan

This weekend found the New York Philharmonic in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the inaugural performance residency of its five-year partnership with the University Musical Society of the University of Michigan, in conjunction with the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Alan Gilbert led the Orchestra in works by Beethoven, Magnus Lindberg, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Richard Strauss; David Newman led the score to On the Waterfrontas the complete film was screened; Philharmonic musicians led master classes; and Alan Gilbert conducted a thousand �" Philharmonic brass plus the Michigan Marching Band, Michigan Alumni Band, and UMS Choral Union �" at the Michigan Homecoming football game halftime show. Go Blue!