International Concert Series 2022-23

California-born conductor Rebecca Miller takes the helm for a musical journey across the Atlantic. In Dvořák’s best-loved masterpiece, his trademark Czech style is tinged with the spirit of the Native American and African-American music he came to love and admire during his time in the United States. The symphony packs drama, excitement and hope into one unforgettable work. From the quietly optimistic melody of the Largo to the blazing finale, it’s easy to see why this piece has been hugely popular ever since its New York premiere in 1893.

The Royal Holloway Symphony Orchestra will also be joined by 2022 Concerto Competition Winner, Maisie Stewart, to perform the heart-melting melodies of Tchaikovsky’s sunlit Violin Concerto, and Dorothy Howell's Divertissements.

Event programme

Dorothy Howell (1898 - 1982): Divertissements

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (featuring Maisie Stewart, violin) 

Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178

About the performers 

Led by internationally-acclaimed conductor Rebecca Miller, the Royal Holloway Symphony Orchestra meets weekly, giving three concerts per year in the Windsor Auditorium. The orchestra endeavours to create a lively, challenging, and social basis for orchestral life at Royal Holloway and comprises students from across the university. They also participate in side-by-side programmes with professional musicians, and through our unique partnership with the Chiltern Music Academy. For 2020-21, orchestras at Royal Holloway launched a new social action project called Re-Orchestrating Society, where members of orchestras at Royal Holloway work together in small teams to develop a project based around orchestras that aims to benefit society.

California-born conductor Rebecca Miller has earned an international reputation for her compelling, insightful, and energetic presence on the podium and for her ability to communicate with audiences of all ages. Most recently she has guest-conducted the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, London Mozart Players, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra (at the BBC Proms), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Västerås Sinfonietta and Dalarnsinfoniettan in Sweden, and Kuopio Symphony Orchestra in Finland. Read more.