POPULAR COLLECTION Disney’ s Encanto In Concert
THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Friday, April 10, 2026 at 7:30 pm
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 7:30 pm Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 3 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Damon Gupton, conductor
Germaine Franco
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Damon Gupton
Encanto in Concert Act I INTERMISSION Act II
This performance is approximately 2 hours, 15 minutes and includes a 20-minute intermission.
Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts.© All rights reserved.
Mark Lyons
Damon Gupton
Damon Gupton is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Gupton served as American Conducting Fellow of the Houston Symphony and held the post of assistant conductor of the Kansas City Symphony. His conducting appearances include the Orchestra of St. Luke’ s, Detroit Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, National Symphony Orchestra, Ft. Worth Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, among others. He led the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra on two national tours with performances at Carnegie Hall, and he conducted the finals of the Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition in 2016 and returned to Cliburn in 2020.
Gupton received his Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Michigan, and he studied conducting with David Zinman and Murry Sidlin at the Aspen Music Festival and with Leonard Slatkin at the National Conducting Institute. Awards include the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize and the Aspen Conducting Prize. Gupton is the inaugural recipient of the Emerging Artist Award from the University of Michigan School of Music and Alumni Society.
An accomplished actor, Gupton graduated from the Drama Division of the Juilliard School. He has had roles in television, film, and on stage, including the Broadway production of Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer Prize and Tony Awardwinning Clybourne Park, the Ovation and L. A. Drama Critic’ s Circle award winning Ma Rainey’ s Black Bottom at the Mark Taper Forum. Gupton’ s television credits include series regular roles on Black Lightning, Criminal Minds, The Player, The Divide, Prime Suspect, and Deadline, as well as guest or recurring appearances on Dirty John, Goliath, Bates Motel, The Newsroom, Suits, Empire, and Rake. His film credits include Whiplash, LaLa Land, This Is Forty, and The Last Airbender, among others.
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