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CIRQUE NUTCRACKER
Nicholas Hersh
Nicholas Hersh is
Associate Conductor
Thursday, December 13, 2018, 8 pm
of the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
(BSO) and Artistic
Friday, December 14, 2018, 8 pm
Director
of
the
Baltimore
Symphony
Saturday, December 15, 2018, 3 pm
Youth
Orchestras.
Since
joining
the
Sunday, December 16, 2018, 3 pm
BSO as Assistant Conductor in 2014,
he continues to make his mark on the
mid-Atlantic region with exciting,
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Troupe Vertigo
innovative programming, notably
as conductor and co-curator of the
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, op. 71
acclaimed BSO Pulse series, bringing

Overture
together indie bands and orchestral

Act I
musicians in unique collaborations.

The Decoration of the Christmas Tree
Hersh directs the BSO’s educational
March
and family programming, including the

Children’s Galop
celebrated Academy for adult, amateur

Arrival of Drosselmeyer

Grossvater Dance
musicians, as well as a variety of classical
Scena
and popular programs. Hersh made his

Scena (Battle)
BSO subscription debut stepping in for
Scena
an indisposed Yan Pascal Tortelier, and

Waltz of the Snowflakes
has since conducted the BSO in a set of

subscription concerts each season. 
INTERMISSION
In the 2018 –19 season, Hersh makes
his debut with the National Symphony

Act II
Scena-Confiturembourg
Orchestra and the Phoenix Symphony.
Scena
Highlights of the 2017–18 season
Divertissement included debuts with the Houston,

Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
North Carolina, Alexandria and

Coffee (Arabian Dance)
Asheville symphonies. He has appeared

Tea (Chinese Dance)
with the New World Symphony,

Trepak (Russian Dance)
Flutes National Repertory Orchestra and the
Southern Great Lakes Symphony. Hersh

Mother Ginger
is a frequent collaborator and guest

Waltz of the Flowers

Pas de deux – Variation II, Sugar Plum Fairy
faculty at the Peabody Conservatory as

Final Waltz and Apotheosis
well as the BSO’s OrchKids program for

Baltimore City schoolchildren.

Troupe Vertigo
Hersh grew up in Evanston, IL and
started his musical training on the cello.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in Music
from Stanford University and a master’s
degree in Conducting from the Indiana
University Jacobs School of Music,
studying with David Effron and Arthur
Fagen. In 2011 and 2012, he was a
Conducting Fellow with the prestigious
The concert will end at approximately 10 pm on Thursday and Friday and 5 pm
on Saturday and Sunday.
American Academy of Conducting at
Aspen, studying with mentors Robert
Spano, Hugh Wolff and Larry Rachleff,
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and has participated in master classes
with Bernard Haitink and Michael
Tilson Thomas. Hersh is a two-time
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