“Daniel Meyer traveled to Lakeside Chautauqua as a boy, performing in Hoover Auditorium as a member of the Singing Angels children’s choir,” writes Laura Johnston in Wednesday’s (7/17) Cleveland.com. “He distinctly remembers the hall, how huge the 2,600-seat space felt. He also remembers the community, a quaint and peaceful place, perched on the Lake Erie shore…. So when [Ohio’s] Lakeside Symphony Orchestra last year searched for its first new conductor in 47 years, Meyer was intrigued…. He won the gig as music director and conductor and will lead the Lakeside Symphony Orchestra as it opens its 56th season July 31. The orchestra is one of the most cherished organizations at Lakeside, enclave of quaint cottages with a Rockwellian downtown … Meyer … [who is] also the music director of the Erie Philharmonic, artistic director of the Westmoreland Symphony, director of orchestral activities at Duquesne University and director of Cleveland’s BlueWater Chamber Orchestra … said, ‘My job will be to keep the quality and level of presentation very high, but keep the experience and overall feel on a more casual and approachable level.’ ” In an interview, Meyer speaks about engaging audiences, concerts for children, and the Lakeside Symphony.
Posted July 19, 2019
