{"id":11279,"date":"2013-04-06T09:35:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T14:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=11279"},"modified":"2013-04-06T09:35:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T14:35:34","slug":"local-boy-moves-on-christoper-mokrzewski-named-calgary-operas-new-resident-conductor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2013\/04\/06\/local-boy-moves-on-christoper-mokrzewski-named-calgary-operas-new-resident-conductor\/","title":{"rendered":"Local boy moves on: Christoper Mokrzewski named Calgary Opera&#8217;s new resident conductor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11280\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.classical963fm.com\/blog\/concert-lobby-christopher-mokrzewski\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11280\" alt=\"Christopher Mokrzewski at Classical96 FM two eyars ago (Classical96 FM photo).\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/04\/topher.jpg\" width=\"522\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/04\/topher.jpg 522w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/04\/topher-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christopher Mokrzewski at Classical96 FM two years ago (Classical96 FM photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Torontonian Christopher Mokrzewski, music director of upstart Against the Grain Theatre and collaborative pianist-about-town, is one of the most open-minded and capable young musicians I&#8217;ve had the pleasure to meet. He can also now boast his first grown-up job, as resident conductor at Calgary Opera.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Here&#8217;s the press release I received late yesterday from Calgary Opera:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalgary Opera had the opportunity to have Christopher Mokrzewski as repetiteur for a six-week period in October and November,\u201d says general director and CEO Bob McPhee. \u201cDuring that time it was very evident that he was the ideal candidate and would bring the appropriate skill set to our company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This appointment builds on the success of the previous resident conductor, Gordon Gerrard. After three years with the company, Mr. Gerrard won the Enbridge Emerging Artist Award and is now a regular mainstage conductor in Calgary and throughout North America. Most recently he was appointed Assistant Conductor to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>Mokrzewski is thrilled by the opportunity to further his skills in collaboration with Calgary Opera. Currently a resident of Toronto, he is the music director of Against the Grain Theatre and a regular music staff member at the Canadian Opera Company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very excited to be joining Calgary Opera,\u201d\u00a0says Mokrzewski. \u201cTo collaborate with such a distinguished and forward-thinking Canadian company is a privilege and a remarkable opportunity. I also look forward to working with its Emerging Artists Development Program, which contains extraordinary young talent and has a strong presence in the Calgary community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Torontonian Christopher Mokrzewski, music director of upstart Against the Grain Theatre and collaborative pianist-about-town, is one of the most open-minded and capable young musicians I&#8217;ve had the pleasure to meet. He can also now boast his first grown-up job, as resident conductor at Calgary Opera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,36,39,43,47,63,1],"tags":[6451,606,778,6467,6468,2811],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/04\/topher.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-2VV","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11279"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}