Ryan McAdams

During his five seasons as music director, he premiered 15 orchestral works by such leading young composers as Timo Andres, Clint Needham, Christopher Cerrone, Lembit Beecher, Ryan Gallagher, Robert Honstein, Ted Hearne, Elizabeth Kelly, Chris Rogerson, and Eric Guinivan.

He also invited a variety of emerging soloists to make their Carnegie Hall debuts with the orchestra, including Kate Lindsey, Anthony McGill, Haochen Zhang, Jennifer Zetlan, Adam Golka, Hahn-Bin, Alex Sopp, the ACME Quartet, Eve Gigliotti, Genghis Barbie, and Jay Campbell.

In October, he conducted the world premiere of Jonathan Dawe's opera "Cracked Orlando" at the Italian Academy in New York, starring Anthony Roth Costanzo.

[1] McAdams was the conductor for Elliott Carter's 103rd Birthday Concert at New York's 92nd Street Y with Fred Sherry and Nicholas Phan.

[2] In 2012, McAdams substituted at the last minute for Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos in subscription concerts with the Israel Philharmonic and guitarist Angel Romero in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem.