ONU Music Director to Conduct Julian Carillos Symphony Orchestra in Mexico

Lloyd Butler, music director of the Ohio Northern University Symphony Orchestra, has been invited to guest conduct the Julian Carillos Symphony Orchestra in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on Nov. 7, 2009.

The program will include John Williams' "Tango Por una Cabenza," Manuel De Falla's "Ritual Fire Dance," Johann Strauss' "Pizzicato Polka" and "Egyptian March," and Beethoven's "Symphony No. 8."

"It is a real pleasure to be invited back to conduct the Julian Carillos Symphony Orchestra," said Butler. "We forged this relationship between the University and their orchestra in a cultural exchange between our music program and theirs. I am fortunate to work with these talented musicians again and look forward to future collaborations."

Butler will rehearse with the orchestra Nov. 3-7. The concert will be held in the Museo Federico Silva sculpture museum at 7 p.m.

This opportunity continues the relationship established in February 2008 with "From South to North of the Border," an event at Ohio Northern that featured the world premier performance of "Another American Dream" by Mexican composer Armando Carado Judd. In addition, guest conductor Julio de Santiago Castillo traveled to ONU to conduct three traditional Mexican pieces with the ONU Symphony Orchestra.

Butler and members of the ONU Symphony Orchestra subsequently traveled to Mexico in March 2008 to present U.S. compositions by Aaron Copland, George Chadwick and Leonard Bernstein as well as music by the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.