Austin conducts The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in a series of four community concerts around Rochester, NY.

Repertoire included:
Marquez - Danzon no. 2
Kleinsinger - Tubby the Tuba
Kabelevsky - Comedians Suite
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Walker - Lyric for Strings
Piazzolla - Fuga y Misterio
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings

Austin hosts The Philadelphia Orchestra’s “Orchestra After 5” series.

Nathalie Stutzmann Conductor
Austin Chanu Host

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

Thursday
March 27, 2025 @ 6:30pm

https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2024-25-season/brass-and-brash

Austin Chanu Conductor
David Kim Violin

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

Saturday
February 8, 2025 @ 7:30pm

Austin, a finalist for the Music Director position, will conduct the Butler County Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday concert.

Austin Chanu Conductor
Butler County Symphony Chorus

Repertoire TBD

Austin Chanu Conductor  
David Kim Violin  

Bach Air, from Orchestral Suite No. 3
Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Vivaldi/Piazzolla The Four Seasons/The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires 

Austin Chanu Conductor  
Charlotte Blake Alston Speaker  

Bach/Stokowski Excerpt from Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Dukas The Sorecerer’s Apprentice
Goulet Selections from “On Halloween Night”
Giacchino Coco
Williams Theme from Jaws
Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt
Bernstein Excerpt from Ghostbuster’s Suite
Williams Harry’s Wonderous World from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Austin conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra in a program that features music by Still, Montgomery, Price, Ellington, Joplin, and more.

Program Details:
Austin Chanu Conductor

Hailstork Fanfare on “Amazing Grace” 
Still First movement from Symphony No. 4 (“Autochthonous”) 
Saint-Georges First movement from Symphony No. 2 
Joplin “Maple Leaf” Rag 
Price Dances in the Canebrakes—First Philadelphia Orchestra Performance  
Ellington “Brown (Come Sunday),” from Black, Brown, and Beige 
Montgomery Starburst 
Still Wood Notes— (World Premiere Edition) First Philadelphia Orchestra Performance 

More Information:
Tickets for the concert are free, but reservations are encouraged and will be available at www.philorch.org/ocyo-live on May 30.  

Your Philadelphia Orchestra will travel up Broad Street for a free community festival and performance on Wednesday, June 26, at 7:00 PM at the Temple Performing Arts Center. Led by Assistant Conductor Austin Chanu, the Our City, Your Orchestra Live performance will bring the spirit of the free digital series Our City, Your Orchestra—which uncovers and amplifies the voices, stories, and causes championed by Philadelphia organizations and businesses—to in-person audiences with the full Orchestra. The concert will celebrate the North Philadelphia community and will feature works by Adolphus Hailstork; Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges; Scott Joplin; Florence Price; Duke Ellington; Jessie Montgomery; and William Grant Still. As part of the Orchestra’s ongoing exploration of the works of Black American composer Still, Principal Librarian Nicole Jordan and Chanu have created a new set of definitive orchestral materials of his Wood Notes that will be used for the first time in this performance, made possible by a generous grant from the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage.

Austin conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra in a program that features music by Tchaikovsky at The Mann Center.

Program Details:
Austin Chanu Conductor

Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique”
Tchaikovsky Suite from Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture

More Info:
https://manncenter.org/events/2024-06-18/tchaikovsky-spectacular

Austin will be guest conducting the Orchestra simfonică a Filarmonicii Banatul Timișoara. The program includes Coleridge-Taylor, Sibelius, and Prokofiev.

Program Details:
Austin Chanu Conductor
Florin Iliescu Violin

Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in a minor, op. 33
Prokofiev Concerto for Violin and Orchestra no. 1
Sibelius Symphony no. 2

Friday
April 5, 2024 @ 7:00pm


More info:
https://filarmonicabanatul.ro/evenimente/concert-simfonic-orchestra-simfonica-a-filarmonicii-banatul-timisoara-dirijor-austin-chanu-solist-florin-iliescu-vioara/

Austin conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra in a program that features music by

Program Details:
Austin Chanu Conductor
Paul Jacobs Organ


Widor Toccata, Organ Symphony no. 5
Handel Organ Concerto no. 13 Mvt. 1 & 2: The Cuckoo and the Nightingale
Mascagni Intermezzo, Cavalleria rusticana
Barber Toccata festiva
Bach Fugue in G minor
Guilmant Symphony no. 1 for Organ and Orchestra Mvt. 2 & 3

Saturday
March 23, 2024 @ 11:30am

Austin conducts The Eastman Philharmonia in a program that features music by Sibelius and Still.

Program Details:
Austin Chanu Conductor

Still Symphony no. 4 “Autochthonous” Mvt. 3
Still Threnody: In Memory of Jean Sibelius
Sibelius Symphony no. 2

Wednesday
March 6, 2024 @ 7:30pm

More Info:
https://events.rochester.edu/event/eastman_philharmonia_6476?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=University+of+Rochester+Calendar

Austin conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra in a program that features music by Britten, Still, Higdon, and Kleinsinger featuring Principal Tuba Carol Janstch.

Program Details:
Austin Chanu Conductor
Carol Janstch Tuba
Michael Boudewyns Narrator
Sara Valentine Narrator


Still Symphony no. 4 “Autochthonous” Mvt. 3
Kleinsinger Tubby the Tuba
Higdon Snake River from All Things Majestic
Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Saturday
February 10, 2024 @ 11:30am

More Info:
https://www.philorch.org/performances/our-season/events-and-tickets/2023-2024-season/family-concerts/the-young-persons-guide-to-the-orchestra/

Austin will be conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra in a program featuring Tchaikovsky, Bass, Anderson, and Lopez. This concert will also be featuring dancers from the Rock School for Dance Education.

Program Details:
Austin Chanu Conductor
Rock School of Dance Education Dancers
M’Balia Singley Narrator
Desi Oakley Vocalist

Mason Joy to the World
Tchaikovksy Selections from The Nutcracker
Bass The Night Before Christmas
Lopez Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Lopez Let It Go
Variou Selections from A Holly and Jolly Sing-Along
Anderson Sleigh Ride

Saturday
December 16, 2023 @ 11:30am

Austin will be conducting The Baltimore Symphony in two concerts of excerpts from The Nutcracker in collaboration with dancers from the Baltimore School of the Arts.

Program Details:
Austin Chanu Conductor
Baltimore School of the Arts Dancers

Tchaikovsky Excerpts from the Nutcracker
Overture Miniature
No. 11 Clara and The Prince
Le chocolat
Le café
Le thé
Trepák
Les Mirlitons
Valse de fleurs
No. 14 Var. 1 Tarantella
Danse de la Fée-Dragée
No. 14 Coda
Valse Finale et Apotheose

Wednesday
December 6, 2023 @ 10:00am & 11:30am

Austin will be conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra in a program including Mendelssohn, Still, and Bach featuring soloists David Kim and Kim Fisher.

Program Details:
Austin Chanu Conductor
David Kim Violin
Kim Fisher Violin

Still Patterns
Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Mendelssohn Symphony no. 4

Wednesday
September 27, 2023 @ 7:30pm

Tickets and more info at:
https://longwoodgardens.org/events-performances/events/philadelphia-orchestra

Austin will be conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra in a free concert as part of The Philadelphia Fall Arts Fest. The program features music by Bernstein, Price, Tchaikovsky, and Koussevitsky featuring Associate Principal Bass Gabriel Polinsky.

Program Details:
Austin Chanu Conductor
Gabriel Polinsky Bass

Bernstein Candide Overture
Price Suite of Dances
Koussevitsky Concerto for Double Bass Mvts. 2 & 3
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture

Saturday
September 23, 2023 @ 3:30pm

Austin will be conducting a program with The Philadelphia Orchestra as part of their Our City Your Orchestra Live concert series at Northwest High School.

Austin Chanu Conductor

Program:
Bernstein Overture to Candide
Williams “Adventures on Earth,” from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Still Serenade
Mignone “Congada,” from O contratador de diamantes
Guarnieri “Dansa brasileira”
Coleman Seven O’Clock Shout
Copland Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

Austin will be conducting the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in a family concert featuring winter themed music.

Program Details:
Austin Chanu Conductor 

Program TBD

Sunday
January 22, 2023; 2:00pm

Austin will be conducting Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture and Price’s The Oak with the Eastman Philharmonia.

Program Details:
Austin Chanu Conductor 
Neil Varon Conductor

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture (Cnd. Austin Chanu)
Price The Oak (Cnd. Austin Chanu)
Brahms Symphony no. 2 (Cnd. Neil Varon)

Monday
November 14, 2022, 7:30pm

Photo by: rr Jones