BUGLER’S HOLIDAY, The Ohio Valley Symphony

March 13, 2027
at 7:30 p.m.
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On March 13 things get a bit brassy for the Bugler’s Holiday concert when the OVS will be joined by Dave Zeng performing Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto.  Maestro Scott Woodard takes us to Ireland with Hamilton Harty’s Irish Symphony for a bit-of-the-green.

Scott E. Woodard
Dr. Scott E. Woodard was born in Huntington, WV and is proud to be a life-long West Virginian.  He is the Music Director of the Butler Philharmonic Orchestra in Hamilton, Ohio, the Founding Music Director of the West Virginia State Philharmonic Orchestra of Charleston, WV, the Principal Guest Conductor of the Rimini Chamber Orchestra in Rimini, Italy, and the former Cover Conductor of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra. His primary teachers were Dr. Leonid Korchmar of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory of Music and the Mariinsky Theatre and Dr. Oleg Proskuryna. Scott is the recipient of First Prizes at the International Conductor’s Workshop Competition (Macon, GA) and the International Academy of Advanced Conducting (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation).

A product of the public schools in Cabell County, Scott picked up the trumpet in the sixth-grade band.  He is a proud Son of Marshall, where he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees. During those MU years, Scott began his study of orchestral conducting under the tutelage of Dr. Paul Balshaw.  In 2014, he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Boston University, where his dissertation explored the importance of the Leningrad School of conducting and its founder Ilya Musin.

Scott lives in Scott Depot with his wife Nafi, a family physician, and their son, Gabriel, a trumpet player just like his dad, and a new baby daughter, Gabriella!  His hobbies include playing horrible golf, and trying to figure out how to work on his vintage 1970 Volkswagen Beetle.

Dave Zeng, trumpet
Dave actively performs in the Cincinnati, Dayton, and Columbus areas.  He is principal trumpet of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Ohio and the Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony Orchestra.  Additionally, Dave has performed with many orchestras across the Midwest including the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cincinnati Ballet Orchestra, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio, The Bach Society of Dayton, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra.  Dave has been a finalist at the National Trumpet Competition on multiple occasions.

In addition to performing, Dave is the Manager of Personnel and Orchestra Operations for the Springfield Symphony Orchestra.  Through his company, Dave Zeng Productions, Dave also specializes in professional audio/video production for performing artists.

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