Mozart On The Highway: Alabama Symphony Orchestra’s Christopher Confessore Leads A Double Life With An Orchestra In Florida

By Alec Harvey

By the time Christopher Confessore reaches the end of this month, the conductor may be ready to just take a deep breath and relax.

On Feb. 27 through March 4, he had four rehearsals and three concerts with the Brevard Symphony Orchestra; On March 6, he rehearsed twice with the Sarasota Orchestra, followed by a quick trip to Birmingham March 7-8 for a two-concert tour with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Bobby Horton. This week, he’s had two rehearsals and a performance with the ASO and goes straight into rehearsals Tuesday and Wednesday with the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra, rehearsals with both the ASO and ASYO with a performance March 18 and, finally, back to Florida with six concerts with the Sarasota Orchestra March 20-24.

That’s a little bit busier than usual, but bouncing from city to city is nothing new for ASO’s resident conductor and principal Pops conductor. He’s also music director and principal conductor of the Brevard Symphony Orchestra, and often conducts in Sarasota and, the past few years, at Disney World’s Candlelight Processional and Pixar show. Recently, he started conducting with the Black Jacket Symphony, a Birmingham-based crew that recreates classic rock albums in concerts around the country.“I have formal titles with two orchestras, then I get to guest conduct in a number of places, and some of those places are fairly regular,” Confessore says from his home base in Orlando.

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