Franck: Symphonic Variations; Rachmaninov / Fleisher, Szell CD

Krajewski holds degrees from Wayne State University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He attended the Pierre Monteux Domaine School for Conductors and was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony. The Houston SymphonyFounded in 1913, the Houston Symphony is one of America's oldest performing arts organizations, with a rich history of musical excellence. Hans Graf became the orchestra's 15th music director in September 2001. The Houston Symphony fills each busy season with more than 170 concerts attended by an estimated 350,000 people. These concerts include the classical season, ExxonMobil Pops series, Time Warner Family Concerts and the InterAct! chamber orchestra series. During the summer, the orchestra performs at its summer home, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, tours the city with free Sounds Like Fun! concerts for children and presents a series of free concerts at Miller Outdoor Theatre - the Houston Chronicle Summer Symphony Nights. The Houston Symphony sponsors more than 500 separate educational and community service events during the main season. Each season, its musicians reach more than 15,000 Houstonians in schools, hospitals, retirement homes, shelters and community centers as part of the Houston Symphony Community Connections outreach program. The orchestra also presents concerts for school children, a tradition of more than 50 years that has introduced more than one million students to live performances of symphonic music. The Houston Symphony currently records for Koch International Classics. Other recordings are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Carlton Home Entertainment labels. Charles Hausmann, director, Houston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann has been director of the Houston Symphony Chorus since 1986. Since then, he has prepared the Chorus for more than 350 performances, covering 400 years of choral repertory, and numerous tours to Mexico and Europe. As director of choral studies and professor of conducting at the University of Houston's Moores School of Music since 1985, Hausmann conducts the Moores School Choral Artists and Men's Chorus, and supervises the master's and doctoral programs in choral conducting. Choral ensembles under Hausmann's direction have received acclaim in the United States, Mexico and Europe. He has directed music at churches nationwide and currently serves as director of the St. Philip Presbyterian Church Choir in Houston. He has also served widely as choral clinician, guest conductor and vocal soloist. Hausmann holds degrees from Westminster Choir College, the College of New Jersey and the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri.