Conductor — Zen Kuriyama

Excerpt from rehearsal, November 2024

Gerald Finzi, Prelude for String Orchestra, op. 25. Zen Kuriyama, conductor. University of Notre Dame Ritornello Ensemble. 2019.

'Shen Khar Venakhi' Traditional Georgian Chant, attr. to Demetrius I (12th century). University of Notre Dame Concordia Choir. Zen Kuriyama, conductor. St Monica Catholic Church, Mishawaka, IN April 2019

Stabat Mater for SAT choir and string orchestra. Arvo Pärt (1935-). University of Notre Dame Concordia Choir. Notre Dame Ritornello Ensemble (Songhea Sackrider, concertmaster). Zen Kuriyama, conductor. St Monica Catholic Church, Mishawaka, IN, April 2019

Prelude for String Orchestra in F minor, op. 25. Gerald Finzi (1901-1956). University of Notre Dame Ritornello Ensemble (Songhea Sackrider, concertmaster). Zen Kuriyama, conductor. St Monica Catholic Church, Mishawaka, IN, April 2019

Farewell to Arms, op. 9. Gerald Finzi (1901-1956). Nolan Carter, tenor. Notre Dame Ritornello Ensemble (Songhea Sackrider, concertmaster). Zen Kuriyama, conductor. St Monica Catholic Church, Mishawaka, IN, April 2019

Zen Kuriyama conducts Ola Gjeilo's "O Magnum Mysterium" ("Serenity"), performed by the Concordia Choir of the University of Notre Dame. Kendrick Lamar Morris, cello. Recorded live at the Lady Chapel in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, on the campus of the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana). March 2018.

Zen Kuriyama, Graduate Assistant Conductor, conducts the Stony Brook Camerata Singers in Stanford's famous motet 'Beati quorum via.' Director: Shoshana Hershkowitz. Live Performance, December 7, 2016, Staller Recital Hall.

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Conducting the University of Notre Dame Concordia Choir, first Master's Conducting Recital, March 2018.