In preparation for the Carnegie appearance, the orchestra will give a free concert of Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 at The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard on November 3.
Hayes is the music director of the Philadelphia Singers and director of orchestral and conducting studies at Mannes. In additon to engagements with the Mannes Orchestra and Curtis Symphony, he will conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra in January.
Free tickets to the November concert in Carnegie's Stern Auditorium are available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office.