Stuart Malina (Photo provided)

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Sinfonietta will perform at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts Sunday, July 21, under the direction of a Tony Award-winning conductor.

The conductor, Stuart Malina, is one of three candidates auditioning this summer for the Sinfonietta’s music director position. Kynan Johns, an internationally renowned conductor, and Peter Rubardt, music director for the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, are also in the running.

Malina hails from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area. He’s a graduate of Harvard University, the Yale School of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music. For the past two decades, he’s lead the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra. He was the music director of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and an associate conductor of the Charleston Symphony.

Alongside Billy Joel, he won a Tony Award 16 years ago for Best Orchestrations for their work on “Movin’ Out,” a 2002 musical about young people growing up on Long Island in the 1960s.

He’s also a concert pianist that has played the likes of Carnegie Hall in New York. He made his debut there with the New York Pops in 2007, part of a tribute concert for the Gershwins.

Organizers say a recreation of that performance will be part of the upcoming show at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts on Sunday that will also include “Le Boef sur le toit,” a Samba by French composer Darius Milhaud, and “Slavonic Dance No. 6” by Antonin Dvorak, a Czech composer.

Sunday’s performance will mark Malina’s local debut. He’ll also lead the Sinfonietta on July 28 at the LPCA.

Tickets to the July 21 show, slated for 7:30 p.m., are $28 for adults and $5 for minors. The LPCA box office is open from 1 to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday, and at the door on the night of the performance. Tickets are also available for purchase online at lakeplacidarts.org and lakeplacidsinfonietta.org.

The Lake Placid Sinfonietta’s 2019 season runs through Aug. 11.

The Lake Placid Sinfonietta was established 102 years ago with help from the controversial owner of the Lake Placid Club, Melville Dewey. The orchestra has been a community-supported nonprofit since 1983, according to Executive Director Deborah Fitts.

“I think the community here appreciates the music and supports it,” she said. “We have many supporters that are summer residents; I’d say about half live here year-round.”

Donations are accepted via the Sinfonietta’s website.

Fitts said the orchestra’s concerts at LPCA aren’t ones to miss.

“It’s a great place to see an orchestra this size,” she said. “You can see and hear the orchestra from any seat in the theater.”

The Sinfonietta’s performances at LPCA are typically in two halves, approximately 40 minutes long, and they’re followed by a special meet-and-greet with the artists.