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James Chute, U-T San Diego, 26th October 2014 In Michael Francis’ first season as Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra’s music director, his course is clear. For the just-announced 2015 season, he’s…

Bay News 9, 23rd October 2014 Local Bay News team interviews Michael Francis regarding his new role as the Music Director for The Florida Orchestra. Original footage available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFEOEzMTM50

Stephanie Hayes, Tampa Bay Times, 22nd October 2014 Michael Francis was relieved. His books had just arrived from overseas. The British conductor was starting to plot a life here as…

Susan Giles Wantuck, WUSF Radio, 22nd October 2014 This weekend, concert goers can get better acquainted with the new Florida Orchestra Music Director Michael Francis. This will be the first…

Stephanie Hayes, Tampa Bay Times, 2nd October 2014 Autumn has just begun, but for the Florida Orchestra, it may as well be the season of spring. It's a time of…

Robert Egerton, Musical America, 30th September 2014 San Diego’s Mainly Mozart Festival has appointed British conductor Michael Francis as its new music director, succeeding festival co-founder David Atherton, who exited…

James Chute, U-T San Diego, 27th September 2014 "British conductor Michael Francis is the new music director of the San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra. Mainly Mozart made the announcement…

John Fleming, Classical Voice North America, 12th September 2014 "And then there were four. Over the past couple of years, the largest professional orchestras in Florida all carried out music…

Herald Scotland, 21st July 2014 "Michael Francis conducts the Usher Hall Gala, when the programme includes the huge Alpine Symphony of Richard Strauss and a reprise of the Concerto for…

Janos Gereben, San Francisco Classical Voice, 8th July 2014 "The global search went on for three years, but in the end it took just two key performances for Florida Orchestra…