Friday night the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra will be conducted by Thomas Wilkins, the new Principal Guest Conductor. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Wilkins serves as the Music Director of the Omaha Symphony and the Resident Conductor of the Detroit Symphony. Last summer Wilkins led the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in the fireworks finale with Pink Martini. With great enthusiasm for his new gig, he will be conducting several programs at the Bowl this summer. LAist ask......

Thomas Wilkins and Bramwell Tovey | Photo by Mathew Imaging Pack your picnic baskets. It's almost time for another amazing summer at the Hollywood Bowl. Yesterday the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announced the Hollywood Bowl 2008 Summer Season. Esa-Pekka Salonen will lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in two performances of Mahler's 8th Symphony in his final concerts at the Bowl as Music Director. Bramwell Tovey was named Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles......