Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff and current composers Higdon, Schoenberg and Leshnoff round out the two-week return for the orchestra's longtime former music director.

Anh Ho is hitting the right notes: The 16-year-old percussion player from Lawrenceville, a rising junior at Collins Hill High School, performs in the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, Georgia’s All-State Band and is about to tour nationally.

“Utility conductor” isn’t his real title, but it might as well be. Officially, Stephen Mulligan is assistant conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra...