These concerts are the North Carolina Symphony debut of Lucas Waldin.

Lucas Waldin has collaborated with artists including Carly Rae Jepsen, Ben Folds, The Canadian Brass, and Buffy Sainte-Marie, in addition to conducting presentations such as Disney in Concert, Blue Planet Live, Cirque de la Symphonie, and the symphonic debut of R&B duo Dvsn as part of the global Red Bull Music Festival.

Waldin has been a guest conductor for numerous orchestras in the United States and Canada, including The Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, and Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Having joined the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra as Resident Conductor in 2009, Waldin was subsequently appointed Artist-in-Residence and Community Ambassador—the first position of its kind in North America. He appeared with the ESO over 150 times and conducted in Carnegie Hall during the orchestra's participation in the 2012 Spring for Music festival. He was awarded the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting by the Canada Council for the Arts and received a Citation Award from the City of Edmonton for outstanding achievements in arts and culture.

A native of Toronto, Waldin holds degrees in flute and conducting from the Cleveland Institute of Music.