Curriculum Vitae
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EDUCATION
North Carolina Professional Teacher License SPII
Boston University – Additional studies in Music Education
M.M. Music Theory, Butler University – Jordan College of Fine Arts
B.A. Music, Butler University – Jordan College of Fine Arts
Relevant coursework in: Music Theory, Choir/Orchestra Conducting, Voice and Violin
SPECIALIZED STUDY
Orchestra Conducting Technique Master Classes under the direction of Maestro Ennio Nicotra, Ilya Musin Society Comune di Mirano, Mirano, Italy
2014 and 2015 International Conductors Workshop and Competition under the direction of Maestro Adrian Gnam and Maestro Robert Gutter, Atlanta, Georgia
Choral Music Workshop - University of Miami - Frost School of Music, under the direction of Alberto Grau
Violin study with Hidetaro Suzuki, former Concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Voice study master classes under the direction of Helena Lazarska, Professor of Music at the University of Music, Vienna, Austria, Founder and Artistic Director of the Polish Voice Festival and the International "Ada-Sari-Voice-Art-Competition". Ms. Lazarska taught at the Music Conservatories in Kato- wice, Gdansk, Krakow, at the University of Music Mozateum, and at the University of Music in Vienna.
Voice study under the direction of Andre Aerne, Jordan College of Fine Arts, Indiana
Conducting study under the direction of Jackson Wiley, Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis Music Director Emeritus, while at the Jordan College of Fine Arts, Indiana
Master Class of Music as participant of Schola Cantorum Jeunesses Musicales - emphasis on Claudio Monteverdi and repertoire from Venezuelan classical composers, Groznya, Yugoslavia
Orchestra Master Class and Music Appreciation at Aberdeen University, Scotland
Choral Conducting under the direction of Alberto Grau, founding director of the Schola Cantorum of Caracas and the University Orfeón Simón Bolivar, Professor and Training unit commander of Choral Direction of the University Institute of Musical Studies – IUDEM; participant in the Project of the Small Singers of the Schola, and Head of the Division of Sinfo'nico-Corales Assemblies of the Foundation Youthful National Orchestra of Venezuela.
Conducting, teaching and coordinating orchestra activities under Jose Antonio Abreu, Goodwill Ambassador for Music and for Peace of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) within the Orquestra Nacional Juvenil de Venezuela system (the Venezuelan National System of Children’s and Youth Orchestras and Choirs)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching
2016 – Present Orchestra/Band Conductor – Langtree Charter Academy, Mooresville, NC USA
2015 – 2016 Adjunct Music Faculty – Rowan Cabarrus Community College, NC USA
2011 – 2024 Strings Instructor & Orchestra Director – Gaston School of the Arts, Gastonia, NC USA
2010 – 2015 Band/Chorus Instructor & Conductor – Community School of Davidson High School, Davidson, NC USA
2010 – Present Principal Conductor and Co-Founder – Lake Norman Youth Orchestra, Cornelius, NC, USA
2009 – Present Adjunct Faculty, Music – Mitchell Community College, Statesville, NC USA
2006 – 2010 Principal Conductor and Co-Founder – Cornelius Youth Orchestras, Cornelius, NC, USA
2005 – 2010 Orchestra Director, Strings Instructor – Cannon School, Concord, NC, USA
1999 – 2003 Spanish/English Instructor Assistant – Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
1987 – 2000 Private Tutor - Violin
1985 – 1987 Director & Conductor of Merida Youth Orchestra, Merida, Venezuela
1983 –1984 Spanish Teacher Assistant, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Performing/Conducting
2013 - 2016 Advisor – Musical Minds - Huntersville, NC (An El Sistema inspired program)
2008 - Present Principal Conductor – The Lake Norman Orchestra, Mooresville, NC
2011 - 2014 Orchestra Director - Gaston School of the Arts, Gastonia, NC USA
2010 - Present Conductor – Lake Norman Youth Orchestra, Cornelius, NC
2007 Tenor Soloist - Suscepit Israel, from Magnificat by G.Pergolesi, with Orchestra ensemble, First Presbyterian Church, Concord, NC
Violinist - Dido & Aenas - 2007 UNCC Opera Production, Charlotte, NC
Co-Producer/Director – Musical Production, From Bernstein to Broadway, Black Box Theatre, Cannon School, Concord, NC
Tenor Participant - Choir of Choral Directors, singing Memorial Anthem, Metropolitan Music Ministries 22nd Annual Celebration of Music in Worship, Providence Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC
Tenor Soloist - Cantos De Las Americas, Songs of the Americas, Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez. Performed with the Carolina Voices
Performed at: St. Gabriel Catholic Church and at University City United Methodist Church, Charlotte, NC
Tenor Soloist - My Lovely Celia by George Munro Voice Master Classes - UNCC National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Belk Theatre, Charlotte, NC
2006 – 2010 Orchestra Conductor, Director and Founding Member, Cornelius Youth Orchestras, Cornelius, NC
2006 Tenor Soloist with Charlotte Civic Orchestra – Handel’s Messiah Tenor Soloist – First Presbyterian Church, Concord - Jesus My Joy by J.S. Bach; Ave Maria by Biebl
2005 – 2017 Tenor/Soloist, First Presbyterian Church, Concord, NC
2005 Guest Conductor, Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis
Performer, Indianapolis Opera Company – Lucia di Lammermoor
2004 Performer, Indianapolis Opera Company – Rigoletto, Barber of Seville, Madama Butterfly
Indianapolis Opera Company – Il Trovatore, Cast Role of “Messenger”
1998 to 2005 Tenor Section Leader, Indianapolis Second Presbyterian Church
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
RECORDING:
As Conductor and Director – Cornelius Youth Orchestras: Holiday of Hope (CD)
Cornelius Youth Orchestras: Noel! Again, We Say Noel! (CD)
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Recorded with the Saint Teresa del Niño Jesus Choral Group
Schola Cantorum: Anthology of the Venezuelan Madrigal, Vols. I and II , Works of the Guido D’Arezzo Contest, Christmas Carols, Catalan Music, Songs of Venezuela, French Music
Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN: Rejoice (CD) - Forty-one Titles including: Be Thou My Vision - Jubilate Deo - Walk as Children of Light - How Firm a Foundation - Nearer, My God, To Thee - Set Me as a Seal - Let All the World in Every Corner Sing - Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee - Lord of the Dance - Festival Piece on "Saint Anne" - Bell Carol - Now Thank We All Our God.
As Conductor and Director: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff with 100 voices and 60 instrumentalists (televised). The performance was repeated in the Teatro Teresa Careño, Caracas in the same year.
Beethoven’s Third Symphony; Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and the Egmont Overture
Peter and the Wolf – Prokofiev
CONCERT TOURS:
Lake Norman Orchestra: As Principal Conductor - Concert Tour to Washington D.C. for the Musical Celebration of Peace – Commemorating the End of World War II and the 150th Anniversary of the End of the Civil War
Lake Norman Orchestra: As Principal Conductor - European Tour to Vienna and Salzburg, Austria as part of the American Celebration of Music in Austria. Performed in Vienna at Minoritenkirche and Franz Josef Hall in Bad Ischl, Austria
Second Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir: European Tour to France and Switzerland. Performed in Montreux, Vitznau, Strasbourg Cathedral, Reims, Chartres Cathedral, and Paris, France
Second Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir: European Tour through Italy and Austria. Highlights included concerts at the Chiesa Santa Maria dei Ricci, Florence; Chiesa dei Miracoli, Venice; and Basilica di San Marco, Venice.
Artistic tour as a member of the National Youth Orchestra: Mexico (twice), Ecuador, Columbia (twice), Isla de Guadalupe, England, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal
Tours with different Choral groups and orchestras throughout South America:
Maracay, Valencia, Barquisimeto, Coro, Maracaibo, Merida, San Cristobal Philharmonic Choral Group of Caracas: Artistic tour to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Schola Cantorum de Caracas: Artistic tour to Italy, Spain, France and Austria. Artistic tour to Yugoslavia, Germany and Italy
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 Conducted Hemel Hempstead Orchestra in UK
2014 Conducted Venice Orchestra in Italy
2020 – Present Founder/Principal Conductor, The Lake Norman Philharmonic, Mooresville, NC
2008 - 2020 Music Director/ Principal Conductor, The Lake Norman Orchestra, Mooresville, NC
2008 Summer Voice Master Classes – Salzburg, Austria
2006 – 2010 Orchestra Conductor, Director and Founding Member, Cornelius Youth Orchestra
2005 – 2017 Tenor, First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir
1998 – 2005 Tenor Section Leader, Second Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir
1987 – 1996 Tenor Section Leader, Northminster Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir
1987 Organized budget and conducted the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra – Tenth PanAmerican Games in joint effort with Butler Symphony Orchestra and Kitchener- Waterloo Symphony Orchestra (Ontario, Canada)
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
RELATED SKILLS, CERTIFICATION, MEMBERSHIPS
Skills: Fluent in: English, Spanish and Italian
Computer literate using Microsoft Office and Educational Institution Software – Moodle, BlackBoard, Sibelius, Finale, SmartMusic, etc.
Professional Certification - North Carolina Professional Educator’s License SPII – Highly Qualified
Private Pilot License
EDUCATION
North Carolina Professional Teacher License SPII
Boston University – Additional studies in Music Education
M.M. Music Theory, Butler University – Jordan College of Fine Arts
B.A. Music, Butler University – Jordan College of Fine Arts
Relevant coursework in: Music Theory, Choir/Orchestra Conducting, Voice and Violin
SPECIALIZED STUDY
Orchestra Conducting Technique Master Classes under the direction of Maestro Ennio Nicotra, Ilya Musin Society Comune di Mirano, Mirano, Italy
2014 and 2015 International Conductors Workshop and Competition under the direction of Maestro Adrian Gnam and Maestro Robert Gutter, Atlanta, Georgia
Choral Music Workshop - University of Miami - Frost School of Music, under the direction of Alberto Grau
Violin study with Hidetaro Suzuki, former Concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Voice study master classes under the direction of Helena Lazarska, Professor of Music at the University of Music, Vienna, Austria, Founder and Artistic Director of the Polish Voice Festival and the International "Ada-Sari-Voice-Art-Competition". Ms. Lazarska taught at the Music Conservatories in Kato- wice, Gdansk, Krakow, at the University of Music Mozateum, and at the University of Music in Vienna.
Voice study under the direction of Andre Aerne, Jordan College of Fine Arts, Indiana
Conducting study under the direction of Jackson Wiley, Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis Music Director Emeritus, while at the Jordan College of Fine Arts, Indiana
Master Class of Music as participant of Schola Cantorum Jeunesses Musicales - emphasis on Claudio Monteverdi and repertoire from Venezuelan classical composers, Groznya, Yugoslavia
Orchestra Master Class and Music Appreciation at Aberdeen University, Scotland
Choral Conducting under the direction of Alberto Grau, founding director of the Schola Cantorum of Caracas and the University Orfeón Simón Bolivar, Professor and Training unit commander of Choral Direction of the University Institute of Musical Studies – IUDEM; participant in the Project of the Small Singers of the Schola, and Head of the Division of Sinfo'nico-Corales Assemblies of the Foundation Youthful National Orchestra of Venezuela.
Conducting, teaching and coordinating orchestra activities under Jose Antonio Abreu, Goodwill Ambassador for Music and for Peace of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) within the Orquestra Nacional Juvenil de Venezuela system (the Venezuelan National System of Children’s and Youth Orchestras and Choirs)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching
2016 – Present Orchestra/Band Conductor – Langtree Charter Academy, Mooresville, NC USA
2015 – 2016 Adjunct Music Faculty – Rowan Cabarrus Community College, NC USA
2011 – 2024 Strings Instructor & Orchestra Director – Gaston School of the Arts, Gastonia, NC USA
2010 – 2015 Band/Chorus Instructor & Conductor – Community School of Davidson High School, Davidson, NC USA
2010 – Present Principal Conductor and Co-Founder – Lake Norman Youth Orchestra, Cornelius, NC, USA
2009 – Present Adjunct Faculty, Music – Mitchell Community College, Statesville, NC USA
2006 – 2010 Principal Conductor and Co-Founder – Cornelius Youth Orchestras, Cornelius, NC, USA
2005 – 2010 Orchestra Director, Strings Instructor – Cannon School, Concord, NC, USA
1999 – 2003 Spanish/English Instructor Assistant – Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
1987 – 2000 Private Tutor - Violin
1985 – 1987 Director & Conductor of Merida Youth Orchestra, Merida, Venezuela
1983 –1984 Spanish Teacher Assistant, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Secondary School Teacher – Music - Maria Immaculada School, Caracas, Venezuela
- Secondary School Teacher – String Ensemble - Tiguitiguito School - Maracay, Venezuela
- Secondary School Teacher – Musical Group and String Ensemble - Calicanto School of Maracay, Venezuela
- Secondary School Teacher – Theory and Solfeggio - Jose Lorenzo Llamozas School of Music. String Ensemble Instructor, Caracas, Venezuela
- Taught theory and solfeo and directed musical groups in high schools throughout Caracas, Venezuela
Performing/Conducting
2013 - 2016 Advisor – Musical Minds - Huntersville, NC (An El Sistema inspired program)
2008 - Present Principal Conductor – The Lake Norman Orchestra, Mooresville, NC
2011 - 2014 Orchestra Director - Gaston School of the Arts, Gastonia, NC USA
2010 - Present Conductor – Lake Norman Youth Orchestra, Cornelius, NC
2007 Tenor Soloist - Suscepit Israel, from Magnificat by G.Pergolesi, with Orchestra ensemble, First Presbyterian Church, Concord, NC
Violinist - Dido & Aenas - 2007 UNCC Opera Production, Charlotte, NC
Co-Producer/Director – Musical Production, From Bernstein to Broadway, Black Box Theatre, Cannon School, Concord, NC
Tenor Participant - Choir of Choral Directors, singing Memorial Anthem, Metropolitan Music Ministries 22nd Annual Celebration of Music in Worship, Providence Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC
Tenor Soloist - Cantos De Las Americas, Songs of the Americas, Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez. Performed with the Carolina Voices
Performed at: St. Gabriel Catholic Church and at University City United Methodist Church, Charlotte, NC
Tenor Soloist - My Lovely Celia by George Munro Voice Master Classes - UNCC National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Belk Theatre, Charlotte, NC
2006 – 2010 Orchestra Conductor, Director and Founding Member, Cornelius Youth Orchestras, Cornelius, NC
2006 Tenor Soloist with Charlotte Civic Orchestra – Handel’s Messiah Tenor Soloist – First Presbyterian Church, Concord - Jesus My Joy by J.S. Bach; Ave Maria by Biebl
2005 – 2017 Tenor/Soloist, First Presbyterian Church, Concord, NC
2005 Guest Conductor, Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis
Performer, Indianapolis Opera Company – Lucia di Lammermoor
2004 Performer, Indianapolis Opera Company – Rigoletto, Barber of Seville, Madama Butterfly
Indianapolis Opera Company – Il Trovatore, Cast Role of “Messenger”
1998 to 2005 Tenor Section Leader, Indianapolis Second Presbyterian Church
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
- Violinist, Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Caracas, Venezuela
- Chorus Director, Santa Teresa del Niño Jesus School, Venezuela
- Band and Orchestra Conductor, Rios Reina 2nd. Summer Course, Tachira, Venezuela
- Solo Violinist, The Pied Piper of Hamelin: Opera Theatre of Maracay, Venezuela Concerts as solo violinist, Jose Angel Lamas Superior School of Music, Caracas, Venezuela
- Violinist, Orquesta Musica Antigua, Venezuela
- Guest solo violinist, Rubio House of Culture, Táchira, Venezuela
- Guest solo violinist, Rios Reina House of Culture, Tachira, Venezuela
- Orchestra Director, Rios Reina 1st. Summer Course, Tachira, Venezuela
- String Ensemble Director, Calicanto School, Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela
- String Ensemble, Director-Founder, Tiguitiguito School, Maracay, Venezuela
- Director-Founder and Coordinator, Jose Lorenzo Llamozas String Ensemble, including vocal works, Caracas, Venezuela
- Juan Mauel Olivares School of Music Choral Group, Venezuela
- Schola Cantorum de Caracas Choral Group, Venezuela
- Orfeon La Gran Colombia, Soloist
- Founding Member, Philharmonic Choral Group of Caracas
RECORDING:
As Conductor and Director – Cornelius Youth Orchestras: Holiday of Hope (CD)
Cornelius Youth Orchestras: Noel! Again, We Say Noel! (CD)
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Recorded with the Saint Teresa del Niño Jesus Choral Group
Schola Cantorum: Anthology of the Venezuelan Madrigal, Vols. I and II , Works of the Guido D’Arezzo Contest, Christmas Carols, Catalan Music, Songs of Venezuela, French Music
Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN: Rejoice (CD) - Forty-one Titles including: Be Thou My Vision - Jubilate Deo - Walk as Children of Light - How Firm a Foundation - Nearer, My God, To Thee - Set Me as a Seal - Let All the World in Every Corner Sing - Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee - Lord of the Dance - Festival Piece on "Saint Anne" - Bell Carol - Now Thank We All Our God.
As Conductor and Director: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff with 100 voices and 60 instrumentalists (televised). The performance was repeated in the Teatro Teresa Careño, Caracas in the same year.
Beethoven’s Third Symphony; Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and the Egmont Overture
Peter and the Wolf – Prokofiev
CONCERT TOURS:
Lake Norman Orchestra: As Principal Conductor - Concert Tour to Washington D.C. for the Musical Celebration of Peace – Commemorating the End of World War II and the 150th Anniversary of the End of the Civil War
Lake Norman Orchestra: As Principal Conductor - European Tour to Vienna and Salzburg, Austria as part of the American Celebration of Music in Austria. Performed in Vienna at Minoritenkirche and Franz Josef Hall in Bad Ischl, Austria
Second Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir: European Tour to France and Switzerland. Performed in Montreux, Vitznau, Strasbourg Cathedral, Reims, Chartres Cathedral, and Paris, France
Second Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir: European Tour through Italy and Austria. Highlights included concerts at the Chiesa Santa Maria dei Ricci, Florence; Chiesa dei Miracoli, Venice; and Basilica di San Marco, Venice.
Artistic tour as a member of the National Youth Orchestra: Mexico (twice), Ecuador, Columbia (twice), Isla de Guadalupe, England, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal
Tours with different Choral groups and orchestras throughout South America:
Maracay, Valencia, Barquisimeto, Coro, Maracaibo, Merida, San Cristobal Philharmonic Choral Group of Caracas: Artistic tour to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Schola Cantorum de Caracas: Artistic tour to Italy, Spain, France and Austria. Artistic tour to Yugoslavia, Germany and Italy
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 Conducted Hemel Hempstead Orchestra in UK
2014 Conducted Venice Orchestra in Italy
2020 – Present Founder/Principal Conductor, The Lake Norman Philharmonic, Mooresville, NC
2008 - 2020 Music Director/ Principal Conductor, The Lake Norman Orchestra, Mooresville, NC
2008 Summer Voice Master Classes – Salzburg, Austria
2006 – 2010 Orchestra Conductor, Director and Founding Member, Cornelius Youth Orchestra
2005 – 2017 Tenor, First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir
1998 – 2005 Tenor Section Leader, Second Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir
1987 – 1996 Tenor Section Leader, Northminster Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir
1987 Organized budget and conducted the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra – Tenth PanAmerican Games in joint effort with Butler Symphony Orchestra and Kitchener- Waterloo Symphony Orchestra (Ontario, Canada)
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
- Ilya Musin Society Comune di Mirano - Conducting
- University of Miami - Frost School of Music- Choral Music Workshop
- Diplom Internationale Sommerakademie Universitat Mozarteum Salzburg – Singing Performance
- Certificate of Recognition from The Honorable Dr. Heinz Schaden, Mayor of Salzburg, Austria
- Certificate of Recognition from The European Culture Initiative for the Young Generation, presented by Dr. Dr.h.c. Jutta Unkart-Seifert, Vienna, Austria
- Who’s Who in Venezuela
- Frailejonde Oro por Montaje de la Cantata Carmina Burana (Venezuela’s Highest Award for the Performing Arts)
- Diploma – Director, Founder and Technical Director of the Rios Reina 1st Summer Course of Music, Tachira, Venezuela
- Diploma – Venezuelan Concert Association, Jose Llamozas School of Music
- Diploma – Schola Cantorum de Caracas as member of the same
- Medal – Founding Member of the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Caracas, Venezuela
- Performance Diploma of the Jose Lorenzo Llamozas Musical Group, Maracay, Venezuela
- First Prize – Tenor member of the Schola Cantorum de Caracas, International Choir Competition, Guido D’Arezzo, Italy
RELATED SKILLS, CERTIFICATION, MEMBERSHIPS
Skills: Fluent in: English, Spanish and Italian
Computer literate using Microsoft Office and Educational Institution Software – Moodle, BlackBoard, Sibelius, Finale, SmartMusic, etc.
Professional Certification - North Carolina Professional Educator’s License SPII – Highly Qualified
Private Pilot License