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Kevin Garza

Greater North Texas Youth Orchestras
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Member Bio Kevin Garza is a conductor consistently known for his exciting and expressive performances, a composer, and trombonist. He has a background in music education spanning 10 years. From 2014-2017, he was heavily involved in the school band programs in New Albany, IN and the surrounding Louisville, KY area. He taught private lessons on all brass instruments and was on the marching band staff for New Albany High School (NAHS). Kevin composed two original marching shows for NAHS, Destinations (2015) and Crest & Crown (2016), as part of the marching program’s revival after a period of dissolution. As a trombonist in the area, he frequently performed as principal trombone with community groups Brass Band of Louisville and the Louisville Winds. From 2017-2020, Mr. Garza taught in the Dallas/Fort Worth area as a low brass private lesson instructor in Forney ISD, trombone masterclass instructor in Mesquite ISD, and All-Region/State clinician for DeSoto and Garland ISDs. Later in 2020 he served as the Director of Orchestras at Williams High School in Plano ISD until 2024. He taught and conducted three string orchestras and a full symphony orchestra. Mr. Garza made several improvements and contributions as Williams High School’s new orchestra director, stepping in during October of the pandemic for his first year teaching. After the pandemic, he rebuilt and rebranded the orchestra program when on-site learning fully returned. He organized and hosted “Viva Viola,” a one-of-a-kind event for Plano East Cluster viola students, where 2 corporate sponsors paid for over 100 participants to learn from and perform with a distinguished viola professor in the DFW area. Additionally, the Williams High School Chamber Orchestra earned a sweepstakes at UIL Contest for three consecutive years under his direction. Together with the support of parent volunteers, WHS campus administration, and Plano ISD Fine Arts administration, his most significant contribution to the orchestra program was reestablishing its non-profit organization in 2024: the Williams High School Orchestra Booster Club. Today, the Booster Club continues to provide students with additional opportunities, funding, and experiences not seen since 2015. Mr. Garza signed on to conduct the GNTYO Symphony Orchestra in 2023 and enjoys conducting a blend of pops, standard repertoire, and at times his own compositions. In 2024, the GNTYO Symphony gave the world premiere of his string orchestra piece and when the snow fell we loved you still (2024) with Garza at the podium. He is very dedicated to the organization and enjoys watching the Symphony Orchestra grow in membership and musicianship. In addition to the GNTYO Symphony, he served as the Interim Conductor for the East Texas Youth Orchestra (ETYO) Philharmonic in 2021, as well as the GNTYO Philharmonic in 2023. In addition to his current work as a youth orchestra conductor and composer, Mr. Garza is a member of the McKinney Philharmonic Orchestra’s Administrative Staff, serving as Ticketing Director. He is dedicated to assisting MPO and Artistic Director Jason Lim in giving outstanding public performances, and providing patrons with world-class concert experiences in McKinney, TX. Mr. Garza holds a Bachelor of Music in composition from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, and a Master of Music in conducting from the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. He studied conducting with Paul Phillips as the Assistant Conductor of the Meadows Symphony Orchestra; trombone with Carl Lenthe; piano with Alfred Mouledous; and composition with Elliott Bark, Don Freund, and Aaron Travers.
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Julian

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Member Bio As a conductor, I work primarily in orchestras and musical theatre. Most of my conducting throughout the years happened at Brown University, from which I graduated in May 2015 with concentrations in music and math. There, I ran the Brown University Chamber Orchestra, a student-led ensemble of about 40 musicians. The picture on the home page comes from our performance of Sibelius 6 in from November 2019. Other than that, I was music director for four shows - West Side Story, Orpheus in the Underworld, The Soldier's Tale, and Into the Woods (pit only). I'll be starting a master's degree in orchestral conducting at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, probably starting in spring 2021. Aside from conducting, I play various instruments - the piano, the cello, and various percussion instruments. With these I've performed as a part of various orchestras and chamber groups, as well as an accompanist. I've also been active as a composer, having written for many friends at many times. For various musical tasks, I'm quite good at engraving music in LilyPond. Outside of music, I enjoy modernist literature, vegan cooking, certain video games, and valuable friendships. I can also be found on platforms such as YouTube, where I intend to post some more videos of my music, and Twitch, where I stream piano playing on certain evenings.
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Ms. Victoria Gau

Capital City Symphony, Cantate
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Member Bio Lauded by critics for her “strong sense of style and drama” (The Washington Post) and her “enthusiastic and perceptive conducting”, conductor Victoria Gau brings a wide range of musical experience and expertise to her work. Ms. Gau is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Capital City Symphony (DC). In 2019 she left a nine-year tenure as Associate Conductor of National Philharmonic to assume the role of Music Director of Cantate, where she now conducts both the Cantate Chamber Singers and the new Concert Choir. Maestra Gau is well-known in the Washington DC area for her work music directing opera. She has served as Artistic Director and Music Director/Conductor of the Other Opera Company in Bethesda, Maryland, which she co-founded in 1992. She has also served as music director for such Washington area companies as The Washington Savoyards, Victorian Lyric Opera Company, Annapolis Opera Musicales, the Eldbrook Opera Ensemble, and the IN-Series. Ms. Gau has served on the opera faculty at George Mason University, and worked with vocalists privately and in the Crittenden Opera Studio. She has toured with Odyssey Opera Theatre and the Baltimore Opera Company, performing educational outreach in schools throughout the state of Maryland. Ms. Gau has a passion for fostering ongoing expression in music and is known as a strong advocate for American composers, with a particular interest in female and BIPOC composers. Her interests extend to supporting young artists. She recently founded the Cantate Young Artists of Color program, where the chorus facilitates opportunities for and mentorship of young artists who are in residence for a season. Gau is in demand as a leader of concerts for young audiences as well as a conductor and string educator at youth orchestra festivals and workshops. For a number of years she conducted National Philharmonic’s annual concerts for Montgomery County 2nd graders as well as the Junior Summer String Institute Orchestra. She is the former conductor of the Young Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, an elite group of string players from the DC Youth Orchestra Program, as well as the Akron Youth Symphony, and has conducted youth orchestra festivals in Virginia, Ohio, and New York. Gau has conducted Side-by Side events with DC-area youth orchestras and the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, the SOGO Conservatory Orchestra (Olympia, WA), the Vermont All-State Orchestra Festival, and the Maryland Senior All-State Orchestra. She is in demand in the region as an orchestral clinician, and teaches conducting both privately and at workshops, most recently at the 2022 American String Teachers National Conference. Orchestral guest conducting includes the Open Page Ensemble, Alexandria (VA) and Akron (OH) Symphonies, the Friday Morning Music Club Orchestra, and the Kennedy Center Messiah Sing-Along. She has been active as Artistic Director of the Takoma Ensemble and is the former Conductor and Music Director of the Richmond Philh
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Andrew Gekoskie

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Member Bio American born conductor Andrew Gekoskie has continued to expand his presence on the American and Worldwide musical scenes in orchestral conducting as well as music education outreach. His grasp of the literature enables him to develop programs with flair, depth, and innovation. His artistic vision, experience, and abilities transform his passion of the repertoire into well-coordinated programs that have been critically acclaimed. In demand as a conductor, Gekoskie is Director of Music/Conductor of the Orchestra X Project in Northern Virginia, a professional orchestra specializing in new music and presenting classical music in new and innovative ways. With over 39 years of experience as a performing pianist and 28 years as a conductor, Gekoskie has conducted throughout the U.S. and Europe, and has been recognized by colleagues, performers, international organizations, and leading professionals. Making his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in 2003, Gekoskie has conducted ensembles in many major venues in the U.S. and Europe.
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Mr. Michael Gesme

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Member Bio Michael Gesme is a Professor of Music at Central Oregon Community College and Chair of the Department of Fine Arts and Communication. In this wonderfully diverse position, Michael, in addition to his duties with the Central Oregon Symphony, conducts the Cascade Winds Symphonic Band and has taught various and sundry music courses, including music theory, ear training, music history, and conducting, as part of a small, but flourishing music department. In addition to his duties at COCC, Michael serves as conductor of the Central Oregon Chamber Orchestra and is the music director and conductor of orchestras of the Young Musicians and Artists (YMA) summer camp held in Salem, Oregon. He is also an active clinician and adjudicator in the region. Michael has served as music director of the Linfield Chamber Orchestra and the Missouri Chamber Orchestra and has appeared as a guest conductor with several ensembles including the Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra, Salem Chamber Orchestra, and Wenatchee Valley Symphony. He received his bachelor’s degree from Luther College (Decorah, IA) and his master’s degree in orchestral conducting from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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Mark Gibson

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Member Bio Mark Gibson, director of orchestral studies at CCM since 1998, enjoys a career that spans three continents, guest conducting and teaching from Munich to Manila. Prior to his arrival in Cincinnati, Gibson served as principal conductor of the Alabama Symphony, visiting director of orchestral studies at the Eastman School of Music and music director of the New York City Opera National Company, among other posts. He was artistic director of the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca in Italy and director of the opera conducting course at CCM Spoleto. Presently artistic director of CCM’s unique immersion program, the Summer Opera Bootcamp, he is also Head of the Conducting Institute at the Miami Music Festival. Gibson's conducting credits include the Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Omaha Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera Pacific, New Orleans Opera, Cleveland Opera, Chautauqua Opera and Spoleto U.S.A. International appearances include Central Opera of Beijing; orchestras in Beijing, Chengdu, Xi’an, Tianjin, Shenzhen and Qingdao, China; the Opera de Valencia; Opera de Malaga; and Gran Teatre del Liceu in Spain, the Bochum Symphoniker in Germany, the KBS Symphony Orchestra, COOP and Seoul Symphony Orchestras in Korea, and the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra in Manila. He leads master classes and concerts at many conservatories and orchestras in the US and internationally, including the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, Seoul National University, National Taiwan Normal University, the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya in Barcelona, and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. His students have won top prizes in the Malko, Pedrotti, Solti, Mahler, Flick, Jeunesses Musicales, Dorati, OFUNAM, Blue Danube, Li Delun, Nikisch, and Maazel conducting competitions. Notable performances include opera galas at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing and the American concert premiere of the complete, five-act Paris Opera version (1867) of Verdi’s Don Carlos.In 2017, Oxford University Press released Mr. Gibson’s highly acclaimed book on conducting and musical matters, “The Beat Stops Here.” He is presently at work on the long-anticipated 8th edition of the classic text, “The Modern Conductor,” for Oxford.
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Molly Gibson

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Member Bio Molly Elizabeth Gibson’s essence lies in the genres of Pop Classical and Irish music, and you just might hear her sing in Gaelic… She joined Celtic Angels (CMI Entertainment, Dir. Louise Barry, MDs Peter Sheridan and Daniel Thompson) as a lead vocalist for their March 2021 tour and went on to perform again with them on their Christmas 2021, spring 2022, and spring 2023 tours as their Swing. She taped for Ethan Bortnick’s PBS talent show, Celebration of Music, for national PBS, was a contestant on Celebration of Music’s PBS Gainesville competition, opened for Damian McGinty (of Celtic Thunder, Glee) at Eddie Owen Presents: Red Clay Music Foundry, performed with Savannah’s Irish gem, Harry O’Donoghue, at the Tybee Post Theater, was Angie Aparo’s opening act at Eddie’s Attic, opened for Deep Shag at Smith’s Olde Bar, returned to Smith’s Olde Bar as a co-headliner, and performed the part of Liesl von Trapp in The Sound of Music in Concert. She also studied under Lisa Kelly (formerly of Celtic Woman) at her studio, The Lisa Kelly Voice Academy, was a top ten finalist in Take The Floor 2014’s search for a vocalist, and won first place in an Irish singing competition. Alongside her stage performing, Molly Elizabeth has released multiple recordings across all platforms. Her first release to music platforms was the lullaby, “Lavender’s Blue,” reaching over 500,000 streams. The recording was released in the summer of 2020 following her music video release of the same title in April. She then released a Christmas EP later that year, titled “Merry Christmas,” including the tracks “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)” and “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” In early 2022 she released two new tracks, a Stephen Foster classic, “Beautiful Dreamer,” and one of Ireland’s own, “Teddy O’Neill.” In 2023 her recording for The Inventors movie, “The Power Inside,” was released, as well as her first of three recordings on Alex Trygstad’s original album. All recordings are available on Spotify and/or YouTube.
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Michael Giel

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Member Bio Michael Giel has served as Principal Conductor for the Capitol City Opera Company in Atlanta since 2010 and is also the Associate Conductor for the California Piano Concerto Festival in San Jose, CA. Praised for his “infectious onstage energy” and “vivacious demeanor,” (Arts ATL), he is currently in his third season as the conductor of the LaGrange Symphony Youth Orchestra. Most recently, he has conducted the Atlanta Pops Orchestra in and around metro Atlanta. Michael is in his 19th year of teaching and is currently the Director of Orchestras at Dunwoody High School. He received his Bachelor of Music Performance and a Bachelor of Music Education from Valdosta State University and completed a Master of Music in Music Education from the University of Georgia. Michael served as the Orchestra Director for the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program at Valdosta State University from 2008 to 2014 and has been a clinician for the Atlanta Public, Cherokee, DeKalb, Fulton, and Muscogee County orchestra festivals. As a violinist and violist, he has performed with several orchestras in Georgia and Florida including the Savannah Philharmonic, Gwinnett Philharmonic, Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, Ocmulgee Symphony, Gainesville (GA) Symphony, Albany (GA) Symphony, Coastal Symphony of Georgia, Rome (GA) Symphony, Atlanta Pops Orchestra, Ludwig Symphony Orchestra, Da Salo Solisti Chamber Orchestra, LaGrange Symphony, and the Central Florida Symphony. In the modern music arena, Michael has performed with and for artists such as the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Josh Groban, Chloe Agnew (Celtic Woman), John Driskell Hopkins (Zac Brown Band), Debby Boone, Il Volo, Debbie Reynolds, Barry Manilow, Michael Bolton, Evanescence, the Oprah Winfrey Show, Sarah Brightman, Lindsey Stirling, and Il Divo. Michael is a native of Atlanta and lives in Brookhaven with his wife Catherine, who is a concert pianist, and both play in the rock band Full Service featuring Catherine on keyboard and Michael on electric bass. In his spare time, Michael is an avid tennis player and outdoor enthusiast.
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Renee Gilliland

University of Colorado
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Member Bio Renee Gilliland conducts the University of Colorado at Boulder Campus Orchestra where she is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree under the instruction of Maestro Gary Lewis. She is also the Music Director of the Anschutz Medical Campus Symphony Orchestra in Aurora, Colorado and Cover Conductor of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra in Boulder, Colorado. Renee was recently awarded an Artist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Denver where she was the Assistant Conductor of the Lamont School of Music Symphony and Opera Theater Orchestras. Last season Renee was also the Associate Conductor of the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra. This summer Gilliland had the opportunity to conduct Strauss's Perpetuum Mobile with the El Paso Symphony as a guest at their Pop Goes the Fort Fourth of July performance at Fort Bliss. In August 2018, Gilliland had the opportunity to conduct Beethoven and Berlioz in performance with the Lviv Philharmonic in Ukraine at the International Conducting Workshop and Festival. Gilliland has also served as guest conductor for the Boulder Concert Band conducting five of their summer concert series performances. She has also guest conducted the Cleveland Pops in Cleveland, Tennessee. Other ensembles she has worked with at international and national workshops include the New Symphony Orchestra in Bulgaria, the Martinu Philharmonic in the Czech Republic, and groups in Chicago, Connecticut, and New York. Gilliland also holds a Master of Music in Viola Performance with an outside area in Conducting from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Certificate of Violin Performance from the University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music. Gilliland has performed as a section violinist and violist with ensembles such as the Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra in Washington, D.C., with the Richmond and Columbus, Indiana Orchestras, as well as Las Cruces, New Mexico, Brazos Valley, and El Paso, Texas Symphony Orchestras. Gilliland was selected to perform with the first International YouTube Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas and performed as a Young Artist Competition Winner with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Gurer Aykal. Gilliland formerly served as the String Instructor at Blinn College in Brenham, Texas and as Director of Orchestras at Morton Ranch High School in Katy, Texas. Her orchestras received superior ratings and sweepstakes awards in competitions in and outside of the state of Texas. She enjoys guest conducting for All-Region and local orchestras as well as judging at region, area and state levels. Most recently Gilliland was a guest clinician and conductor for the Denver Public Schools Intermediate Orchestra in the Citywide Orchestra Festival.
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John Gingrich

John Gingrich Management
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