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Allen Tinkham

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Member Bio Allen Tinkham is increasingly recognized as one of the most inspiring and exciting conductors and teachers of his generation. He is hailed by the Chicago Tribune as both a conductor and teacher, described as working “wonders” conducting with “uncanny control” and as one of Chicago’s most important “educators, mentors and inspirational guides in the training of tomorrow’s orchestral professionals.” As the Music Director of CYSO, Tinkham oversees artistic programming and faculty and leads the Symphony Orchestra as well as CORE, CYSO’s select chamber orchestra. Tinkham led the Symphony Orchestra in its Carnegie Hall debut, first live broadcast, first recording release, and seven international tours on four continents. CYSO’s Symphony Orchestra, internationally acclaimed as “one of the country’s most famous youth outfits” (Muso Magazine), is regularly broadcast by WFMT and has received numerous Illinois Council of Orchestras Youth Orchestra of the Year and Programming of the Year awards. As an advocate and champion of contemporary music, Tinkham has won nine American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) National Awards for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. Tinkham is also the Music Director of the Chicago Composers Orchestra, Chicago’s only professional orchestra performing exclusively the works of living composers. In high demand as a guest conductor and educator, Tinkham has conducted summer festivals and NAfME All-State Orchestras throughout the U.S. including the All-Eastern and All-Northwest Orchestras. He was the Assistant Conductor for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s holiday concerts for six seasons, and he has guest conducted the Colorado Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and the Members of Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Tinkham attended the Eastman School of Music, University of Michigan School of Music, and American Academy of Conducting of the Aspen Music Festival. He was invited to the 14th International Nicolai Malko Competition and the 4th International Conductors Competition Sir Georg Solti and is a laureate of the League of American Orchestras Bruno Walter Conductor Preview. Tinkham began his career as Apprentice Conductor at the Oregon Symphony and before the end of his apprenticeship was appointed Music Director of CYSO—the youngest to win the post in its history.
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Mr. Chelsea Tipton II

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Member Bio American conductor Chelsea Tipton, II, has won over audiences and critics alike with his vibrant musicality, accessibility, versatility, and commitment to Arts education. He is in his twelfth season as Music Director of The Symphony of Southeast Texas and seventh season as Principal Pops Conductor with New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Tipton served as Resident Conductor of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra for seven exceptionally successful seasons and also served as Associate Conductor of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra for four seasons. This season, when not on stage at the Julie Rogers Theater in Beaumont, Tipton will be found guest conducting Toledo Symphony Orchestra, The Colour of Music Festival (Charleston, SC), Lake Charles Symphony and the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra. He will also be serving as conductor for a special concert with Pop artist Sting with his hometown orchestra, the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. A decided change of venue that spotlighted the maestro’s versatility occurred during the summer of 2011 when Tipton was chosen to accompany Sting on an extensive European tour. This tour covered 15 countries where Tipton worked with 19 different European orchestras; his task was to prepare the musicians for the concerts. Tipton not only rehearsed the orchestras, but also performed with Sting in concert in the Canary Islands, Granada, and Cap Roig, Spain. As a sought-after guest conductor, Tipton has appeared with numerous major orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana (Palermo), Dohnanyi Symphony Orchestra (Budapest), Atlanta Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Louisiana Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony, Memphis Symphony, and the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra among others. One highlight of Tipton’s career, he was requested by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner to serve as the conductor for the Memorial concert celebrating the life of Former President George Bush on the steps of City Hall with the Houston Symphony Orchestra. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra recognized Tipton with its first annual Aspire Award recipient. This award identifies accomplished professional musicians who are African American or Latino who also demonstrate a tremendous commitment to community, music education, and inclusiveness. The Neches River Festival in Beaumont also honored Tipton with the Citizen of the Year was honored to receive the Community Spotlight Award from Capital One Bank for community leadership in Beaumont. Tipton earned a Master of Music degree in orchestral conducting from Northern Illinois University and a Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance from the Eastman School of Music, with additional studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
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Dr. Robert Tomaro

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Member Bio Robert Tomaro has been the Conductor and Music Director of the Beloit Janesville Symphony Orchestra since 1999. He holds a Master’s Degree and Ph.D. in Music Composition from New York University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University. Robert Tomaro's engagements include concerts and recordings with The London Symphony Orchestra, The Slovak Radio Orchestra, The Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra of Poland, The Black Sea Philharmonic of Rumania, The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra of the Czech Republic and many orchestras throughout the United States including the Rockford Symphony, the Dubuque Symphony, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Lima Symphony, the Fairbanks Symphony and the Santa Cruz County Symphony Orchestra. He has toured throughout Scandinavia, England, France, and Eastern Europe. In 2003, he was honored to be chosen by Maestro Christoph Eschenbach for The Christoph Eschenbach International Masterclass with the Crakow Sinfonietta in Crakow, Poland. ​A prolific composer and arranger, he has just been nominated for a Grammy Award by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the category of “Best Vocal and Instrumental” arrangement for the title composition of his new CD ‘Broken Angel’ with rock artist Susan Aquila. The CD has also been nominated for a Grammy as “Best Rock Album of the year”. ​ He is an arts correspondent for the Rock River Times newspaper and the Classical Editor for Cashbox Magazine.
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Mr. Carl Topilow

Cleveland Pops Orchestra
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Member Bio Carl Topilow is renowned worldwide for his versatility, whether he is holding a conductor's baton or his trademark red clarinet. He is a multi-talented virtuoso who is equally at home in classical and popular music both as conductor and instrumentalist. Carl's pops performances blend the music of Broadway and Hollywood, as well as popular music, light classics and jazz, often finding an occasion to include a number on his array of brightly colored clarinets. His unique approach to pops programming includes extensive audience involvement and true showmanship. Following his longtime dream of conducting his own pops orchestra, Carl founded the Cleveland Pops Orchestra. The orchestra, currently in its 23rd season, plays its subscription series in Severance Hall and performs in several other locations throughout Ohio. The Cleveland Pops Orchestra's diverse, innovative and electrifying programs have been critically acclaimed. The orchestra has three CDs, Music to Grow On, an exciting collection of music for children and adults of all ages, Live at the Pops, a stirring compilation of music taken from live performances, and a 20th anniversary CD, which includes a selection of live performances taken from concerts over a span from the past decade. Carl is Music Director and Conductor of the National Repertory Orchestra, a summer music festival based in beautiful Breckenridge, Colorado. He has assisted in the training of talented young musicians and conductors for positions in symphonic orchestras in the United States and abroad. In 2008, Carl was appointed Music Director and Conductor of the the Firelands Symphony Orchestra, based in Sandusky, OH. During Topilow's tenure with the orchestra, the number of subscriptions has increased from 56 to 550. Featured soloists have included pianists Sergei Babayan, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, and Daniil Trifonov, violinists Danielle Belen, Andres Cardenes, Jaime Laredo, Kurt Nikkanen, cellist Sharon Robinson, guitarist Jason Vieaux, trumpeters Michael Sachs and Alan Siebert, and winners of the Sphinx Competition and Cleveland International Piano Competition. Carl served as Conductor and Director of the Orchestral Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music for 37 years. Graduates of his masters program in orchestral conducting can be found as maestros with several leading orchestras. He was named Faculty Emeritus after his years of service at CIM. Carl has also served as Principal Pops Conductor for the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra in Ft. Myers, Florida, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, and the Mansfield (OH) Symphony Orchestra. As a guest conductor, Carl has appeared around the world with more than 120 orchestras, in 37 states in the USA, as well as orchestras in Canada, China, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland and Venezuela. In addition to his busy conducting schedule, Carl avidly pursues his passion for performing as clarinetist.
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Mr. Adam Torres

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Member Bio For conductor Adam A Torres, music offers more than entertainment: it provides insights to the greatest aspects of humanity. Torres’ belief in the transformative power of music emanates in everything he does, on the podium, behind a piano, in his private studio, and in lecture halls. His passion and musical expression help him maintain an active profile across the United States and beyond, and his work is heard by tens of thousands of patrons annually. Beginning in the 2022-2023 Season, Adam will begin his new appointments as Music Director of Stratus Chamber Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Colorado Springs Chorale alongside his work as Senior Instructor at Colorado State University and Music Director and Organist of St. Timothy's Episcopal Centennial. ​ Recent positions for Torres, a Denver-based artist, include Principal Conductor for Loveland Opera Theatre and Hyperprism Music, and other conducting engagements include work with St. Louis Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Denver Young Artists Orchestra, Fort Collins Symphony, Cheyenne Symphony, Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Chamber Orchestra of the Rockies, and the Colorado Pops Orchestra. Professional opera work includes appearances with Opera Fort Collins, Opera Steamboat, Opera Orvieto (Orvieto, Italy). Adam recently completed a trip to Paris and Köln to apprentice with conductor Cristian Măcelaru, the Orchestre National de France, and WDR Sinfonieorchester, and will travel with the Colorado Springs Chorale in June 2022 for performances in Normandy, France as the official choir of the ceremonies commemorating D-Day. Advancing the joy of music for students and enthusiasts from diverse backgrounds is a priority for Maestro Torres. In addition to serving on the faculty of Colorado State University, he has assisted with community programs such as El Sistema Colorado and served as a clinician in public schools in Colorado and Texas. Other community and student engagement projects include work with ensembles such as the Alpharetta Symphony, Fort Collins’ Health and Wellness Orchestra, Bas Bleu Theatre, San Angelo Symphony Chorus, Colorado State University Orchestra and CSU Opera, Angelo State University Wind Ensemble, and Angelo Civic Theater. Torres has also ventured into popular music styles, performing with groups such as Nashville’s Absinthe Junk and “The Superheroes” Rock Band of the Colorado Pops Orchestra.
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Dr. Paulo Torres

AdventHealth Daytona Beach, FL.
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Member Bio Violinist, conductor and teacher of international renown having majored in violin by School of Music and Fine Arts of Parana, BR. Bachelor of Music Education (BSMED) from Tennessee Technological University, USA, Master of Music (MMUS) from Andrews University, USA and a Doctorate in Musical Arts (DMA) by Michigan State University, USA. Extension courses in Conducting, Violin and Music History at the following universities: Virginia Commonwealth University USA, Indiana University in Bloomington USA, Western Michigan University in Lausanne SWITZERLAND, University of Michigan, USA, Berklee College of Music, USA and Yale University, USA. Extension courses in Social Entrepreneurship, Health, Psychology, Philosophy, Religion, Astronomy, Clinical Pastoral Education, Medicine and the Arts: Humanizing Healthcare and Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Palliative Care, Mental Health and Resilience for Healthcare Workers at University of Oxford, UK, Karolinska Institutet, SWEDEN, Wageningen University and Research Center, HOLLAND, Stanford University, USA, University of California, Berkeley, USA, The University of Queensland, AUSTRALIA, MIT- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, Harvard University, USA, Boston University, USA, Florida Hospital – AHS/ACPE, USA, University of Cape Town, University of Colorado, USA and University of Toronto, CANADA respectively. Performed over 4000 concerts as concertmaster, soloist and conductor of numerous professional orchestras in the Americas and Europe. Participated as Faculty of several US universities and international music festivals.
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Ms. Cia Toscanini

ASCAP
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Cate Triola

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Robert Trocina

Gwinnett Symphony, Inc.
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Member Bio Robert Trocina is Artistic Director and Founding Conductor of Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra (Georgia) since 2006, and Music Director of The Georgia Ballet since 2019. In 2024 he was appointed Artistic Director and Conductor of Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra, and he serves as Music Director of Korean American Symphony Orchestra, a “friendship” orchestra that performs celebration concerts in Georgia and Alabama for milestones in the South Korea-United States alliance. Trocina serves as Executive Director of New School of Music since 1997. As Music Director of Northeast Atlanta Ballet for 14 seasons, Trocina conducted over 150 classical ballet productions including Prokofiev’s Cinderella, Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, among others, until the Covid-19 pandemic officially ended the orchestra’s run with NEAB. He made his Opera debut as Guest Conductor of Capitol City Opera, where he conducted acclaimed performances of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Mozart’s The Impreserio. In addition to these appointments, Trocina maintains an active international presence. Notably, he served as Principal Guest Conductor of Starkenburg Philharmoniker (Germany), where he lead concerts on the prestigious Neujahrskonzerts Series in 2018 and 2019. He recently served as Guest Conductor of Chernivtsi Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine) and Bad Vilbeler Kammerorchester (Germany), where he will make a return engagement in June of 2024. A mainstay in the Atlanta arts community, Trocina served as Guest Conductor of Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra, Atlanta Musicians Orchestra, Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra, and was Associate Conductor of Atlanta Wind Symphony from 1998-2003. He recently served as Guest Conductor of West Virginia State Philharmonic Orchestra, and his work has involved productions in theaters and on stages across the United States, as well as Canada, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ukraine and Sweden. With a lifetime commitment to youth education, Trocina serves as Executive Director/CEO of New School of Music (NSM), which he co-founded in 1997. In this position he oversees the music education of approximately 1500 students spanning five campuses. Trocina served as Music Director of Gwinnett Children's and Youth Orchestras from 1997-2006. In 2007, Trocina renamed the youth orchestra as Gwinnett Symphony Youth Orchestra and assigned it under the umbrella of Gwinnett Symphony. GSYO musicians now receive substantial exposure to the musicians of GSO, notably performing in an annual “Side-by-Side” concert. Trocina co-founded the Rising Star Concerto Competition, where competition winners performed their winning work with Gwinnett Symphony for seven seasons. Under Trocina’s Artistic Direction, Gwinnett Symphony Musical Arts Consortium (GSMAC) has grown to include the symphony orchestra, symphony chorus, chamber orchestra, wind orchestra, chamber singers, jazz orchestra, and youth orchestra. He recently organized a Ukraine benefit concert that raised over $20,000 to support humanitarian needs during the war, and the symphony chorus performed Rene Clausen’s Memorial in Lincoln Center (NY) on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. He has developed concerts featuring world premier performances, such as Andrew Webb-Mitchell’s Songs of Awe and Wonder, for which the composer traveled from China to attend, and Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by Venezuelan composer, Jose Manuel Garcia. For eight seasons GSMAC has hosted winners of the International Conductors Workshop and Competition as Guest Conductors of Gwinnett Symphony. Born in New Jersey and raised in the Atlanta arts community, Trocina first discovered classical music at the age of 9 when he began playing trumpet, and subsequently immersed himself in all things musical throughout his school-aged years. He is a graduate of the Bailey School of Music at Kennesaw State University and completed further studies in orchestral conducting at Georgia State University. He studied He studied conducting under Patricio Cobos, William Fred Scott and Steven Byess, and trumpet under Mark Hughes, Jim Thompson and Stephen Winnick. He is a member of The League of American Orchestras and Georgia Music Educators Association. Robert Trocina’s repertoire list, concert archives, and press materials may be found at RobertTrocina.com.
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Roz Trubger

Trubcher Publishing
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