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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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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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James Truher
Kirkland Civic Orchestra
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Member Bio James has been a professional musician since 1982. He has degrees in Vocal Performance and Choral Conducting as well as study toward a Masters of Arts in Musicology from California State University at Los Angeles. In 1983 Jim made his conducting debut with the Pasadena Chorale and Orchestra with his orchestration of ‘Rejoice in the Lamb’ by Benjamin Britten. Jim has studied conducting with Roger Wagner, William Hatcher and Sergio Siminovich and specializes in music from the Medieval to Baroque periods. Locally, he conducted the Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major and Vaughan Williams 3rd symphony in the Northwest Mahler Festival reading sessions in 2004 and 2014, and has sung with the Tudor choir. James served as the Assistant Conductor for the Lake Union Civic Orchestra for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons. Jim joined the Microsoft Corporation in 1999. He is currently a Senior Software Engineer in the Azure organization. Jim’s leadership of the Kirkland Civic Orchestra started in 2004, during the time when the orchestra was then called the Microsoft Orchestra.
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Robert Tuohy
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Member Bio The American-Irish conductor Robert Tuohy has been Music Director of l'Opéra de Limoges since 2013, where he has conducted productions of Bluebeard's Castle, Carmen, Così fan tutte, Der Freischütz, Eugene Onegin, Macbeth, Madama Butterfly, Les pêcheurs de perles, and Pelléas et Mélisande. Recent engagements include performances at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Candide), the Bolshoi Theatre, l’Auditorium de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux, the Tchaikovsky Hall (Moscow), l'Orchestra della Fondazione dell'Arena di Verona, l'Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, l’Orchestre Pasdeloup, l’Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté, and l'Opéra de Reims, as well as a highly-acclaimed début conducting Lakmé at Opéra de Marseille in 2017. Future plans include productions of Ariadne auf Naxos, Cendrillon, Eugene Onegin, Lakmé, and Les pêcheurs de perles, new collaborations with l’Opéra de Marseille, l’Opéra de Reims, the Novaya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra, and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, as well as his débuts at l’Orchestre national d’Île-de-France, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and l’Opéra de Toulon. From 2009-2013 he was Assistant Conductor alongside Lawrence Foster at l'Opéra et Orchestre National de Montpellier. Opera performances with the OONM include Die Fledermaus and Rusalka, as well as highly-praised productions of Manon Lescaut and Lakmé. Symphonic work with the OONM has included the 2012 and 2013 New Year's Concerts, a gala performance at the Royal Opera of Versailles, several world and French premiere performances, as well as numerous regional and young persons concerts. At l'Opéra de Montpellier, Robert served as assistant conductor on productions of Aida, Il barbiere di Siviglia, La bohème, Don Giovanni, Elektra, La fille du régiment, Mefistofele, Le nozze di Figaro, Otello, Rigoletto, Samson et Dalila, Semiramide, and La traviata. He has also worked as assistant conductor forLes Troyens at l'Opéra de Marseille and for René Koering's Die Marquise von O at l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Robert trained at the Cleveland Institute of Music and subsequently the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Colin Metters, Sir Colin Davis and George Hurst. He graduated with distinction, won the Ernest Read Conducting Prize, and was awarded the prestigious DipRAM for outstanding final recital. While at the Academy, he conducted performances with all the major RAM ensembles, co-conducted a cycle of Schumann symphonies, and participated in the RAM/South Bank Centre festivals celebrating the music of Peter Maxwell Davies and Luciano Berio. In 2007, he was chosen by the musicians of the London Symphony Orchestra to conduct the LSO in a masterclass with Sir Colin Davis. In 2008 and 2009, he was invited by Kurt Masur to participate in a series of masterclasses and concerts with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra.
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