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Dr. Joseph Valent
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Member Bio Dr. Joseph Valent is a conductor, pianist, organist and composer/arranger who began making music in 1959 at the age of four in his hometown of Watkins Glen, New York. He had his first regular church music job by age ten, and has since worked in churches, schools, universities, orchestras, opera companies, and theater and ballet companies. He is the accompanist for the CCAE Master Chorale, and performs locally in a piano trio named Striano. Dr. Valent enjoys performing and conducting music of all different styles. Dr. Joseph Valent holds degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music and Ithaca College in piano, and a Doctor of Arts in Music with a Primary Emphasis in Orchestral Conducting from Ball State University. He is currently the organist at St. Timothy's Catholic Church in Escondido, accompanist for The Center Chorale at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, and a member of the San Diego American Guild of Organists.
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Francisco Valero-Terribas
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Neil Varon
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Member Bio Neil Varon’s conducting career spans 40 years and several continents. Born in New York in 1950, Varon studied piano, composition, and conducting at the Juilliard School. After early stations in Istanbul, Vienna and Nuernberg , he was named first Kapellmeister of the Deutsche Opera am Rhein in Düsseldorf in 1981, and in 1987 he became music director of the Südwestfälische Philharmonic. He kept this position until 1991, when he was appointed general music director of the City of Gelsenkirchen, Germany. In that capacity, he brought international names to his theater, including Helen Donath, Frank Peter Zimmermann, and Franco Gulli. Varon has been a frequent guest in Asia. He conducted the Korean Symphony in Seoul, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony in Tokyo, and the Kyushu Philharmonic in Fukuoka. In 1991 and 1992 he led the Tokyo Philharmonic in a series of performances of The Magic Flute for the Mozart Festival in Japan. In December 2014, Varon led the Daegu Symphony Orchestra and four combined choruses in a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for the year-end celebratory concert in Daegu, South Korea. In February 2015, he conducted four performances of Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro at the Chan Center for the Performing Arts in Vancouver, British Columbia., After completing his second term as general music director of Gelsenkirchen in 1996, Varon concentrated on international guest performances for the next several years. In 1996, he performed in Japan and Korea with the Chamber Orchestra of Kanazawa, the orchestra of the Toho Gakuen Academy (Toyama), and the Suwon Philharmonic, Korea. He also led performances with the Frankfurter Chamber Orchestra in Milan, and the Norddeutsche Philharmonie in Rostock. In 1997, he conducted Humperdinck’s lesser known opera Die Konigskinder at the Sarasota Opera. His 1998 performance of Die Fledermaus at Hamilton’s “Opera Ontario” was broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Company. In 1999, Varon made his Swedish debut in Malmö, performing Puccini’s Turandot to great critical acclaim. In 2000, he returned to the Staatsorchester Frankfurt-Oder, and to Sweden for the revival of Turandot and performances of La Fille du Régiment and Die Fledermaus. In 2001, He made his debut at the Opera of Vancouver with Fledermaus. In 2002, he conducted a new production of Gounod’s Faust at the Staatstheater in Saarbrücken, and new productions of Dido and Aeneas and Gianni Schicchi at UBC in Vancouver. Varon has conducted at the Hamburg State Opera, Nürnberg Opera, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Stuttgart Opera, Berlin Staatsoper, and New York City Opera, as well as the Haydn Orchester in Bolzano, Italy, the Conservatory Orchestra at the Toho Gakuen Conservatory in Tokyo, and the Philharmonia Hungarica. He directed the German premiere of Un Re in Ascolta by Luciano Berio in Düsseldorf, and the world premiere of Erinys by Volker David Kirchner in Wuppertal. He made his Portuguese debut with the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbon, with the renowned violinist Maxim Vengerov. He returned to conduct this orchestra in summer 2003 for the Vendome International Piano Competition in Sintra, Portugal. Varon continues to appear as guest conductor of operas, symphonies, and music festivals throughout Europe and Asia. His concerts have been broadcast by the Westdeutsche Rundfunk, RIAS Berlin, RTL Luxembourg, and the Bayerische Rundfunk. Neil Varon was named Professor of Conducting and Music Director of the Eastman Philharmonia, Eastman School Symphony, and Chamber Orchestras in 2002. He was appointed full professor with tenure at Eastman in 2005, and has since developed very successful summer orchestral conducting master classes with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also taught conducting master classes in Cologne, Siegen, and Nuremberg in 2010, and made his debut with the Rochester Philharmonic in 2011.
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Maliq Veal
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Member Bio Maliq Veal has played the trombone since the sixth grade. He has studied under the tutelage of Jim Kelly, faculty at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and Mark Hoelscher, professor of trombone at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and currently studies with Megumi Kanda, principal trombonist of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. A senior at Ronald Reagan High School, he is the principal trombonist in the wind ensemble and jazz band, under the direction of Adam Murphy, and is a baritone in the concert choir, under the leadership of Erica Brietbarth. Maliq has been in MYSO for five years and is currently a trombonist in the Senior Symphony. In 2019, he was a member of the touring orchestra which performed in Ireland. Since the spring of 2018, Maliq has studied conducting with UW-Milwaukee Professor Emeritus/Director of Bands Prof. Thomas L. Dvorak. He has enjoyed playing in many different musical settings and styles including concert bands, symphony orchestras, jazz bands, marching bands, and pit orchestras. In addition, Maliq performs with a Mexican Banda, Banda Nueva Jalisciense, which maintains an active playing schedule around Wisconsin and Northern Illinois at various parties and events. Maliq has had the privilege of playing under the baton of Dr. Frank Ticheli at the UW-Milwaukee Honors Band, first trombone under the direction of Prof. Dvorak at the UW-Platteville Honors Band, and bass trombone with the WSMA State Honors Band under Dr. Pamela Bustos, professor at UW-Superior. This fall Maliq will attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he’ll be pursuing a degree in Music Education. Maliq would like to recognize all of his music teachers and instructors for their guidance and instruction, as well as his parents, Latina and Rodney Veal, for their support, motivation, and love throughout the years.
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Mr. Angel Velez
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Member Bio Angel Velez enjoys a career balanced between the studios of Los Angeles, guest conducting and teaching. Velez has extensive experience as an orchestral conductor working with orchestras such as the Augsburger Philharmoniker (Germany), Berlin Sinfonietta (Germany), Budapest Symphony (Hungary), Cape Cod Symphony (USA), Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rhineland-Pfalz (Germany), Boca del Rio Philharmonic (Mexico), Illinois Valley Symphony (USA), Indianapolis Symphony (USA), Moravian Philharmonic (Czech Republic), Puerto Rico Symphony (USA), Rousse Philharmonic (Bulgaria), Los Angeles studio ensembles and many others. Velez serves as conductor of the Santa Monica Chamber Orchestra, artistic director and conductor for Silent Films LIVE, a live-to-film concert series benefiting Education Through Music - Los Angeles, as well as conductor for the recent Silent Films LIVE album with the Varèse Sarabande Chamber Orchestra at Capitol Studios. He served as conductor for the L.A.-based ensemble, Helix Collective in addition to serving as conductor for the Los Angeles Live Score Film Festival, American Society of Cinematographers Awards at the Dolby Theatre, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Centennial Gala and many others. He has recorded for the Südwestrundfunk (SWR) in Germany and Varèse Sarabande Records labels. He continues to work professionally in the entertainment industry where he has worked on projects such as Family Guy, Green Book, James Bond: Goldeneye for Wii, Jane the Virgin, Madison, My Week with Marilyn, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, The Mandalorian, Tatort and others as well as recently conducting the world-premiere concert performance of the Marvel franchise hit movie, Captain Marvel. A devoted advocate for education, Velez also runs the Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive, a conducting workshop co-founded with composer/conductor David Newman. These professional development workshops are designed specifically for media composers to provide conductor training under the tutelage of some of the industry's finest teachers. Velez has taught these workshops with renown faculty members Jorge Mester, David Newman, Conrad Pope, William Ross and who's alumni consist of some of the most recognized works for film, television and video games in the world. Velez has held teaching positions at Taylor University, Marian University and Santa Monica College as well as hosted numerous masterclasses and workshops with artists such as Time for Three, Stephen Hough, Alison Balsom, Gabriela Lena Frank, Jake Shimabukuro, Kevin Kiner, James Beckel and others. During his time in Indianapolis, he also worked extensively in community outreach with the Consulate of Mexico-Indianapolis in creating local performances celebrating Mexican history as well as developed strong relationships with local schools, serving as guest speaker or clinician. Velez also maintains a strong relationship with the University of Southern California where he has worked with the U
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Matthew Vest Matthew Vest University of California Los Angeles
University of California Los Angeles
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Tracy Videon
University of Melbourne
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Member Bio Tracy is based in Melbourne, Australia, where she began here musical journey singing in choirs. In high school she started learning the euphonium and tuba and playing in school and community bands, completing her Diploma of Associateship in Music on euphonium (A. Mus.A.) before finishing high school. An enthusiastic attendee of music camps, she was privileged to play under the baton of composers Claude T. Smith, Alfred Reed and Vaclav Nelhybel. Tracy has enjoyed a varied performance career both as a euphonium/tuba player and as a chorister. As a part-time musician in the Australian Army, she played in featured ensembles at local and international events. She also played in high-level community ensembles such as the Grainger Wind Symphony and the Melbourne Wind Ensemble. As a member of the Hawthorn City Band, she competed successfully in state and national brass band championships, touring the USA with the band when they won the Championship grade in the North American Brass Band Association championships in Raleigh, North Carolina. Having studied classical singing, Tracy became a member of Heidelberg Choral Society, where she performed repertoire by Handel, Bach, Hadyn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Rossini, Orf, Rutter, Jenkins and others. Highlights included a concert tour of China, and performing with an international massed choir in Carnegie Hall. Since joining the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Tracy has enjoyed performing under the baton of Jaime Martin (Mahler, Ravel), Jessica Gethin (Disney in Concert) and Aaron Wyatt (Cheetham-Fraillon). Since 2020, Tracy has combined her job as an instrumental music teacher with postgraduate study of conducting at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne. Recently she has completed part of her PhD project at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, University of Georgia, under the supervision of Dr. Nicholas Williams.
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