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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

Studio Intensive Orchestra
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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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Mr. James Villani

Manassas Symphony Orchestra
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Member Bio James Villani has served the community as music director of the MSO since 2002. He is the recipient of the 2022 Seefeldt Award for Arts Excellence from the Prince William Arts Council as Outstanding Individual Artist. As a long-time advocate for continuing adult music education and volunteerism in the arts, Mr. Villani has been involved in community musical organizations since coming to Northern Virginia in 1986. He was associate conductor and clarinetist for the Reston Chamber Orchestra for 10 years, and has been involved with countless other area performances. He is an active judge and clinician for local music festivals and competitions. Mr. Villani was recognized by the Virginia Senate in 2018 for his leadership in the MSO's 25th Season, was a semi-finalist for The American Prize for Community Orchestra Conductors in 2010, and a finalist for The American Prize in Orchestral Programming / Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award —Community Division, 2019-20. A native of New Castle, Pennsylvania, Mr. Villani began playing clarinet in school at the age of 8. He honed his skills, as many in town did, in the back room of Al Colella's Shoe Store, where Mr. Colella taught a steady stream of clarinetists for decades while servicing the occasional shoe customer. Later, while in high school, Mr. Villani studied with Carl Marks, a noted faculty member at Duquesne University and Youngstown State University's Dana School of Music. Mr. Marks was himself a student of the legendary Daniel Bonade. Mr. Villani received Bachelor's Degrees in Clarinet Performance and Music Education from Penn State University, where he studied with Smith Toulson and was a member of every major ensemble, from the marching Blue Band to the Symphony Orchestra. Among his PSU highlights were four major bowl games, playing tenor saxophone in Disney's All-American College Marching Band at the grand opening of the EPCOT theme park (alongside legendary performer Danny Kaye), and performing with the Pittsburgh Symphony under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas. He received a Master of Music in Conducting from Northwestern University, where Mr. Villani studied conducting and arranging with John P. Paynter and was a graduate assistant for the university wind ensembles. He had a rather unique opportunity for a conducting major — playing bass clarinet in the top wind ensemble alongside classmates who are now members of top symphony orchestras. Mr. Villani was also a student of Clark Brody (another Bonade student), principal clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Fritz Reiner, and renowned contemporary composer Alan Stout. A former band director and music theory teacher, Mr. Villani taught in the public schools of Chalfont, PA; East Palestine, Ohio; and at Stonewall Jackson (now Unity Reed) High School in Manassas. Mr. Villani is on the Board of Directors for the Ferde Grofé Foundation and a Senior Manager of Software Engineering at Capital Financial One in McLean.
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Maria Villasmil

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Member Bio Musician and orchestra conductor from Zulia, she was born in Ciudad Ojeda, Venezuela, on February 8, 1999. She began her musical studies at the age of 11 in the violin program of the Lagunillas El Sistema center in Zulia State. She started her career as an orchestra conductor at the age of 20, under the mentorship of Maestro Emilio Contreras. Throughout her musical journey, she has participated in national tours (Caracas) and international tours (Netherlands, Russia, and Mexico) with various orchestras from Zulia, such as the Zulia Chamber Orchestra, the Zulia Symphony Orchestra, the Rafael Urdaneta Regional Youth Symphony, and the Lagunillas Youth and Children’s Symphony Orchestra. She has also worked with and conducted the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. She has built a diverse repertoire ranging from Latin American and Venezuelan music to academic works of the highest level, including composers such as Revueltas, Beethoven, Mozart, Elgar, Mahler, Chávez, Márquez, Bernstein, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, and Carreño. She has also trained with maestros such as Rubén Cova, Rodolfo Saglimbeni, Eduardo Marturet, Jesús Uzcátegui, Pablo Castellanos, Andrés David Ascanio, and Carlos Salas Ballester. Currently, she serves as a comprehensive academic music instructor in the violin program of the Lagunillas El Sistemacenter, as well as conductor of the pre-children’s, children’s, and youth orchestras of the Lagunillas center. She is also the assistant conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the Eastern Coast of Lake Maracaibo, an ensemble with which she is carrying out intensive academic and artistic development work.
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Frank Villella Frank Villella Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Russell Vinick

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Member Bio Russell Vinick serves as Music Director and Conductor of the Chicago Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Lake Shore Symphony Orchestra (Chicago), and adjunct music faculty member at Columbia College of Chicago. As Music Director and Conductor of the LSSO, Vinick was awarded by the Illinois Council of Orchestras the 2010 and 2015 “Conductor of the Year” Award, 2011 and 2018 “Programming of the Year” Award, and 2012 “Orchestra of the Year” Award. Vinick served as the Cover Conductor for the Joffrey Ballet with whom he conducted numerous performances of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker ballet and Prokofiev’s Cinderella with the Chicago Philharmonic at the Auditorium Theater in downtown Chicago. Vinick was the Assistant Conductor for the Knoxville (TN) Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. He was one of seven people internationally selected to participate in the conducting program at the Cabrillo Contemporary Music Festival in Santa Cruz, California studying under Marin Alsop and Gustav Meier. He has served as Assistant Conductor at the Pacific Music Festival (founded by Leonard Bernstein) in Sapporo, Japan, under Neeme Jarvi, Christoph Eschenbach, and Michael Tilson Thomas. He has also been in the conducting programs at the Aspen Music Festival and Tanglewood Music Festival. Vinick has been a guest conductor in concerts with the Chicago Philharmonic, Sichuan Philharmonic Orchestra (China), Shandong Symphony Orchestra (China), Kunming Symphony Orchestra (China), Virginia Symphony, Missouri Chamber Orchestra, Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Marquette (MI) Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra, Manchester (CT) Symphony Orchestra, University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra, Northeastern Illinois University faculty members for the Henry Cowell Music Festival, Petite Opera in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and Opera West in Puccini’s Suor Angelica. Vinick’s world premiere recording of the Martin Blazewicz Concerto Rustico for Marimba and String Orchestra was praised by Percussive Notes magazine which stated that, “the balance between soloist and ensemble is remarkable.” Vinick earned a Bachelor of Music degree in music from the University of Connecticut, where he received the Lottie Green Conducting Scholarship. He earned a Master's degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles studying under Daniel Lewis where he received music scholarships and the Conducting Departmental Award. Vinick has also studied with Kirk Trevor, Cliff Colnot, and Eiji Oue.
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Luis Viquez

University of Rhode Island
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Member Bio Latin Grammy-nominated and American Prize-winning conductor Luis Viquez is celebrated as one of the most dynamic and versatile musical voices of his generation. With a charismatic presence on the podium, Viquez’s passionate leadership and energetic musicianship have earned him recognition as one of Central America’s most influential artists, equally comfortable with orchestral, wind band, and operatic repertoire. Currently serving as the Director of Orchestral Studies and Assistant Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the University of Rhode Island, Dr. Viquez’s leadership is built on years of artistic excellence, including a distinguished seven-year tenure as Music Director of the University of South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and Opera (2016–2023). A sought-after guest conductor, he has appeared with ensembles across the United States, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, and England. Notable collaborations include performances with the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Heredia, the National Wind Orchestra of Guatemala, the Cherokee Symphony (IA), and the Emporia Symphony Orchestra (KS), among many others. His engagements also include prestigious conducting fellowships with the Allentown Symphony (PA), the Saratoga Orchestra (WA), and the Chamber Orchestra of New York. Recently, Viquez was named a Music Director finalist for both the Chamber Orchestra of Barrington at St. John’s (RI) and the Hastings Symphony Orchestra (NE). His discography includes the albums Costa Rica desde Afuera (recorded with the Heredia Symphony Orchestra), Observations On… (recorded with the University of South Dakota Symphony Orchestra), and El Ruido del Agua - Music by Eddie Mora, which was nominated for the 23rd Latin Grammy Awards in the category of Best Classical Music Album. Luis Viquez’s artistry extends beyond the podium as an accomplished clarinetist. He has appeared as a soloist with the South Dakota Symphony, the Sioux City Municipal Band, and the Heredia Symphony, with early career highlights including his time with the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica and touring with the World Youth Wind Orchestra in Taiwan. His chamber music performances have been broadcast on South Dakota Public Broadcasting and the University of Costa Rica Broadcasting System. As a music scholar, his research has been published in notable journals across the U.S., Germany, and Costa Rica. Dr. Viquez holds degrees from the University of Costa Rica (BM in Clarinet Performance), Truman State University (MA in Clarinet Performance & MA in Wind Band Conducting), and the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (DMA in Orchestral Conducting). He is also a clarinet artist for Royal Global Clarinets and D’Addario Woodwinds. For more information, visit www.luisviquezmusic.com.
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Louis Vitello

Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra
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Member Bio Louis Vitello is in his third year as Music Director for the Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra and is currently on the faculty at the University at Fredonia School of Music teaching undergraduate instrumental conducting classes as well as serving as the conductor for the Wind Symphony. In July 2025, Mr. Vitello retired from public school education after twenty-nine successful years of teaching at Clarence High School where he served as the conductor of the Wind Ensemble, AP Music Theory instructor, & Chairman of the Clarence Central School District Music Department. Mr. Vitello received his bachelor’s degree in Music Education and his master’s degree in Instrumental Conducting from the University at Buffalo. While pursuing his master’s degree, he was a teaching assistant for the UB music department, which included serving as an associate conductor for university ensembles. In addition, he was a staff assistant conductor for the former Greater Buffalo Opera Company, was co-founder and director of the Western New York Youth Wind Ensemble, and has guest conducted all-county honor ensembles in the Western New York area and across New York State. His primary conducting teachers have included Charles Peltz, Sarah McKoin, Gary Burgess, Harold Farberman (Conductor’s Institute), and William Silvester. Ensembles under Mr. Vitello’s direction have performed at the Erie County Music Educators Association Conference (2024), the New York State School Music Association Conference (2022), the American Concert Band Association Annual Conference (2018), the New York State Band Director’s Association Annual Symposium (2014 & 2010), presented clinics at the New York State School Music Association Conference (2000) and the New York State Band Director’s Association Regional Workshop (2012). Additionally, Mr. Vitello has commissioned and/or premiered new compositions. These pieces include Persis Parshall Vehar’s Pan American Overture (2001), Stephen Melillo’s 21: Won Way (2011), Michael Vertoske’s Madrid (2011), David Maslanka’s Hymn for World Peace (2015), and Stephen Mellilo's Ark of the Covenant and In the Darkest Darkness (2018). In 2019, Mr. Vitello was honored by receiving the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/Erie County Music Educators Association Award for Excellence in Music Education, and in 2023 he was appointed to a position on the BPO education committee. Mr. Vitello is a member of the International Conductors Guild, National Association for Music Education, New York State School Music Association, Erie County Music Educators Association, Who’s Who Among American Teachers, New York State Band Directors Association, Phi Beta Mu International Music Fraternity, Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, and is an honorary member of the Kappa Kappa Psi National Band Fraternity.
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