Saturday, October 19, 2019 @ 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.Segerstrom Center for the Arts Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Roger Kalia, conductorPacific Symphony Youth Orchestra— Roger Kalia, music directorSara Guerrero, stage director and script writerAngela Estela Moore, CreenciaLaura Bustamante, Huitzi / EsperanzaRachel Oliveros-Catalano, La CatrinaMia Negrete, IzzyVictor Rivera-López, SammyMoises Vasquez, First Músico MuertitoAlen Morales Santillano Hansen and Ivan Hurtado, Los Músico MuertitosRelámpago Del Cielo Grupo Folklorico— Marlene Peña-Marin, artistic director, Las Bailadores Muertitas

Costume design:Gina Davidson (La Catrina Calavera) Katie Wilson and Melody Hu (Huitzi, The Hummingbird)

D Í a D e L O S M u e R T O S c e L e B R a T i O N

eXceRPT FROM DaNZÓN NO. 2

“La BRuJa”

“La caLaca”

SOBRE LAS OLAS

“La LLORONa”

SuiTe FROM COCO

Márquez

Traditional

Traditional

Rosas

Traditional

Giacchino

2019-20 FAMILY MUSICAL MORNINGS SERIES

Presenting Sponsor

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Dear Friends,

I am thrilled to welcome you to an exciting new season of Pacific Symphony’s Family Musical Mornings! I’m your conductor, Roger kalia, and I am looking forward to taking you on a fantastic journey with Pacific Symphony for each of our concerts this season.

For our opening concert of the season, I am overjoyed to celebrate the colorful and festive traditions of the Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos. This holiday is all about family and coming together, and this is reflected in the joyful and glorious music that Pacific Symphony and Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra will perform today. You are going to hear a variety of traditional Mexican folk music such as Sobre las Olas, La Bruja, and La Llorona, which will feature singers and dancers. We will also perform works by arturo Márquez, carlos chávez and Michael Giacchino’s Suite from the Disney-Pixar hit “Coco.”

Now sit back and enjoy this one-of-a-kind event. I look forward to meeting all of you this season!

Sincerely,

Roger KaliaAssociate Conductor

SPOTLIGHT ON STRINGS

The biggest instrument family in the orchestra is the string family. The violin, viola, cello and double bass make up the majority of the ensemble, but occasionally you might see a harp appear as part of the family as well. String players produce sound on their instruments by vibrating the strings. In an orchestra, string musicians most often move a bow made with horse hair to make sound, but sometimes they pluck the strings with their fingers to make a different, softer sound—like on the harp.

There are many kinds of string instruments around the world, and a lot of music ensembles that use different combinations of these instruments to play a variety of musical styles. For instance, you might be familiar with mariachi ensembles, which usually include several violins, a guitar, a guitarrón (a large six-string bass instrument) and a vihuela (a smaller five-string instrument)—in addition to brass and percussion instruments. Meanwhile, son jarocho ensembles mainly feature jarana, an eight-string instrument plucked similarly to a guitar. And, of course, your favorite rock bands probably feature guitars and bass guitars alongside drums!

GuitarViolin Viola Cello Double Bass Guitarrón Vihuela Jarana

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Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is traditional Mexican holiday. The tradition is a celebration of the life of someone who has passed away. We celebrate them by remembering them and sometimes putting out things that remind us of them; like their pictures, their favorite foods or share our favorite stories about them with others.

When I was growing up, my family didn’t celebrate Day of the Dead. But now, as an adult, mom and artist, I celebrate the holiday with my family. I still have a lot to learn about my Mexican culture and heritage. And, it’s that experience I drew from to help me write and direct this piece. Día de los Muertos is a favorite time for me and my family. And, I’m excited to share it with you, our audience. For me the celebration is a beautiful time for family and friends, to come together, living or

DIRECTOR’S NOTE FROM OUR STAGE DIRECTOR,SARA GUERRERO

dead, and to remember and share our beloved memories of those who are no longer with us. I hope you enjoy it, too. I dedicate this play to the loving memory of “Gina” Regina Maria Davidson 1950-2015, a founding member of Breath of Fire Theater Ensemble. Gina was a humble, passionate and incredibly talented human being. A gifted costume designer, teacher and Tía who always encouraged all to explore their sense of wonder and creativity.

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MarlENE PEña-MarINArtistic Director

As an artistic director, choreographer, and dancer, Marlene Peña-Marin’s talent is recognized throughoutthe Mexican folk dance community. She studied at La Escuela Nacional de Danza Folklórica del

Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (National School of Folkloric Dance in the National School of Fine Arts) in Mexico City. In 2002, Ms. Peña-Marin was appointed director of the Ballet Folklórico Conservatory and in 2003, she was officially appointed as the artistic and general director of Relámpago del Cielo Grupo Folklórico. She has been an instructor for Relámpago del Cielo Grupo Juvenil since 1987. Since her first professional performance at the age of nine, Ms. Peña-Marin was featured at renowned events and performance venues including the International Folk Dance Festival at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mariachi USA Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, the L.A. Fiesta Broadway hosted by Univisión TV, and El Grito festivities for the City of Los Angeles. She studied Mexican folk dance under various renowned directors from the U.S. and Mexico, including: Carlos Ochoa, Rosie Peña, and Emilio Rivas. She has participated in many dance conferences sponsored by the Asociación Nacional de Grupos Folklóricos (National Association of Folkloric Groups, ANGF) and in the annual Seminario Transnacional de Danza in the United States and Mexico. In 2013 she choreographed the holiday street party, Disney ¡Viva Navidad! and continues to remount the production every holiday season. In 2017 was invited back to Disney to choreograph the new show A Musical Celebration of Coco. Ms. Peña-Marin’s dedication to ensuring the historical and cultural accuracy of the regions she presents is crucial to the success of the groups under her direction.

PaCIfIC SyMPhoNy yoUth orChEStra (PSyo), founded in 1993, is an award winning pre-professional ensemble recognized as one of the most outstanding youth orchestras in the country. This orchestra was named Youth Orchestra of the Year in 2011 by the national arts organization Classics Alive and under the baton of Pacific Symphony Assistant Conductor Roger Kalia, the musicians of PSYO master pillars of professional orchestral repertoire each season. PSYO cultivates the talents of symphony orchestral musicians in grades nine through twelve through a variety of world-class artistic experiences and performance opportunities, including a side-by-side performance with their adult counterparts of Pacific Symphony. PSYO has taken two successful international tours, to China in the summer of 2016 and Bulgaria in the summer of 2011, and will embark on a tour to the cities of Prague and Vienna in July of 2020.

GrUPo foKlórICo rEláMPaGo DEl CIElo Marlene Peña‑Marin, Artistic Director

Relámpago del Cielo, Inc. is a nonprofit cultural arts organization which supports the study and preservation of traditional Mexican performing arts through their music, folklore and dance. They serve as a cultural enrichment service to the community through outreach presentations and educational activities. “Where the roots remain strong!” Enthralled by the music and movement learned in classes taught by Ms. Rosie Peña at Santa Ana College, a handful of her students resolved to join forces in expanding their newly discovered appreciation of the folklore of Mexico. Encouraged and guided by their enthusiastic instructor, their vision soon gained momentum with the recruitment of other equally-minded individuals. This dream culminated in the formation of Relámpago del Cielo Grupo Folklórico in 1975. Relámpago del Cielo is a proud recipient of the Helena Modjeska Cultural Legacy Award from Arts OC. The well recognized performing company is the featured group for the annual Disney Holiday Show ¡Viva Navidad! and the recently launched Disney/Pixar show Coco. Relámpago del Cielo is a non-profit organization that proudly receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council as well as other prestigious local businesses and arts organizations. The desire to enrich their own as well as their audiences’ pride and cultural awareness has earned Relámpago del Cielo Grupo Folklórico the recognition and respect of colleagues in the United States and México.

Thank you!Pacific Symphony thanks the following for their generous contributions of time to Family Musical Mornings, Musical carnival and heartstrings:

Relámpago Del cielo Grupo Folklorico

R.h.y.T.h.M.O. Mariachi academy

valley high School ceramics students

kyler Tagupaheartstrings coodinator

Volunteers from:Pacific Symphony LeaguePacific Symphony Youth ensemblesParents from our Class Act Partner Schoolsarts-X-press alumnivolunteers in education

If you would like to volunteer for Pacific Symphony education programs, please contact Eileen Regullano at (714) 876-2317 or eregullano@pacificsymphony.org for more information.

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aNGEla EStEla MoorECreencia

Angela Estela Moore is honored to be part of Pacific Symphony’s fall performances of Día deLos Muertos Celebration, and Canto de Anaheim. Moore is a proud member of Breath of Fire Latina Theater

Ensemble out of Santa Ana, and Chicanas, Cholas, y Chisme out of Boyle Heights. Her short plays have been performed in theaters from Los Angeles to Tijuana. As an actor, some of her favorite roles have been Carmen in Real Women Have Curves (Costa Mesa Playhouse), Marmee in Little Women, Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man and Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast. When not making theater, Moore is making music as the drummer of the rock band Daisy Unchained out of Orange County. She gives thanks to Sara Guerrero for her expert direction, to the musicians, dancers, cast and crew for sharing their talent and energy, and to Chris, Jaron, Trevor and her mamá Lulú for their undying love and support.

laUra BUStaMaNtEHuitzi/Esperanza

Laura Bustamante is a performer, arts administrator, performing arts educator and translator who has worked with arts organizations in Orange County, Los Angeles and San

Francisco. She has also choreographed, directed and created of a folk-dancing clown show. Bustamante was an artist-in-residence teaching dance at San Francisco Bay Area schools through Young Audiences of Northern California, A.L.I.C.E. Arts and Literature in Education and Ensambles Ballet Folklorico of San Francisco. Her credits include: Rabbit Hole at Los Angeles City College Theatre Academy, A Chorus Line with the Santa Rosa 6th Street Players and Beijing Tourist Council tour as a folklórico dancer. Her

Sara GUErrEroStage director and Script writer

Sara Guerrero, a Southern California native, is a professional versatile theatre artist and teacher whose mission is to model, share and create theatre-making opportunities for and

with her community. A CalArts alum, she has been recognized as one of the “People to Watch” by American Theatre Magazine and “Best [Artistic] Director” and “Person of Interest” by OC Weekly. As the founding artistic director of Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble, an award-winning, Santa Ana-based group, she and the ensemble are part of the artist-in-residence program of Grand Central Arts Center of Cal State Fullerton, where they serve as an incubator for underrepresented voices in theater by providing programming and guidance in the art of storytelling. Guerrero is a longtime teaching artist for South Coast Repertory and has worked with Pacific Symphony, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Center Theatre Group, Cal State Los Angeles, Cal State Long Beach, Musco Center, La Habra Children’s Museum, SanArts Conservatory, Orange County School of the Arts, Brown Bag Theatre of UC Irvine, Educational Outreach Program of Los Angeles, Fringe Benefits, Arts Orange County and many more. Her directing credits include: Policarpa, TalkBack Theatre; She Kills Monsters, The Playhouse, CSU of Los Angeles; Guadalupe in the Guest Room, Creede Repertory Theatre, Colorado; The Madres, (A National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere), Skylight Theatre, Los Angeles; Rosado, John Lion New Plays Festival, CSU of Los Angeles; Fabulous Monsters, Latinx New Plays Festival of San Diego Repertory; Angel of the Desert, South Coast Repertory; Real Women Have Curves, Costa Mesa Playhouse; and holds an extensive list of additional credits and works with other major institutes, organizations, universities, schools and communities. Most recently, Guerrero wrote and directed, in collaboration with journalist Gustavo Arellano and conductor Greg Flores, the play, Canto de Anaheim. The project combined story, the symphony and new and traditional music; to highlight the Latinx histories and experiences of Anaheim; all presented by Pacific Symphony.

This coming winter she will be joining the faculty of the University of Oklahoma, “Home of the Sooners,” to guest direct, Blood Wedding by Frederico Garcia Lorca. Guerrero supports herself as a teaching & theatre artist: www.teatroguerrero.com

raChEl olIVEroS-CatalaNoLa Catrina

Rachel Oliveros Catalano received her master’s degree in Musical Theater Performance from the Chicago College of the Performing Arts, and her bachelor’s degree from California Lutheran University. She is honored to be

a Resident Artist for Chance Theater in Anaheim, Calif., as well as serving as their company manager. Previous roles at Chance Theater include Mother in Ragtime, The Witch in Big Fish, Mrs. Clancy in Fancy Nancy, The Musical, Ladybug in James and the Giant Peach, Laura in the OTR workshop of Ted Malawer’s Anatomy of Love, Marmee in Little Women - The Broadway Musical, Gabi in the staged reading of L.A. Vida, Miss Stacey/Woman 2 in Anne of Green Gables and Camila Rosario in the Ovation Recommended production of In The Heights. Catalano was recently seen on stage as Diana in the hit musical, Next To Normal with the Wayward Artist Theater Company at Grand Central Arts Center. She was also in the staged reading of Diana Burbano’s Policarpa, and previously at San Diego Repertory Theater in the staged reading of Diana Burbano’s Fabulous Monsters. Favorite Chicago theater credits include a 6-month run in Latinologues, Jeanie in Hair and Martirio in The House of Bernarda Alba. She would like to thank her amazing husband and daughters for their continued love and support. “I love and adore you, my family.”

original clown show, fusing clowning and Mexican folk dance, was invited to the KCACTF Regional Fringe Festival in Utah. Bustamante was also a reporter and host for LatinEyes, a nationally-syndicated TV show; one of the episodes she co-produced was nominated for a Northern California Emmy Award. Currently, she works at the Disneyland Resort as a performer, entertainment host, bilingual trainer and media spokesperson. She is excited and honored to participate in Pacific Symphony’s Día de los Muertos Celebration!

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MIa NEGrEtEIzzy

Mia is currently a senior at Anaheim High School who has been enrolled in their Anaheim performing Arts Conservatory (also known as APAC) for the past four years. Her roles went from Flounder in

The Little Mermaid, Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family and bishop Herinetta T. Dobson and Reno’s angel in Anything Goes from the summer arts academy. She hopes you enjoy the show, and gladly likes to thank her parents for supporting her to the fullest.

MoISES VázqUEzFirst Músico Muertito

Moises Vázquez, a proud Santanero and product of SAUSD, is a community activist, musician and composer. He has composed and performed original music for SanArts, South Coast Repertory, San Diego

Repertory, Brown Bag Theater of UC Irvine, Company of Angels, Costa Mesa Playhouse, The Musco Center, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Arts Orange County, Día de Niño Festival (Santa Ana), El Centro Cultural de Mexico, Latino Health Access, and the list goes on. Additionally, he composed and performed original music El Largo Camino de Hoy/ The Long Road Today by José Cruz González, inspired by stories of the Santa Ana community.

alEN MoralES SaNtIllaNo haNSEN Second Músico Muertito

Alen Morales Santillano Hansen is a multi-instrumentalist that has been performing in a variety of groups and solo settings for over 20 years throughout Southern California and remote corners of the

world through his time in the military.

IVaN hUrtaDo Third Músico Muertito

Ivan Hurtado is a multi-instrumentalist that has been performing with a variety of groups in Orange County. He has performed in local festivals such as Arts Orange County’s “Día Del Niño,” Chapman

University’s “The Heartbeat Of Mexico” and Santa Ana’s “Fiestas Patrias” celebration. Hurtado is an active member of Calle4Cumbia band and Colectivo RAS United Reggae band.

VICtor rIVEra-lóPEzSammy

Victor Rivera-López is a Santa Ana High School alumnus and has been involved in theater since his sophomore year. He has appeared in plays as Titus Savage in The Curious Savage and Ricardo in Simply Maria.

In 2018 he portrayed Tom Collins in Santa Ana High’s Musical of the Year, RENT. He has worked with Breath of Fire in past projects, Leyendas, Blanca Nieves and most recently along with Pacific Symphony in Canto de Anaheim. A 3rd generation son of Santa Ana, he has always been proud of his heritage. Being raised by two old-fashioned parents contributed to him learning of Día de Muertos at a young age and has helped make altares at home to honor his lost loved ones. He would love to give his thanks to Sara Guerrero and Breath of Fire Latina Ensemble for trusting him to bring these projects to life as well as the lovely folks at Pacific Symphony. He would also like to personally thank his parents for their endless love and support and his former theater teacher Terry Schwinge, for being his guide and mentoring him to become not only a better actor, but a better person as well.

La catrina calavera is a popular character and icon associated with the celebration of the Day of the Dead. And she is also a character in today’s concert! She was created by José Guadalupe Posada, a famous Mexican illustrator of the early 20th Century. In our story today, she provides a special kind of help to a family in need. We hope you enjoy getting to know her!

huitzilopochtli was a powerful god of the ancient Aztec people. And as you can see, he looked a bit like brightly colored hummingbird! See if you can spot an adorable hummingbird in our concert today! And see if you can figure out why our scriptwriter named her huitzi?

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Sections listed alphabetically under principal

VIOLIN I

Anna Kim, co-concertmasterMegan Martono, co-concertmasterKaeshav ChandrasekarRichard ChenHannah KimRachel KimSanghyun KimRachel LeongStephanie LiaoRebecca LiuSarah LiuKevin LuDavid MinAlex QuAaron ToHannah VelezAlice WardenMatthew WongIsabella YuanHannah Zhao

VIOLIN II

Maddie Fruman**Sarah Kim**Daniel ApolonioRichard FengJustin HeoAngela HuangGrace JinSean KimEllie NagatomiGloria ParkFrankie SonJustin SongRachel TianAustin WangCurtis YangSein YunMengshu Zhang

VIOLA

Kevin Cho*Kristina AbyadLeo BaekElaine ChiSol ChoiSamantha HongJulia ImLexi KimJay LeeZoe LeeMichael MoonWesley TjangnakaEmily UhEleas Vrahnos

CELLO

Priscilla Kim**Sedong Hwang**Allison HuAndrea HuangSoojung KiJaden KimDanielle LeeAmy PalmGiulia RoyBrandon ShinKenneth YehDaniel Yoo

BASS

Brian Yip*Carly BunimKathy ChunTara NguyenKylen PatelBrian SlackJun Yun

FLUTE

Dianne Seo*Aaron Liu†Liam ChuaKaren Peng

OBOE

Aaron Jin*Esther LiuCathy ZhangHannah Zhong

CLARINET

Heejun Park*Jay HongHeera KamarajJustin Lee

BASSOON

Parker ChuKevin Bae

FRENCH HORN

Jack Finlay**Riad Ghandour**Katelyn ChanYolanda Zheng

TRUMPET

Daichi Sakai*Justine Sato

BASS TROMBONE

Devon Smith

TUBA

Patrick Zhang*

HARP

Sarah Hsiao*

PIANOJocelyn Chen*

PERCUSSIONJeremy DavisJustin AhnChris Gaw GonzaloJay NiElliot Shiwota

STAFFOscar J. Esteves Youth Orchestra Manager

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

Arnold O. Beckman High SchoolCerritos High SchoolCosta Mesa High SchoolCrean Lutheran High SchoolDana Hills High SchoolDiamond Bar High SchoolFairmont Preparatory AcademyHope Christian PSPIrvine High SchoolJeffrey Trail Middle SchoolNorthwood High SchoolOrange County School of the ArtsPacific AcademyPortola High SchoolSage Hill SchoolSanta Margarita Catholic High SchoolStanford On Line High SchoolTorrance High SchoolTroy High SchoolTustin High SchoolUniversity High SchoolValencia High SchoolVista MurrietaWoodbridge High School

Pa c i F i c S y M P h O N y y O u T h O R c h e S T R a

*principal**co-principal†assistant principal

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Dynamic and innovative, Indian American conductor Roger Kalia is acclaimed by the press as “one to watch.” A respected collaborator with orchestras and artists alike, in May 2019 Kalia was named Music Director of New Hampshire’s 96-year-old orchestra, Symphony NH (Symphony New Hampshire). Since July 2018 he has served as Music Director of California’s Orchestra Santa Monica, and recently had his contract extended through 2021. In January 2019, Kalia’s contract with the 40-year-old Pacific Symphony was extended to August 2020, and he was promoted to Associate Conductor, having served a three-year tenure as the orchestra’s Assistant Conductor and Music Director of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra. August 2019 marks Kalia’s 9th season as Music Director and co-founder of the celebrated Lake George Music Festival in upstate New York. Highlights of Kalia’s 2019-20 season include two orchestra premieres with Symphony NH: American composer Chris Rogerson’s Luminosity and Jacobson/ Aghaei’s Ascending Bird; a collaboration with pianist/ composer Murray Hidary in a unique, multi-sensory concert with Orchestra Santa Monica; the Pacific Symphony’s first-ever Dia de los Muertos concert featuring a variety of groups from around the community and a reprise of the successful 2018 benefit concert “From Classical to Rock,” featuring John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, Nancy Wilson of Heart, singer/ television personality Randy Jackson, and Madonna’s long-time guitarist Monte Pittman with musicians from the China Philharmonic Orchestra in Beijing, China. Notable guest engagements include returns to the Spokane Symphony

and to Poland’s Szczecin Philharmonic for subscription series concerts, and debuts with Ohio’s Lima Symphony and Indiana’s Evansville Philharmonic. Of note in summer 2020 is a four-concert tour of the Czech Republic and Austria with the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra featuring performances in Prague’s Smetana Hall and Vienna’s Musikverein. A versatile communicator, Kalia has collaborated with a wide range of artists, including singer Shayna Steele, Electronic Dance Music (EDM) duo MAKO, singer/songwriter Randy Newman, Philadelphia Orchestra concertmaster David Kim, violinists Glenn Dicterow, Nikki and Timothy Chooi, percussionist Lisa Pegher, pianists Fei-Fei Dong and Misha Dichter, the B-52s, PROJECT Trio and the Brooklyn-based electronic Indie band Balún. Equally at home with modern repertoire as he is with popular warhorses, Roger Kalia is a passionate advocate of contemporary music, and has commissioned and/or programmed numerous works by some of today’s most exciting living American composers, including Paul Dooley, Brendan Faegre, Narong Prangcharoen, Sarah Snider, Harry Stafylakis, Austin Wintory, Michael Daugherty and Paul Chihara. Most recently, Kalia led the U.S. premieres of Michael Murray’s Pilgrims and King David’s Dance with musicians of Pacific Symphony and guitarist Sean Shibe, and has commissioned and led several world premieres at Lake George Music Festival, including Chris Rogerson’s Four Meditations for Orchestra. Kalia is a staunch supporter of music education, and in addition to his responsibilities to the Pacific Symphony

Youth Orchestra, he has conducted numerous youth and collegiate orchestras,including the 2018 Missouri All-State Symphony Orchestra, The Colburn Orchestra, California State University Fullerton Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Irvine Seraphim Symphony. He has created family and educational concerts in a variety of concert formats, and has collaborated on the education platform with such renowned artists and ensembles as Cirque de la Symphony, Orange County’s Festival Ballet Theater, speed painter Dan Dunn and the Magic Circle Mime Co. Furthermore, Kalia has also served as an instructor of conducting at USC’s Thornton School of Music. A creator as well as a communicator, in 2011, Kalia and two of his colleagues co-founded the Lake George Music Festival, an original, ground-breaking, two-week nationally-recognized music festival that presents cutting-edge artists and composers performing classical and new music, traditional and experimental concerts and recitals of various sizes, open rehearsals, informational talks and a variety of community outreach programs. As music director, Kalia programs and conducts all orchestral and large ensemble concerts, including the popular “Sounds of Our Time,” series (which he created and curates) highlighting connections between popular and orchestral music though multimedia concert formats, as well as the festival’s Family Concert Series. In 2018, Kalia introduced the Symphony Happy Hour outreach program, which takes place in local breweries and bars. A native of New York State, Roger Kalia holds degrees from Indiana University, the University of Houston and SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music. His primary mentors include David Effron, Arthur Fagen and Franz Anton Krager. Among his honors and awards are three Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Awards, a 2019 Solti Foundation Conducting Fellowship with Lyric Opera of Chicago, a Project Inclusion Conducting Freeman Fellowship with the Chicago Sinfonietta under Mei-Ann Chen, an American Academy of Conducting fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival with Robert Spano, and Second Prize in the 2011 Memphis Symphony International Conducting Competition, which led to his debut with the orchestra the following season and launched his professional career. Kalia’s early posts were with the Young Musicians Foundation (YMF) Debut Orchestra, the Charlotte Symphony and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (IN). Kalia is married to musicologist/ violinist Christine Wisch.

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