Known for his clarity, attention to detail, advocacy of new music by living composers, interpretations of the classics as well as comfort with crossover symphonic concerts and popular music, Martin is a versatile and wide-ranging conductor who has appeared as guest conductor with symphony orchestras in North America, Europe, and Australia. Recent engagements include the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Utah Symphony as part of their Deer Valley Music Festival, the Tucson Symphony Cirque de la Symphony “Holiday Magic” concerts, and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Botanic Garden concert series. He has also recently guest-conducted Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall.

Martin served as music director and conductor with Downtown Opera in Long Beach, California, conducting premieres of new operas in the U.S. and the Czech Republic and was conductor and music director at LaMaMa Theatre in New York City where he led performances of his one-act opera, The Doctor. He also served as assistant conductor with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and was conductor of the Berkeley Young Musicians Program Orchestra and Berkeley Summer Orchestra. He has toured extensively as conductor with Windborne Music’s repertory of symphonic rock concerts and served as orchestra conductor for the tour of Marie Osmond’s show, “Marie”, featuring Marie Osmond performing with symphony orchestras and her band throughout the United States. He was also arranger and conductor for Flying Music Inc., London in tours with orchestra and band throughout the United Kingdom. Martin has been arranger and conductor for “Classical Mystery Tour” Music of the Beatles in well over a hundred concerts with symphony orchestras nationally and internationally since its inception, having toured with them throughout the US, Europe, Australia and Canada.

Martin studied conducting and composition at Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of California, Berkeley and spent two years in Paris, France on a Fulbright Grant and U.C. Berkeley Ladd Prix de Paris where he worked as a conductor and composer. He has received recognition for his work in the promotion of international cultural exchange from the Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York City.

Lucas Waldin is a dynamic and versatile conductor whose performances have delighted audiences across North America. He has collaborated with some of today’s most exciting artists including Carly Rae Jepsen, The Barenaked Ladies, Crash Test Dummies, Ben Folds, The Canadian Brass, and Buffy Sainte-Marie, in addition to conducting presentations such as Disney in Concert, Blue Planet Live, Cirque de la Symphony, and the groundbreaking symphonic debut of R&B duo Dvsn as part of the global Red Bull Music Festival.

 Waldin has been a guest conductor for numerous orchestras in the U.S. and Canada, including the Cleveland Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Grant Park Festival Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony, the Calgary Philharmonic, the Toronto Symphony, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.

 A native of Toronto, Ontario, Waldin holds degrees in flute and conducting from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Described as “superb” by The New York Times, violinist Tai Murray has established herself a musical voice of a generation.“Technically flawless… vivacious and scintillating… It is without doubt that Murray’s style of playing is more mature than that of many seasoned players… ” (Muso Magazine)

Appreciated for her elegance and effortless ability, Murray creates a special bond with listeners through her personal phrasing and subtle sweetness. Her programming reveals musical intelligence. Her sound, sophisticated bowing and choice of vibrato, remind us of her musical background and influences, principally, Yuval Yaron (a student of Gingold & Heifetz) and Franco Gulli. Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2004, Tai Murray was named a BBC New Generation Artist (2008 through 2010). As a chamber musician, she was a member of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society II (2004-2006).

She has performed as guest soloist on the main stages world-wide, performing with leading ensembles such as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Symphony Orchestra, and all of the BBC Symphony Orchestras. She is also a dedicated advocate of contemporary works (written for the violin). Among others, she performed the world premiere of Malcolm Hayes’ violin concerto at the BBC PROMS, in the Royal Albert Hall.

As a recitalist Tai Murray has visited many of the world’s capitals having appeared in Berlin, Chicago, Hamburg, London, Madrid, New York’s Carnegie Hall, Paris and Washington D.C., among many others.

Tai Murray’s critically acclaimed debut recording for harmonia mundi of Ysaye’s six sonatas for solo violin was released in February 2012. Her second recording with works by American Composers of the 20th Century was released by the Berlin-based label eaSonus and her third disc with the Bernstein Serenade on the French label mirare.

Tai Murray plays a violin by Tomaso Balestrieri fecit Mantua ca. 1765, on generous loan from a private collection.

Murray is an Associate Professor, Adjunct, of violin at the Yale School of Music, where she teaches applied violin and coaches chamber music. She earned artist diplomas from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and the Juilliard School.

Kelly Levesque is a singer-songwriter from New York who began her career in the studio at the age of 3 with her musician-father recording her first notes.  Kelly has performed as a soloist on leading international stages such as Royal Albert Hall, The Sydney Opera House, The Kennedy Center, Budokan, Staples Center, The White House, and Madison Square Garden. Kelly has also shared the stage with such esteemed artists as Sting, Jamie Foxx, Andrea Bocelli, David Foster, Josh Groban, Michael Bolton, Smokey Robinson, John Legend, Patti LaBelle, and many more.

Her soaring vocal range, beautiful tone, and stunning stage presence have provided her with an international recording and performing career since she signed her first major recording deal with Reprise/Warner Brothers Records.  Kelly has had 2 top 5 Billboard Classical Crossover Albums, one with her group Three Graces and the second with Diane Warren’s duet group Due Voci.

Kelly has been honored to perform for International Royalty, four US Presidents and His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. She believes in creating “Music With Meaning” as part of the philanthropic initiative with her music. She wrote a song called Never Forever to raise awareness and money for Domestic Violence victims- it was released with the support of the Miss America Organization and Safe Horizon with their #PuttheNailinit campaign. I Won’t Let You Down is a song Kelly wrote and gifted to the KNOWAutism Foundation to benefit children and families who are affected by Autism.

Kelly is featured on several film and television soundtracks, including America’s Sweethearts starring Julia Roberts, and the title song on the new Inspector Gadget series. Also a featured vocalist on numerous National TV and radio commercials.

“Singing is what I love to do and I always remember at each performance, this could be somebody’s first or last show, so I give everything I have and leave it all on the stage!”

Originally from Bluegrass country, Katrina Rose moved to the Big Apple to pursue her dreams. Most recently, she chased those dreams right into the top 30 of Season 13 of The Voice on NBC (Team Miley Cyrus & Jennifer Hudson). Her performances of W.O.M.A.N (ftr. Janice Freeman) & Kozmic Blues are available for download on iTunes and Amazon. Other credits include: Broadway/Off-Broadway: “Hairspray” (Tracy Turnblad); “A Night with Janis Joplin” (alt Janis Joplin); “RENT” (female ensemble- Seasons of Love Soloist performed); “Jerry Springer: The Opera at Carnegie Hall” (Shawntel,Eve); “BloodSong of Love” (Whore in Boots, etc.); “Things To Ruin- The Songs of Joe Iconis” (lead player). Regional/Tour: “A Night With Janis Joplin” (Janis Alt.); “RENT” (Mimi Marquez/Surflight); “GREASE!” (Rizzo/Surflight); “Legally Blonde” (Enid Hoops/Ogunquit). NY Workshops/Concerts: “FOUND!!” (Denise); “Rock & Roll Refugee” (Genya Ravan); “Monster Songs” (Medusa); “Sleeping Beauty Wakes” (Cheryl). Recordings: T2R: “The Songs of Joe Iconis” (Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight Records); “Rock & Roll Jamboree” (Sh-k-Boom & Ghostlight Records); “Kerrigan & Lowdermilk LIVE” (Yellow Sound Label). All recordings available on iTunes and Amazon. She is currently working on the release of her first EP.  Follow Katrina @KatrinaRoseRock #NOBox. AEA/SAG. “For J. FLY.”

Conducting Fellow – Oliver Chan earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, where he studied under the tutelage of internationally acclaimed pianist Walter Ponce. Oliver has been a featured pianist, conductor, and music educator throughout the Greater Los Angeles Area. Oliver is the music director of Opera Italia, an opera company based in Los Angeles, and a staff accompanist at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, where he works closely with renowned baritone Vladimir Chernov. He has also worked as the assistant conductor at La Sierra University Opera Theatre, an accompanist at Santa Monica College, and the chorusmaster at Numi Opera. At the BCCM, Oliver conducts the Bob Cole Conservatory Symphony Orchestra and coaches voice students in the Opera Institute while pursuing his master’s degree in orchestral conducting. He currently studies with Dr. Johannes Müller Stosch and has studied with Dr. Jacob Sustaita and Dr. Dean Anderson.

A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small
town in the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on November 6, 1949, just two years after Gillespie
became the first musician to bring Latin influences into American Jazz. Sandoval began studying
classical trumpet at the age of twelve, but it didn’t take him long to catch the excitement of the
jazz world. He has since evolved into one of the world’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz
trumpet and flugelhorn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist and composer.

He is one of the most dynamic and vivacious live performers of our time, and has been seen by
millions at the Oscars, at the Grammy Awards, and the Billboard Awards. Sandoval has been
awarded 10 Grammy Awards, and nominated 19 times; he has also received 6 Billboard Awards
and an Emmy Award. The latter for his composing work on the entire underscore of the HBO
movie based on his life, “For Love or Country” that starred Andy Garcia as Arturo.

In 2022 Arturo releases his new album “Rhythm & Soul” to rave reviews! What the pandemic of
2020 revealed to those who follow Arturo on social media was just how much this man, who at
age 72 has seen and done it all, continues to love music and court it with all the eagerness of a
love-struck teenager. During the imposed quarantine, when the music business all but stopped,
Arturo would share 1-3 new compositions or improvisations to his Facebook and Instagram
pages almost daily, revealing an insatiable need to keep creating and communicating. This album
is but a mere sampling of his creative output from that time, a collection of new songs written
during the shutdown and interpreted by his incredible band once they were able to get back in the
studio together.

Why “Rhythm & Soul”?

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The “Rhythm” is represented by a collection of new originals that draw on Arturo’s wealth of
experience and encyclopedic knowledge in all forms of Latin music, from traditional Cuban Son
to Brazilian Bossa-Nova and Samba to Caribbean Soca. There are few, if any, musicians more
qualified to represent such a vast diversity of Latin rhythms.

The “Soul” is what comes from his horn. This album showcases Arturo as a player in many
forms – from fiery to sensitive. Musicians and fans alike rightly marvel at his technical ability on
the horn – the effortless high notes and the dizzying speed and execution of his improvised runs.
He truly is one of the most beautiful ballad players around, and both sides of his soul are well
represented here.

His 2018 feature is an incomparable who’s-who of the most talented artists today! This landmark
album also contains an unparalleled mix of collaborations with legends and new generation
voices from the worlds of Pop, Jazz, Classical & Latin music coming together for the Cuban
maestro’s first duets release. including: Stevie Wonder, Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande,
Placido Domingo, Celia Cruz, Josh Grobin, Juan Luis Guerra, Al Jarreau, Alejandro Sanz, Prince
Royce and David Bisbal. “Ultimate Duets” marks the continuation of a distinguished fourdecade
catalogue of over 40 groundbreaking titles.

Sandoval was a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning group Irakere, whose
explosive mixture of jazz, classical, rock and traditional Cuban music caused a sensation
throughout the entertainment world. In 1981, he left Irakere to form his own band, which
garnered enthusiastic praise from critics and audiences all over the world, and continues to do so.
Sandoval is also a renowned classical musician, performing regularly with the leading symphony
orchestras from around the world. Arturo has composed his own “Concerto for Trumpet &
Orchestra”, which can be heard on “Arturo Sandoval: “The Classical Album.” And later
composed his 2nd Trumpet Concerto which he has performed around the world. Arturo has
performed with the foremost orchestras in the country as well as abroad and recorded John
Williams’ Trumpet Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra. His classical artistry has
earned him the respect and admiration from the most prestigious conductors, composers and
symphony orchestras worldwide.

Arturo Sandoval’s versatility can be heard on recordings with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie,
Woody Herman, Woody Shaw, Michel Legrand, Josh Groban, Tony Bennett, Bill Conti, and Stan
Getz to Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka, Rod Stewart and Alicia Keys, Pharrell
Williams, Ariana Grande, and Megan Trainor amongst many others. He has performed with John
Williams with the Boston Pops, and in the Super bowl with Tony Bennett and Patti LaBelle.
His underscore compositions can also be heard in movies including, Clint Eastwood’s most
recent films “The Mule” starring Clint Eastwood & Bradley Cooper, and Eastwood’s “Richard
Jewel”, “1001 to 1” starring Beau Bridges, “At Middleton” starring Andy Garcia and Vera
Farmiga, Dave Grusin’s soundtrack for “Havana” and “Random Heart”, in the “Mambo Kings”
soundtrack with his Grammy nominated composition “Mambo Caliente”, in the soundtrack of
“The Perez Family”, “61”, “Mr. Wrong”, the documentary “Oscar”, and “The Family Fuentes”
among of others. He also was commissioned by the Kennedy Center to compose the music for
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the ballet “Pepito’s Story”, “Soul Possessed”, as well as “Oman O Men”, and “The Chocolate
Hot Nutcracker, choreographed by Debbie Allen. And as mentioned above, he was awarded an
Emmy for his composing work on the entire underscore of the HBO movie based on his life,
“For Love or Country” starring Andy Garcia.

Arturo Sandoval reaches beyond the scope of mere effort. His struggles while in Cuba and since
his defection have given him more energy and strength, urging him to accomplish and surpass
his childhood dreams. Filled with a virtuoso capability, he desires nothing more than to share his
gift with others who feel the same intense adoration for music as he does. One frequently speaks
of Arturo Sandoval’s virtuoso technical ability or his specialty in high notes, but he who has seen
him on the piano, lyrically improvising a ballad, or has had the opportunity to enjoy the diversity
of his music, through his compositions from the most straight ahead jazz, Latin jazz or classical,
knows that Arturo Sandoval is a prominent musician, and one recognizes that Arturo is one of the
most brilliant, multifaceted and renowned musicians of our time.

Endless Summer, the #1 Beach Boys Tribute in the Surfin’ USA, has taken the tribute band industry to a new level. It’s not just a tribute but a Beach Boys experience! Allan Conner (who has performed many times with the Beach Boys) and Earl Lemons have put together a stellar group of singers and musicians that faithfully reproduce the sights and sounds of the surf music craze. Based in Dallas, (the surfing capital of Texas…) Endless Summer has played to sold out audiences across Texas. Having played Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe and across America, they know what it takes to engage and entertain any audience. They have entertained at theaters, casinos, corporate events, festivals, wineries, and City Entertainment Series. From the first notes of California Girls to the last notes of Kokomo, you know the beach party is about to start! As Allan says “This music is timeless. These shows are always family friendly. I like to get the audience involved so the audience is just an extension of the stage!” Expect sing-a-longs, beach balls and Frisbees to be flying as Endless Summer sings about surfing, hot rods and Surfer Girls! Get ready to have “Fun Fun Fun” and “Good Vibrations” for a night to remember! “

Ho Chan plays every instrument of the pin peat ensemble, a form of percussive Cambodian classical music. He began to study at age 16 with his grandfather. In 1975, under the Khmer Rouge regime, Chan was forced into slave labor camps; he fled to Thailand in 1979 where he joined a pin peat ensemble headed by master musician Yinn Ponn. In 1986, he resettled in the U.S. and moved to California in 2000, where he joined the Arts of Apsara Ensemble, led by master dancer and singer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro. He has received awards from the California Arts Council, the Public Corporation for the Arts, and the Alliance for California Traditional Arts.

The Modern Apsara Company bridges the modern world to the sacred art of Cambodian classical dance. Through performance, training, and workshops, the Modern Apsara Company honors the legacies of past and current dance masters by showcasing their work in elevated spaces. The company was founded by first-generation Cambodian-American refugee, Reaksmey “Mea” Lath, with the purpose of preserving the integrity and quality of the traditions left by the ancestors.