Announcing: The Vicente Symphony OrchestraI am launching a new orchestra today: the Vicente Symphony Orchestra. This orchestra will augment the Vicente Chamber Orchestra and give us…Jun 25, 2022Jun 25, 2022
All INI am ALL IN with the Vicente Chamber Orchestra — the group I founded in 2016. And, my plans are to make this amazing group one of the very…Jun 15, 2022Jun 15, 2022
Music is My CallingThe challenges that I have experienced over the last three years, from the pandemic to the tragic loss of friends from various illnesses…May 16, 2022May 16, 2022
It’s about giving opportunities to others.As an aspiring musician growing up in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 90s, there were few opportunities to study the art of conducting…Nov 27, 20211Nov 27, 20211
It’s Time to Dream Big and Face the Future with OptimismI am an optimist; live classical music performance will once again come back, and audiences will fill concert halls. But, not for some…Jun 17, 2020Jun 17, 2020
The Vicente Chamber Orchestra: a new chamber orchestra for Los Angeles“Aside from the fact that VCO continues to develop as an ensemble, I think there is a real interpretation here, as well as a bold…Mar 2, 2020Mar 2, 2020
The six things we have learned while building our orchestra.We are in a period of where we have supreme technical excellence . . . where performances are as polished and as well-performed as we have…Dec 20, 2019Dec 20, 2019
What is the Vicente Chamber Orchestra?The Vicente Chamber Orchestra is a community of passionate musicians, some professional, but most amateurs — who come together to do what…Sep 24, 2019Sep 24, 2019
My plans for the Vicente Chamber Orchestra (at 50).In what seems like an instant, I am 50 years old. Believe me, I am not complaining and am very fortunate. And, while I don’t plan to quit…Jun 17, 2018Jun 17, 2018