Case Scaglione


Case Scaglione is quickly developing a reputation as one of the most multifaceted conductors of his generation. He in his 3rd season as music director of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra and in April of 2011 it was announced that Mr. Scaglione was named the 2011 Solti Fellow by the Solti Foundation U.S. Mr. Scaglione was recently chosen as one of three conducting fellows to work under James Levine and Stefan Asbury this summer at the Tanglewood Music Center. He is a frequent guest assistant and cover conductor with the St. Louis Symphony and David Robertson, he has also assisted at the Baltimore Symphony and the Baltimore Opera, and conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl alongside Bramwell Tovey in Percy Grainger’s ‘The Warriors’. A native of Texas, Mr. Scaglione received his Bachelor’s Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. His postgraduate studies were spent at the Peabody Institute studying with Gustav Meier.

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Ward Stare


Described as “a compelling figure on the podium” and “one of the hottest young conductors in America” by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ward Stare is currently the Resident Conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony—a position created for him in the fall of 2008 by Music Director David Robertson. In April 2009, Stare made his highly successful Carnegie Hall debut with the orchestra, stepping in at the last minute to conduct while Robertson made his debut as chansonnier in H.K. Gruber’s Frankenstein!!.

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Yaniv Segal


Yaniv Segal has been a versatile musician and performer from a young age, appearing on stage extensively as a violinist, violist, singer, actor and conductor. He is a founder and conductor of the Chelsea Symphony in New York City - an orchestra that provides unique performance opportunities for instrumentalists, composers and conductors - and music director of the Michigan Pops Orchestra in Ann Arbor. The New York Times praised his interpretation of Mahler's Fourth Symphony as an "earnest, vibrant account," and Esquire Magazine profiled him as a rising star that is "redefining classical music." In the spring of 2011, as part of the Ludwig Van Beethoven Easter Festival, he made his Polish guest-conducting debut with the Opole Philharmonic of Poland and was immediately reengaged for the following season.

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Robert Trevino


Named among the Rising Stars of 2009 by Symphony Magazine, Robert Treviño has become an emerging force on the international music scene. Since his European debut in 2003 with the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra at age of 20, Robert has conducted orchestras and ensembles across North America, Europe, and Asia including the New York City Opera Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, the New World Symphony, the Chicago and Louisiana Philharmonics, the Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra, Suwon Philharmonic of South Korea, the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, the Montpellier Orchestra National, the Ohio Light Opera, and the Ensemble Modern Academy Orchestra.

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