EPSO Assistant Conductor: Andres Moran


Andres Moran

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El Paso, Texas native Andres Moran was appointed associate instructor in the Instrumental Conducing department for Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music in 2007. In this role, Moran collaborated with the IU Opera and Ballet Theater on their production of Perspectives 1900's, conducting fully staged versions of Debussy's L'Apres-midi f' un faune and Chopin's Les Sylphides. This past Fall, Moran again collaborated with the IU Ballet Theater in the recreation of George Balanchine's original production of Hindemith's The Four Temperaments. In addition to serving as assistant conductor for numerous orchestral programs, Moran worked closely with Pulitzer Prize winning composer William Bolcom in the collegiate premiere of his opera A Wedding as well as a new production of Puccini's La Boheme.

As assistant conductor for the National Repertory Orchestra in 2008, Moran shared the podium with Maestro Carl Topilow on several occasions in both classical and pops concerts while also conducting full orchestral and educational programs throughout the season. In 2007, Moran served as staff conductor at the Brevard Music Festival where he led orchestral and chamber music performances while assisting Maestro David Effron. During the previous summer season, he was invited to the Music in the Mountains Festival in Durango, Colorado to lead a concert celebrating the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. In May of 2005, Los Angeles's Young Musicians Foundation selected Moran as a finalist in their national search for a music director for their Debut Orchestra.

A strong proponent of music education, Moran spent several years working closely with students in the public school music programs of the West Texas/New Mexico area. He was a founding member of a mentoring initiative which partnered college music majors with local middle and high school music students in under-privileged schools in the El Paso community.

Moran is currently pursuing conducting studies with David Effron and Arthur Fagen while at Indiana University. He received a graduate degree in Orchestral Conducting while studying with Paul Phillips at Southern Methodist University while simultaneously pursuing a degree in Horn Performance with Dallas Symphony principal hornist Gregor Hustis. Moran also holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from New Mexico University. Moran has participated in masterclasses with Leonard Slatkin, Herbert Blomstedt, Marin Alsop, and Michael Morgan.
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