Dr.
Galen Darrough
University of Northern ColoradoDr. Galen Darrough is
the Director of Choral Activities at the University of
Northern Colorado, and has directed and adjudicated choirs
in seventeen states, the provinces of
Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Ontario, Latin America, and has
served as conductor of regional or all-state choirs in
Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and North Dakota, and will
conduct the South Dakota All-State Choir in October of 2006.
His broad experience in choral music includes public
school teaching at the junior and senior high school,
community college, university, and community levels. His UNC
Men's Glee Club was selected to perform for the 1996 and
2006 Southwestern ACDA conventions and for the 1997 and 2006
Colorado Music Educators Convention, and his Women's Glee
Club also performed for CMEA in January 2002.
He has either performed or studied with conductors such
as Howard Swan, Paul Salamunovich, Helmuth Rilling, William
Hall, David Thorsen, Douglas McEwen, Donald Bailey, Ronald
Staheli, and Roger Wagner. He received his BA/Music
Education from California State University Fullerton, his
MM/Choral Music Performance from Brigham Young University,
and his DMA degree in Choral Music from Arizona State
University. At UNC, he is the conductor of the 65-voice
Concert Choir, and the 60-voice Men's Glee Club.
He has served as President of the Colorado American
Choral Directors Association, and in numerous offices in
regional and national ACDA and is co- convention chair for
the 2007 ACDA National Convention in Miami, FL.. He was
designated the 1999 Scholar of the Year for the College of
Performing and Visual Arts, one of eight faculty members to
be awarded throughout the university. In the fall of 2003,
he was granted sabbatic leave to Stockholm, Sweden to study
male chorus repertoire. |
Jung-Ho
Pak
The San Diego Chamber Orchestra’s 2006-07 Season marks the
inauguration of Jung-Ho Pak as its new Artistic Director and
Conductor. Described by the New York Times as a
conductor who “radiates enthusiasm”, the Los Angeles Times
as “a real grabber”, and twice by the San Diego
Union-Tribune as one of the most “impactful people to
watch”, Mr.
Pak has developed a reputation as a visionary and
influential leader.
He is also currently in his seventh season as Music
Director of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, one of the
largest orchestras in the New England region. In 2003, he
was appointed Music Director of the World Youth Symphony
Orchestra and Director of Orchestras at the Interlochen
Center for the Arts. The WYSO is one of the oldest and most
well known orchestras of its kind, as well as an
international ambassador for the arts and peace.
Previously (1997-2002), Mr. Pak led the new San Diego
Symphony from bankruptcy to a nationally recognized artistic
and financial success, and was known for his community
involvement and innovative programming. He has served as
Music Director with two important music conservatories: the
University of Southern California (USC) Symphony and the San
Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has also served as
Principal Conductor of the Emmy-nominated Disney Young
Musicians Symphony Orchestra for eight years and as Music
Director of the International Chamber Orchestra, NEXT
Chamber Orchestra, Colburn Chamber Orchestra, and Diablo
ballet. Guest conducting has taken him to Europe, the Soviet
Union, South America and Asia.
Mr. Pak is also a frequent speaker on television and
radio about the relevance of art in society and the
importance of music in education. Mr. Pak has led the New
Haven Symphony Orchestra into a new era of artistic
excellence and community investment. As he accomplished with
the San Diego Symphony, Mr. Pak has helped develop broader
audiences by introducing classical, pops, contemporary and
world music in a personal and dramatic way. He has visited
numerous local schools around the Connecticut area,
including leading concerts with the Connecticut All-State
High School Orchestra and the Yale Philharmonia.
As the newly-appointed Music Director of the World Youth
Symphony Orchestra and
Director of Orchestras at the Interlochen Center of the
Arts, Mr. Pak leads this historic
orchestra made of the most talented young artists from all
corners of the globe. He also
oversees six other orchestras at the Interlochen Summer Arts
Festival. Since its inception in 1998, the new San Diego
Symphony under Mr. Pak’s artistic direction performed
critically acclaimed concerts, emerging from bankruptcy and
receiving the largest
endowment gift in international orchestra history of over
$120 million.
His innovative creation, the “Light Bulb Series”, is a
revolutionary new concept in classical music utilizing
multimedia technology, non-classical connections, drama, and
theatrical staging in an interactive and approachable way.
These concerts reached a younger adult audience while
providing traditional audiences a deeper appreciation of
classical music.
Succeeding Daniel Lewis, Mr. Pak led a nationally recognized
symphony at the University
of Southern California. Named by the Los Angeles Times as
the number one classical music event in Los Angeles during
1997, the USC Symphony and conducting program under Pak’s
direction continued its artistic and institutional growth.
In 1987, Jung-Ho Pak became Music Director of the NEXT
Chamber Orchestra in Pennsylvania. With the International
Chamber Orchestra from Idyllwild Arts, Mr. Pak had made
several recordings and toured the United States. In April of
1996, the ICO was invited to participate in the Kennedy
Center’s 25th Anniversary Gala Concert that aired on PBS.
With a strong commitment to the arts in education, Mr.
Pak served as Principal Conductor
with the Emmy-nominated Disney Young Musicians Symphony
Orchestra for eight seasons,
broadcasting on the Disney Channel to over 30 million
viewers worldwide. In 1990, Mr. Pak concluded a three year
tenure as Conductor with the Debut Orchestra in Los Angeles,
aposition he was awarded after winning the Young Musicians
Foundation National
Conducting Competition.
Mr. Pak’s career has taken him around the world (Asia,
Europe, Russia, South American)
and conducted several recordings. Among the many orchestras
he has guest conducted, he has led the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra,
Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra,
Louisville Symphony Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra,
Bucheon Philharmonic, Akron Symphony, Tallahassee Symphony,
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, and Prime Philharmonic. |