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Eugene F. Castillo The Camellia Symphony Orchestra's music director, Eugene F. Castillo, is among a chosen few who have been selected to be profiled and showcased in the prestigious second National Conducting Institute at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Director Leonard Slatkin has nothing but praise for Maestro Castillo and his associates. "The level of the applicants we have received, clearly demonstrates the need for this institute. We have highly qualified, extremely gifted conductors. All of us look forward to working with them." Eugene Castillo is in his fourth season with Camellia. The institute's program is designed to assist the careers of young, emerging conductors who were chosen through a highly competitive selection process. Eugene served as the assistant conductor of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, the Pasadena Symphony, and as staff conductor with the San Francisco Ballet in 1998. He held a teaching post at C.S.U., Long Beach, has conducted in the U.S., Mexico, England, and Italy; and has been a particular favorite of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. He is a native of Los Angeles, where he earned the degree of Master of Music in Conducting with Distinction at C.S.U., Northridge. Currently he is an Adjunct Faculty member at American River College. |
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