
Lecturing Faculty and Guest Artists
Why study with one conducting professor when you can study with ten?

Malcolm Yuen
Programme Director
Associate Conductor, Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Director of the Irish Chamber Ensemble, and Juror, Wiener Musikseminar

John Beal
Live Orchestra to Film
Internationally Recognized Live to Film Conductor and Acclaimed Film Composer, Principal Conductor of the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra

Federico Borlandelli
Opera Coach
Descendent of Gioachino Rossini, Opera producer, Opera vocal coach, Opera staging and costume specialist

Derek Gleeson
Conducting Faculty
Music Director of the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director of the European Academy of Fine Arts

Bernhard Kerres
Career Development and Promotion
Former Artistic Director and CEO of the Wiener Konzerthaus, founder of HELLO STAGE, and an industry leader in Career Management Education

Vincent de Kort
Conducting Faculty
Dutch Conductor in high demand with the world's leading opera houses, including Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg, Royal Swedish Opera, and dozens more.

Grigor Palikarov
Conducting Faculty
Conductor of the National Opera and Ballet, Sofia, the Symphony Orchestra-Pazardzhik, and the "Classic FM" Symphony Orchestra, Sofia

Christo Pavlov
Conducting Faculty
Music Director of the Vratsa Symphony Orchestra, Music and Record Producer, Orchestrator and Score Supervisor

Walt Straiton
Conducting Faculty
American Conductor & Music Executive (Yamaha, Conn-Selmer); Performances with Chuck Mangione, Chris Botti, Bob James, Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich

Bahman Saless
Conducting Faculty
Founder of the Boulder Chamber Orchestra and Co-Founder of the International Conducting Institute (ICI)

Nayden Todorov
Conducting Faculty
Music Director of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra the much-lauded Thracia Summer International Music Festival

Niki Petrov
Conducting Faculty
Accomplished Bulgarian Studio and Classical Conductor, Orchestrator, Score Supervisor and Classical Percussionist

Debbie Smith
Recording, Mixing & Editing
Studio Engineer and Lecturer in Recording, Mixing & Editing

Vlad Boyadjiev
Recording, Mixing & Editing
Studio Engineer with over 600 international movie credits, including films by Disney, Universal, & Warner Bros.

Mihail Yossifov
Jazz Faculty
One of the most successful Bulgarian Jazz Trumpeters in the industry, leader of the Big Band Module for Conductors