Quiroga was a soloist in performances with the Conservatory Orchestra and the Concerts Lamoureux.

He also stays on as music director of the Conservatory Orchestra at SUNY, Purchase.

He later founded and directed Cuba's Municipal Conservatory Orchestra, where he worked as professor of Harmony, Composition, Aesthetics and Music History.

The orchestra has its roots back in 1881, when Alfredo Bablot, director of the Music Conservatory (founded July 1, 1866) initiated the Conservatory Orchestra.

She conducted both the Philharmonic ensemble as well as the Conservatory Orchestra.

Mazzoleni had been director of the Conservatory Orchestra since 1934.

Last weekend, the Conservatory Orchestra played the Adagio of Mahler's 10th Symphony under Mr. Boulez's direction.

The laureates here are the 10-year-old pianist Annabelle Cazes and the 15-year-old violinist Amy Chen, with Elliot Magaziner at the helm of the Conservatory Orchestra.

The winner is selected by an independent panel of judges each spring, and the winning composition is performed by the Conservatory Orchestra in the fall.

He currently serves as Music Director and Conductor of Brooklyn College's Conservatory Orchestra and Associate Professor of Music.