Maestro
Cal Stewart Kellogg
Music
Director and Conductor
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Cal
Stewart Kellogg first conducted the West Valley Symphony in November
2008 and was named West Valley Symphony Music Director and Conductor in
April of 2009. In addition, continues his position
as Music
Director and Conductor of the Symphony of the Southwest, having joined
that organization in 2005 after completing a six year collaboration
with the Arizona Opera.
Beginning his career in the symphonic concert hall, he has performed
with such orchestras as the Antwerp Philharmonic, Monte Carlo Symphony,
Israel Sinfonietta and in Italy with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in
Rome, Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the radio
orchestras of Rome, Naples and Turin. In North America, he
has
conducted the Baltimore Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony, Seattle
Symphony, New World Symphony, Orchestra of Illinois, Philharmonic
Orchestra of Florida and at the Spoleto Festival, U.S.A. He
served as Music Director of the Virginia Chamber Orchestra from
1993-1998.
Before moving to Phoenix in 2000, Mr. Kellogg conducted 24 opera
productions over 16 consecutive seasons for the Washington Opera at the
Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. He has also conducted
performances at the Teatro d’Opera di Roma, Teatro San Carlo
Opera of Napoli, Teatro Reggio di Parma, Teatro San Carlos Felice di
Genova, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Montreal, Canadian
Opera Company, Houston Grand Opera, Utah Opera, Portland Opera and
Seattle Opera.
Mr. Kellogg attained international attention as the first-prize winner
of the Gino Marinuzzi Conducting Competition and as a co-winner of the
Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition. He made his operatic
debut
with the Rome Opera Leading a production of Nino Rota’s
Aladino e
la Lampada Magica and New York City Opera debut conducting Gian Carlo
Menotti’s The Saint of Bleeker Street, both at the request of
the
composers. The Menotti opera was featured on the PBS series
Live
from Lincoln Center. He earned a diploma in conducting from
the
Conservatorio di Musica S. Cecilia in Rome under the guidance of the
legendary Franco Ferrara, and also earned diplomas in composition and
bassoon. Mr. Kellogg lives in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife
Jamie and their sons Mark and Sean.
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