BGSU High School Honors String Festival

CELEBRATE THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR BY ATTENDING THE

BGSU HIGH SCHOOL HONORS
STRING FESTIVAL

      Saturday, September 23, 2023

Noon to Nine

Learn the skills & tools you need to thrive and succeed!
Experience a day in the life of a college string player!
Spend time playing together with young musicians just like you!
Sessions will include coaching and instruction with BGSU String Faculty.

Felipe Morales-Torres, Guest Conductor
The Bornoff Foundation 
for the Advancement of String Education

Felipe Morales-Torres
felipe.moralestorres@fase.org

Assistant Director & Program Manager
FASE Latin America and FASE Diverse String Teachers Fellowship
Felipe is an award winning conductor and educator with a passion for empowering the next generation of musicians and teachers. He has conducted the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestras’ Concert Orchestra since 2015, working with staff and students to develop a unique ensemble experience that explores a diverse range of repertoire and its social contexts. Under his direction, the Concert Orchestra was named a national finalist for the 2019 American Prize in Orchestral Programming and was selected to open the 2020 Ohio Music Education Association State Conference in a featured ensemble performance. Mr. Morales also coaches chamber ensembles for the Cincinnati Symphony Nouveau Program, which supports student musicians from Black, Latinx, and Native American descent.

In addition to his roles with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Felipe previously served as the orchestra director for Anderson High School and Winton Woods City Schools, and he also played a part in several community music programs, including the Louisville Youth Orchestra and the Dayton Philharmonic's Q The Music. The Anderson orchestras were known for their focus on symphonic orchestra literature, but Felipe also helped students engage in a variety of new musical outlets, such as feature-length film concerts, staged ballets, and the Anderson Contemporary Ensemble (ACE). During his tenure at Winton Woods, the orchestra program doubled in size and offerings expanded to include electric ensembles, summer camps, frequent guest artists, and multicultural performance tours. He was recognized with the district’s Most Influential Teacher Award twice, in 2015 and 2017.

Felipe started his musical life as a violist, but eventually pursued bassoon performance and music education at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. In 2019, he completed a Masters degree in Music Education and Orchestral Conducting, earning the UC Excellence in Teaching Award for his work with undergraduate music education majors. He has participated in a number of professional conducting fellowships since 2015, working with Diane Wittry (Allentown Symphony), Gzegorz Nowak (London Philharmonic), and Leonid Grin (National Symphony of Chile). In 2022, he received CCM’s Young Alumni Award for his contributions to music education in Cincinnati and beyond.