Composer and conductor EFRAÍN AMAYA has been appointed music director of the Minot Symphony Orchestra in North Dakota, where he also joins the faculty of Minot State University. Since 2007 he has been music director of TanzTheater André Koslowski (State College, Pa.) and USA chief regional officer of the Centro Latinoamericano de Música. Past positions include associate conductor, Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra (Greensburg, Pa.); music director, Greensburg American Opera; and music director, Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestra (Pittsburgh) and Westmoreland Symphony Youth Orchestra. Following early training in his native Venezuela, Amaya earned bachelor’s degrees in composition and piano from Indiana University and a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from Rice University in Houston.
Posted September 29, 2015
