M. Alex Arellano

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M. Alex Arellano

Biography

Martín Alexander Arellano (b. 1997, Calif.) is an American conductor and composer.

In 2019, Mr. Arellano graduated with his Bachelor of Music in Music Theory and Composition at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music where he studied with Charles Norman Mason. He recently [2023] received his M.A. in orchestral conducting from the University of Iowa where he served as director of the Campus Symphony Orchestra and as an assistant conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra. He began studying conducting with Stuart Sims at the California State University: Stanislaus and since has worked with Robert Carnochan and Stephen Moore at the University of Miami. In 2021, Alex received his COP (Cycle d’Orientation Professional) in orchestral direction while studying with Miguel Etchegoncelay and Theodor Guschlbauer at the Strasbourg Conservatoire, where he was selected to represent the conducting studio in a regional masterclass with David Reiland the Orchestre National de Metz.

While at the University of Iowa, Alex assisted in the 2022 productions of the University of Iowa Opera Theater, Gilbert & Sullivan’s The HMS Pinafore and Domenico Chimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto, respectively, under Maestro Wayne Wyman. Alex conducted the final performances of both operas. He also assisted Music Director Mark Bruckner in the University of Iowa Department of Theater Art’s Spring 2023 production of Something Rotten! From 2018 - 2019, Alex served as Assistant Conductor to Shawn Crouch, director of the Frost School of Music’s premier new music ensemble “Ensemble Ibis”.

Alex was recently invited to serve as a conducting fellow for the Allentown Symphony and Artistic Director Diane Wittry. He has attended conducting workshops with the Järvi Family (Pärnu Music Festival), David Hill (The Bach Choir), David Reiland (Orchestre National de Metz), Paul Vermel (Emeritus, Northwest Symphony Orchestra), Neil Thomson (Philharmonic Orchestra of Goiás), Peter Jaffe (Stockton Symphony), and Diane Wittry (Allentown Symphony Orchestra). Alex was also a conducting fellow with the Miami Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Eduardo Marturet in the 2016 - 2017 season.

As a composer, Alex has written compositions for wind ensemble, symphony orchestra, and various chamber ensembles. He was a finalist in 2019 in the Florida Orchestra’s Student Composer Competition with his work Fantasia on a Song for a Child. Alex has worked with composers including Steven Bryant, Christopher Theofanidis, Victoria Bond, and Avner Dorman.

Alex is an alumnus of the Beta Tau chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at the University of Miami.


Works for Winds


Resources

  • The Horizon Leans Forward..., compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 248.
  • M. Alex Arellano website Accessed 2 February 2018