Camerata California Artists

Camerata California

Daniel Canosa Conductor	Daniel Canosa has conducted the Camerata California many times since its inception. As a student, Canosa studied composition and orchestral conducting at the Argentine Catholic University and the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. He pursued his interest in the Baroque repertoire under Argentine maestro Sergio Siminovich. After some years of leading various groups in Argentina, Mr. Canosa founded and directed the critically acclaimed Conjunto Egmont, for which he was singled out in 1988 as “one of the best conductors in the country.” In 1990 Canosa came to the United States as guest conductor for the Apollo Orchestra and Chorus in the Sierra Foothills. His extensive repertoire there has included symphonic and choral masterworks of all periods. He continued his study of Baroque music with conductor Nicholas McGegan in Berkeley, California. Traveling to Europe, Daniel Canosa studied with the legendary maestro Sergiu Celibidache, music director of the Munich Philharmonic. In 1996, Canosa became the music director of the Nieuw Amsterdam Barokorkest en Koor, which performed on original instruments. With this orchestra he toured extensively in The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. Also in Amsterdam, he conducted the award-winning women’s choir D'Avanti.
	Upon returning to California, Mr. Canosa became the artistic director and conductor of the Apollo Baroque Orchestra. He has also appeared as guest conductor with the Camellia Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Bach Choir. In addition to his conducting, Canosa is also a composer. His studies of music history and research into the original music of classical Greece have led to his original compositions to accompany the Greek dramas Alcestis, Philoctetes, and Iphigenia in Tauris. He has conducted the contemporary music ensemble for productions of these plays by Apollo Theater. An extended biographical reference to Daniel Canosa appears in the book Career in the Music Industry, career role models for young adults (Mitchell Lane, publishers).
Beverly Wesner Hoehn Harpist	Wesner-Hoehn, an acclaimed harpist with an extensive background in performance, has released seven CD's over the past seven years, the latest being a 2006 grammy nominated album with Composer and Pulitzer Prize winner George Crumb, entitled George Crumb, Volume 9. Also to be released in November 2007, is a CD entitled Winter Moon, with Sacramento Philharmonic Flutist Elizabeth Coronata. Each holiday season, Wesner-Hoehn performs twenty live concerts of the Nutcracker Ballet with the SP in the pit. She is also the featured harpist with the Sacramento Choral Society and the Sacramento Children's Chorus at concerts throughout the season.
Betsy Collins, Concert Pianist Spring 2008
Curvd Aire Brass Quintet Christmas 2007	Curvd Aire is an ensemble of professional musicians with a remarkable history of experience, education and musical talent, including current and former members of many of the most prestigious musicalorganizations in the Sacramento region. The members of Curvd Aire have extensive experience and training in classical and commercial music, and have performed and recorded music in all genres.