We are so excited to welcome Oscar Gerardo to our Board of Directors!
Oscar Gerardo is a native of Los Angeles. He has worked as a software engineer/architect for the entertainment industry for over twenty years. He has worked for Universal Studios, NBC and DirecTV designing, developing and enhancing b2b applications, consumer facing apps, metadata systems, and video streaming systems. He enjoys experiencing music (not limited to opera, classical music, punk, and ska), riding his motorcycle, spoiling his kitties, and cooking and baking everything from scratch.
A fierce advocate for radical new work, Oscar has commissioned works and provided major funding support for projects with the Ensemble, including the LA premiere of Ann Cleare's teeth of light, tongue of waves at the 2019 Noon to Midnight Festival which was described as "especially gripping" by the LA Times. Most recently, he co-commissioned Dai Fujikura's Gliding Wings for clarinet duo and strings which premiered at Miller Theatre in March 2020. He also commissioned Nicole Mitchell's Inescapable Spiral which premiered at Ojai Music Festival 2017 and had its remote version premiered with the Chicago Civic Orchestra in December 2020.
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