Carlos Foggin – Conductor

Music Director Laureate Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra (2025-)
Founder & Music Director Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra (2016-2025)
Founding Conductor Calgary Community Orchestra (2014-2016)
Founding Conductor Calgary Youth Wind Ensemble (2014-2018)
Assistant Conductor University of Calgary Wind Ensemble (2014-2016)

Founder & Music Director of the Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra from 2016-2025, Carlos' artistic leadership has been described as keenly sensitive, grand and confident, and breathtakingly musical.  Experienced in wind band and choral idioms (he frequently adjudicates choral and band festivals), he now works primarily with concert orchestras and operatic productions.

Premieres Conducted

• Oratorio “Litaniae Sancti Ioseph” (2025) by Carlos Foggin (35’)

  • Soloists (SATB), Orchestra, Mixed Chorus, Organ

• Concert Suite “The Four Seasons of COVID-19” (2022) by Dr. Kristin Flores (13’)

• Overture “Winter Song” (2020) by Duarte Silva (12’)

• Ballet "Dance of the Three Empires" (2017) by Claude Lapalme (10')

• Opera "General Mi and the Pastry Chef" (2017) by Yang Guang (15')

  • Singers, Orchestra, GuZheng & Electronics

• Concert Suite Zenkora Universe (2017) by Wesley Chu (90')

• Suite for Concert Band Gods of Olympus (2016) by Kevin J. Ponte (30')

• Opera "Annie Davison" (2015) by Arthur Bachmann (120')