Conductor
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 now works primarily with concert Orchestras and Opera Companies. In particularly, he is excited to work to work on interdisciplinary projects including (in whole on in part): orchestra, singers, actors, dance, film, projection, and electronics.
He has commissioned and premiered a number of large-scale works.
Premieres commissioned & conducted
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
Zenkora Universe (2017) by Wesley Chu (90')
Gods of Olympus (2016) by Kevin J. Ponte (30')
Opera "Annie Davison" (2015) by Arthur Bachmann (120')
“Carlos Foggin conducted the orchestra with a rare clarity and a real sense of style, making the rhythmic transitions from number to number in a secure, yet effortlessly-musical manner. The entire production was fully up to snuff.”
