Arturo Rodriguez, guest conductor
	Indiana Horn Ensemble Holiday Concert December 2, 2001

Pianist, composer and conductor, Arturo Rodríguez is a native of Monterrey, México. As the youngest recipient of México’s Mozart Medal, he is regarded as one of that country’s most promising young musicians. His compositions have been performed in México, as well as in the U.S. where his debut took place at Fort Worth’s Museum of Modern Art.

Arturo Rodríguez studied for a Piano Performance Certificate with José Feghali at Texas Christian University and also studied conducting with Germán Gutiérrez. Rodríguez continues his conducting studies with Stanley DeRusha at Butler University as well as piano with Panayis Lyras, also of Butler University. Rodriguez has been a guest conductor with the TCU Orchestra and is currently the Assistant Conductor of the Butler Symphony Orchestra.

On May 12^th, Rodríguez received the “Light of the Future” award, presented by the Kennedy Center/Imagination Celebration of Fort Worth, which commissioned him to write a work for the White House based Mars Millennium Project. The result was a 40 minute long Symphonic Poem for large orchestra, female choir and soloist called From Earth to Mars: A Symphonic Journey.

The Indiana Horn Ensemble is very pleased to present a concert directed by this rising young star.