DANIEL CANOSA
Director, Mayflower
Community Chorus
With a repertoire of symphonic and choral masterworks of all periods,
Argentina-born conductor Daniel Canosa, considered one of the best of his
generation, has led orchestras and choruses in
Argentina, the United States
and Europe.
Mr. Canosa has been in California
since 1990 and has conducted, among others, the Apollo Orchestra and Chorus, the
Auburn Symphony Orchestra, and the Camilla Symphony Orchestra. In 2001 his
all-Beethoven program with the Auburn Symphony received recognition: "Pluck is
what it takes to tackle Beethoven... Canosa's careful conducting shepherded the
orchestra in the right directions... [and] proved commanding [in] Symphony No.
7, landing its attacks, severe cutoffs, and varied dynamics like a gymnast in
fine form,” wrote Patricia Beach Smith of the Sacramento Bee. In 1996 Canosa
deepened his involvement with period-instrument ensembles as music director of
the Nieuw Amsterdam Barokorkest en Koor, touring extensively in The Netherlands,
Belgium
and Germany.
On his return to California he founded the
well-received Apollo Baroque Orchestra, a first for the Sierra Foothills, and in
Sacramento, the Camerata California. Canosa's research
into ancient music of classical Greece informed
his original musical scores for the Greek dramas Alcestis, Philoctetes, and
Iphigeia in Tauris performed by Apollo Theater.
Canosa joined the Mayflower Community Chorus in September 1999 and since that
time has coached the non auditioned members through every aspect of vocal
interpretation. In November 2006 Canosa led the chorus to a new high when they
traveled to the Czech
Republic and participated
in the Prague Advent Choral Festival.
Canosa studied composition and orchestral conducting at the Argentine Catholic University
and Universidad Nacional de La Plata. He studied Baroque repertoire under
Argentine maestro Sergio Siminovich in Buenos Aires
and conductor Nicholas McGegan in
Berkeley,
California. His development
included courses at the Mozarteum Conservatory in Salzburg
as well as studies in Munich and Paris with the legendary
Sergiu
Celibidache, music director of the Munich Philharmonic. An extended biographical
reference to him appears in the book Careers in the Music Industry, Career
Role Models for Young Adults (Mitchell Lane, publishers).
