Carlos Foggin – Conductor
Founder & Artistic Director Marquis Chamber Orchestra (2025-)
Music Director Laureate Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra (2025-)
Founder & Music Director Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra (2016-2025)
Founding Conductor Calgary Community Orchestra (2014-2017)
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
Motet “Regina Caeli” (2025) by Carlos Foggin (8’)
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')
“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.”
