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Octavio Más-Arocas serves as Director of Orchestras at Michigan State University College of Music. A versatile and dynamic conductor, his achievements clearly demonstrate his talent in musicianship. He was previously Director of Orchestras and Professor of Orchestral Conducting at Ithaca College in New York and Music Director of the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra in Ohio. Más-Arocas has also held prestigious positions such as Principal Conductor of the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra in Wisconsin and Director of Orchestral Studies and Opera Conductor at Lawrence University Conservatory of Music. He has conducted notable symphony orchestras all over North and South America and Europe, and has worked as assistant conductor at the Madrid Royal Opera House and the National Repertory Orchestra in Colorado. Más-Arocas conducts regularly at major festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival and Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. His teaching and conducting have inspired many young talents, and he has led masterclasses and workshops internationally. His mentors include renowned conductors Kurt Masur and David Zinman, and he has received several awards, including the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize and the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Award.
Department of Psychology