At the time of our interview, Fabian was Senior Manager of Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, also known as YOLA, the LA Philharmonic’s music education program. He now serves as YOLA’s Gift Planning Officer. He studied clarinet performance, getting his undergraduate degree at Florida State University and his masters at The University of Texas at Austin, and then went to Philadelphia to study with Ricardo Morales at Temple University. He held jobs in music administration working for The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Aspen Music Festival, and Oberlin College before moving to Los Angeles to work with YOLA.
CONNECT WITH FABIAN AND YOLA
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabian-fuertes-2552951b5
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fabzfuertes/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fabian.fuertes.7
Work email: ffuertes@laphil.org
YOLA's Website: https://www.laphil.com/learn/yola/youth-orchestra-los-angeles
FABIAN’S EPISODE RESOURCES
Current Fav Composer: Mozart
Current Fav Piece of Classical Music: Mozart's Gran Partita
Fav Movie Soundtrack: anything by John Williams
Go-to Resource for Music Educators: Dr. Robert Duke
Book Rec: The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey
Musician You Admire: Ricardo Morales
Audible Free Trial: https://amzn.to/3VXwMWf
Amazon Music Free Trial: https://amzn.to/3W1Ttsr
ORCHESTRATING YOUR CAREER
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaCPf5xynqMHcFuQhCWrNCQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orchestratingyourcareer
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orchestratingyourcareer
ABOUT THE HOST
Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.
CONNECT WITH REBEKAH
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bitesbybekah
Websites: https://www.bitesbybekah.com
TIMECODES
00:00 Start of Video
0:57 Podcast Intro
01:40 Episode Intro
3:04 Start of Interview
3:36 Fabian’s Musical Background
7:51 Considering Music as a Career
11:57 Undergrad Experience at Florida State University
12:55 Music, Athletics, and Performance Anxiety
14:10 Career Aspirations in Undergrad
15:13 After Undergrad
16:14 Masters at University of Texas
19:11 After Masters
20:15 Studying with Ricardo Morales
25:28 Career Change: Moving from Performance to Music Admin
28:46 Working for Philadelphia Orchestra
31:40 Working for Aspen Music Festival
36:02 Working for Oberlin
38:46 Interviewing and Working for YOLA
43:32 Working for YOLA/Parallels between music training and working in music admin
48:41 Investing in Self
51:10 Board of Directors for Arts for LA
52:36 Impact of Mentors
53:58 Advice for Young Musicians
1:00:13 Rapid Fire Q&A
1:03:31 Connect with Fabian
1:05:07 Episode Outro
1:06:23 “What is YOLA?”
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE
Theme Music composed by Ben Roundtree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0z6dZJL6GM
What is YOLA? | An Overview of our Young Symphony of Change: https://youtu.be/0uPfSipoE9c?si=HxVDyQu7Mu9XIRhj
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