Armenian-American conductor Tigran Arakelyan is the Music Director of  Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestras, the Federal Way Youth Symphony and the Artistic Director/Conductor of Port Townsend Community Orchestra. Previously, he was the assistant conductor of Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, Whatcom Symphony Orchestra, Northridge Youth Philharmonic and the associate conductor of Rainier Symphony. For three seasons he was a Senior Conducting Fellow with California […]

Kevin Helppie has been involved professionally in choral and vocal music for over 30 years. He has directed collegiate, church and community choirs in Washington, Oregon, North Dakota, Kentucky and Texas. He studied choral conducting at the Robert Shaw Institute in France and with teachers Abraham Kaplan and Dr. B.R. Henson. Kevin is a frequent […]