George Osorio, Conductor

George Osorio was the Assistant Conductor with the Southland Symphony Orchestra for a decade before developing the Southland Wind Ensemble. A graduate from California State University, Dominguez Hills, George participated in the Wind Ensemble, the Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Singers, Jazz Band and the Chamber Brass Ensemble, where he observed different teaching and conducting styles that helped shape his own conducting style. He studied Orchestral Conducting in the studio of Dr. Sylvia Lee Mann, who helped him develop his orchestral conducting and musical analysis skills. He also studied Orchestral Conducting with Charles Dickerson III in his final year at CSUDH. During his time at CSU Dominguez Hills, he turned his focus from orchestral literature to wind literature and researched various topics in that field of study. In addition to his degree in Music Performance, he also holds a degree in Spanish Literature from CSUDH. Currently, George is working towards a Master of Arts in Music Performance in Conducting at the Claremont Graduate University where he is studying with Dr. David Rentz. In addition to his work with the Southland Symphony Orchestra, George has served as an Assistant Conductor with the Irvine Young Concert Artists, where he founded a youth wind ensemble, which continues in existence to this day, and as a Guest Conductor with the Peninsula Symphonic Winds in Rolling Hills, CA. 

As a wind band conductor, George has a passion in bringing forward music that is unfrequently heard at community concerts and pushing musicians to create the highest quality of music during the rehearsal process. As the conductor of the Southland Wind Ensemble, he works with the musicians to create programs that are both engaging to the audience and challenging to the musicians. George has also created a chamber wind ensemble with musicians pulled from the larger ensemble to engage in intense study of chamber repertoire and has now included them in the regular season lineup. He has also started showcasing musicians from the wind ensemble as guest conductors during full wind ensemble concerts, giving them an opportunity to work with and conduct the Southland Wind Ensemble and will be working on showcasing the musicians as soloists in future seasons.

When he's not conducting, you can catch him playing the euphonium, trombone, or bassoon with different ensembles throughout SoCal, or reading a book.