Angelo Moreno holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Orchestral Conducting from UC Davis, where he studied under Dr. D. Kern Holoman and served as principal second violin of the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra and concertmaster and soloist of the UC Davis Baroque Ensemble. He earned his Teaching Credential in Music Education from Sacramento State.

 

Moreno has directed orchestras in the Davis Joint Unified School District since 2000, leading the orchestra programs at Davis Senior High and Holmes Junior High. He founded the Davis High School Baroque Ensemble, the first of its kind at the high school level in the country. He also conducts the Sacramento Youth Symphony’s Academic Orchestra and maintains a private teaching studio.

 

His many honors for music education include the CSUS College of Education Teacher of the Year Award (2005), a California Legislature resolution presented by Assemblywoman Lois Wolk (2006), the Sacramento News & Review Music Educators Outstanding Achievement Award (2009), the Davis Schools Arts Foundation Harmony in Our Lives Award (2011), and the California Music Educators Association’s Richard L. Levin Orchestra Educator Award (2012). In 2014, he was a Quarterfinalist for the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Foundation’s first annual Music Educator Award.

 

DownBeat magazine has named his ensembles Best Classical Ensemble in a nationwide search four times: the Combined Junior High Advanced Orchestra (2010), the Davis Senior High School Symphony Orchestra (2011 and 2012), and the Holmes Junior High Advanced Orchestra (2014). Moreno has been featured in publications including Symphony Magazine, Early Music Magazine, Strings, San Francisco Classical Voice, In-Tune, and Teaching Music.