Jeffrey Solares formal training in music started when he
was accepted as a scholar in the Philippine High School for the Arts, a special
school for young artists based in Mount Makiling, Laguna, where he graduated in
1990 at the top of his class. He pursued a Bachelor of Music degree at the St.
Scholastica’s College under Prof. Basilio Manalo and Prof. Arturo Molina. Under
their tutelage he joined and won major prizes at the National Music
Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA).
Upon graduation he was asked to go to
Cebu to help establish and develop the Cebu Youth Symphony Orchestra. There he
discovered his passion for teaching and developed an excellent batch of Cebuano
violinists who are now active professional musicians. He also gained experience
in managing artistic organizations which was further honed when he took up the
Managing the Arts Program in the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in 2003.
In 2005 he returned to Manila and for a time was the Resident
Conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra(PPO) at the Cultural Center
of the Philippines. He became a faculty member of the University of Santo
Tomas, St. Scholastica’s College and the Philippine High School for the Arts.
He pursued formal training in the Suzuki Method, a specialized approach to
teaching music for young children.
At present he is the executive director of the Manila
Symphony Orchestra (MSO), one of the first orchestras established in Asia
(established in 1926). His major responsibility is to develop a network of
support for this orchestra and help it reach higher levels of artistic
excellence and community engagement. He occasionally conducts this orchestra in
special concerts featuring young soloists and also in collaborative
performances with the Ballet Philippines where he conducted the MSO in major
ballet productions of Copellia (2009), Sleeping Beauty (2011) and Rama Hari
(2012).
Because of his experience, Jeffrey Solares will be involved in outreach program for the kids on 19 July morning and the workshop for the exchange program from 1pm to 4pm in the afternoon. In the evening, he will join in with the rest of the group as one of the soloists for the "Evening with Bach" concert at 7.30pm at the Sabah Art Gallery with the JPO String Orchestra.
Because of his experience, Jeffrey Solares will be involved in outreach program for the kids on 19 July morning and the workshop for the exchange program from 1pm to 4pm in the afternoon. In the evening, he will join in with the rest of the group as one of the soloists for the "Evening with Bach" concert at 7.30pm at the Sabah Art Gallery with the JPO String Orchestra.
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