Overview
Work History
Education
Publications and Presentations
Professional Activities
Significant Performances
Fellowships
Professional Affiliations
Certification
Courses Taught
Guest Lectures
Timeline
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Adan A. Fernandez

Glendale,CA

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Music Director/Organist

Holy Family Catholic Church
Glendale, CA
10.2017 - Current
  • Direct and oversee five choirs
  • Coordinate all concerts and guest concerts
  • Prepare two yearly choral concerts and one organ recital

University Organist And Adjunct Professor

California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA
08.2019 - Current
  • Teach all levels of Keyboard Harmony
  • Oversee organ and all upgrades
  • Oversee the Franzen Organ Recital Series
  • Began the monthly Bach Organ Recital Series
  • Teach all student organists
  • Perform for all university functions

Associate Conductor

National Children's Chorus
Los Angeles, CA
08.2021 - Current
  • Conduct the Debut Ensemble in two-part works
  • Coach voice weekly for students ages 10-13

Interim Director of Choral Activities

California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA
01.2021 - 06.2021
  • Utilized innovative methods of instruction, including video, interactive class activities and discussions to present course material.
  • Directed the University Chorus and Women's Chorale
  • Collaborated with Visual Media Department for virtual choir projects
  • Temporary position while previous instructor was on sabbatical

Founder and Director/Conductor

Glendale Youth Symphony
Glendale, CA
01.2019 - Current
  • Founded symphony for the community of Glendale and surrounding cities
  • Initiated collaboration with Glendale College to perform and feed into college
  • Initiated collaboration with LA Mission to serve wider community and raise volunteer hours for the kids

Concert Choir Director

Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
06.2021 - 01.2022

Conducted, rehearsed, and recruited for the concert choir

Assistant Conductor/Collaborative Pianist

Claremont Chorale
Claremont, CA
08.2018 - 08.2019
  • Assistant conduct on various choral repertoire
  • Collaborative pianist for all rehearsals and performances
  • Rehearse choir in various rehearsals and sectionals
  • Oversee recruitment and community engagement

Education

Doctor of Musical Arts - Sacred Music, Choral Music, Organ Performance, Musicology

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
2020

Master of Arts - Organ Performance

Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA
2014

Bachelors of Music - Piano Performance

Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, CA
01.2011

Certificate - Worship Leadership

Samford University
2017

Publications and Presentations

  • Published "The Music of the Great Religions: The Philosophy of a New Course at Cal Lutheran University" in CrossAccent Journal 2023
  • Published "Liberationist Perspectives on the Misa Criolla by Ariél Ramírez" in Religions Journal 2022
  • Published "Culture of Singing" in 2017 Fall issue of Reformed Worship Magazine
  • Published "The Role Music Plays in Racial Identity" in ChorTeach 2018
  • Presenter, "Music and the prosperity gospel" at the American Academy of Religion 2018, Berkeley
  • Presenter, "Kodaly for Spanish Speaking Choirs" at CASMEC 2019, Fresno
  • Presenter, "Sacred Counterpoint: The Balance Between Emotion and Reason in the 16th Century Motet" at the Christian Congregational Music Conference 2019, Ripon College Cuddesdon, United Kingdom
  • Presenter "Lutheran funeral hymnody" at Eureka: Musical Minds Conference 2017, Cal State Fullerton
  • Presenter, "Lutheran funeral hymnody" at Hymn Society 2017, Canada
  • Presenter, "Transformational Leadership in Church Music Programs" at Concordia University 2018, Irvine
  • Presenter, "Using Kodaly with Spanish-Speaking Choral Ensembles" at California All-State Music Education Conference 2019, San Jose

Professional Activities

  • Director of Organ and Chant for advisory board in San Pedro Region of the Los Angeles Archdiocese, 2018-2021
  • Member-at-large for Los Angeles Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, 2018-2020
  • Director of Education, Glendale College Orchestra Board, 2021
  • Dean of the American Guild of Organists, Ventura Chapter, 2021
  • Panelist for LA Commission of Arts 2022

Significant Performances

  • Prize winner of Rudolph Polk Memorial Performance, 2014
  • 2nd Place Winner of Organ Competition, International Liszt Competition, 2014
  • Featured recitalist, AGO of Orange County Chapter, 2015
  • Los Angeles Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels recitalist, 2018
  • Guest performance of sacred music of Spain with Los Angeles Camerata, Occidental College, 2018
  • Choirs at Holy Family were named National Finalist for the American Prize 2021
  • Guest harpsichordist with Glendale College Orchestra on Seasons by Vivaldi, 2022
  • Organ Recital at Occidental College, September 2022
  • Recital for the dedication of the new organ at St. Anthony Catholic Church, June 27, 2022
  • Guest tenor for performance of Beethoven 9th with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  • Guest organist with Street Symphony and Vijay Gupta, September 2022
  • Conductor of the Holy Family Choirs and Donald Brinegar Singers for Mozart's Requiem, November 2, 2022
  • Guest harpsichordist and soloist with Contrapunktus, January 2023

Fellowships

  • Fellow of the Oregon Bach Festival, Organ Institute under Paul Jacobs, 2018
  • Fellow of the San Diego Pro Arte Voices Conducting Institute, 2018
  • Fellow at the Los Angeles Conducting Institute, 2019
  • Fellow at the Choral Conducting Institute at the University of Illinois, 2019
  • Fellow for Future of Music Educators for the Cleveland Conservatory of Music 2022

Professional Affiliations

American Musicological Society 

American Guild of Organists

American Choral Directors Association

American Early Music Society

North American Academy of Liturgy

Organization of American Kodaly Educators

American Academy of Religion

Certification

Colleague of the American Guild of Organists

Courses Taught

Keyboard Harmony I (CLU)

Keyboard Harmony II (CLU)

Keyboard Harmony III (CLU)

Liturgy and Worship (CLU)

Musicianship IV (CLU)

University Chorus (CLU)

Women's Chorus (CLU)

Concert Chorus (Chaffey College)

Guest Lectures

Catholic Music in South/Central America Misa Criolla, Misa campesina nicaragüense, and Pilgrimage, Loyola University Maryland, November 2022

Intro to Kodály in the Choral Classroom, Cal Lutheran University 2019

Music of the Holocaust: Terezín and Auschwitz, Cal Lutheran University 2020

The Organ Music of Bach, Occidental College, September 2020

Timeline

Associate Conductor

National Children's Chorus
08.2021 - Current

Concert Choir Director

Chaffey College
06.2021 - 01.2022

Interim Director of Choral Activities

California Lutheran University
01.2021 - 06.2021

University Organist And Adjunct Professor

California Lutheran University
08.2019 - Current

Founder and Director/Conductor

Glendale Youth Symphony
01.2019 - Current

Assistant Conductor/Collaborative Pianist

Claremont Chorale
08.2018 - 08.2019

Music Director/Organist

Holy Family Catholic Church
10.2017 - Current

Doctor of Musical Arts - Sacred Music, Choral Music, Organ Performance, Musicology

University of Southern California

Master of Arts - Organ Performance

Claremont Graduate University

Bachelors of Music - Piano Performance

Azusa Pacific University

Certificate - Worship Leadership

Samford University
Adan A. Fernandez