Conductor and Vocal Coach Joseph Karl Doetsch CONTACT: EMAIL 1 - EMAIL 2 - WEBPAGE

SECONDARY EDUCATION TEACHING CERTIFICATE IN MUSIC EDUCATION FROM THE "ESCUELA NORMAL SUPERIOR", EL SALVADOR 1967.

1979, COMPLETED MASTER OF MUSIC PROGRAM IN INSTRUMENTAL CONDUCTING AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, USA, UNDER PROFESSORS TIBOR KOZMA, DR. WOLFGANG VACANO AND KEITH BROWN.

OTHER TEACHERS AT I.U. INCLUDED ALFONSO MONTECINOS, PIANO; DR. JUAN ORREGO SALAS, ORCHESTRATION AND COMPOSITION;DR. BERNARD HEIDEN, SCORE READING; DR. FIORA CONTINO, CHORAL LITERATURE.

DIRECTOR OF THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS, SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR, 1970-73.

ON THE STAFF AT THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS (CALARTS), VALENCIA, CALIFORNIA, 1981-1991.

ACCOMPANIST FOR THE SCHOOL OF DANCE AT UCLA (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES)1985-88.

PIANIST FOR REKNOWN STUDIOS IN THE LA AREA.

MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MUSIC THEATER

FOUNDER AND CONDUCTOR OF THE BEL CANTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

ACCOMPANIST AND MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR THE BAKERSFIELD CIVIC LIGHT OPERA,

1991-1996.SOME OF THE MUSICALS PERFORMED WITH THE BCLO INCLUDED PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, SOUND OF MUSIC, CABARET, SOMETHING FUNNY HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, CHORUS LINE, THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE, MAME, EVITA, HIGH LIGHTS FROM ANDREW LLOYD WEBER'S MUSICALS, AND MANY OTHERS.

GUEST CONDUCTOR AND LATER PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR WITH THE ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE NICARAGUA.

GUEST CONDUCTOR WITH THE ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE EL SALVADOR

GUEST CONDUCTOR WITH THE BRENTWOOD WESTWOOD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND OTHER CONDUCTING ENGAGEMENTS IN LA.

REPERTORY INCLUDES STANDARD SYMPHONIC WORKS; OPERAS BY MOZART, BELLINI, DONIZETTI, VERDI AND PUCCINI, OPERETTAS BY LEHAR,JOHANNES STRAUSS AND OFFENBACH.

PRESENTLY, DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED MUSIC STUDIES, AND MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR THE INSTITUTE'S OPERA DEPARTMENT. CURRENTLY PREPARING A STUDENT PRODUCTION OF PUCCINI'S "LA BOHEME". OTHER PLANNED PRODUCTIONS FOR YEAR 2001 INCLUDE "CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA","PAGLIACCI" AND "RIGOLETTO"

DEVELOPING CURRICULUM FOR DIPLOMA PROGRAM IN MUSIC EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE TO BE OFFERED BY THE UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA DE EL SALVADOR AND THE IAMS, LATER THIS YEAR.

ADVISOR TO ASOCIACIÓN PRO ARTE DE EL SALVADOR AND ITS NATIONAL YOUTH SYMPHONY PROGRAM.

ON THE BOARD OF THE ASOCIACIÓN LÍRICA SALVADOREÑA, A SUPPORT ORGANIZATION FOR THE IAMS OPERA TRAINING PROGRAM.