Musician
Biography
Faustino Solis is a native of Lockport, NY. He graduated with his high school diploma from Nichols School, a private college prep school in Buffalo, NY. He received his Eagle Scout award from the Boy Scouts of America in 2011.
Faustino graduated with his bachelors degrees from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He studied opera performance, music education K-12, composition, and choral and orchestral conducting. His teachers were David Weiller, Alfonse Anderson, and Taras Krysa.
Faustino is currently the Music Specialist at Lummis Elementary School, where he oversees the K-5 Music Program. He is also the Choir Director of University United Methodist Church in Las Vegas, NV, and he has held the position since October 2013. He is also a freelance conductor, composer, and singer around Las Vegas.
Faustino is a candidate for the Dalcroze Eurythmics Certificate, studying at the Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Training Center housed at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.
Curriculum Vitae
Contact Faustino Solis for full resumé or curriculum vitae.
Awards
Conductor, 2nd Place, Division 1, National Opera Association Opera Production Competition 2015, Conductor for The Beautiful Bridegroom by Dan Shore
Semifinalist, Undergraduate Student Conducting Competion, ACDA National Conference 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Participant, Undergraduate Student Conducting Masterclass, ACDA Western Division Conference 2014, Santa Barbara, CA
Prepared Works
The Beautiful Bridegroom by Dan Shore - UNLV Opera
Brandenberg Concerto No.3 - UNLV Chamber Orchestra
Carmen by Georges Bizet - Opera Las Vegas
Carmina Burana by Carl Orff - UNLV Dance
Chinchester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein - UNLV Choral Ensembles
Christmas Day by Gustav Holst - University United Methodist Church
Coriolan Overture by Ludwig van Beethoven - Henderson Symphony Orchestra
Ein Deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms - Eastman SoM Fellowship
Elegy for Strings: "In Memorium Rupert Brooke" by F.S. Kelly - UNLV Symphony Orchestra
Holberg Suite by Edvard Grieg - Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra
Knoxville: Summer of 1917 - Carrie Wachsberger DMA Recital, UNLV SoM
La bohème by Giaccomo Puccini - UNLV Opera
Le nozze di Figaro by W.A. Mozart - UNLV Opera
Messiah (Part I) by Georg Friedrich Händel - Voccalis: Tessitura, Desert Springs United Methodist Church
Requiem in D minor, K. 626 by W.A. Mozart (Sussmayr) - UNLV Choral Ensembles
Symphony No.9 by Ludwig van Beethoven - Henderson Symphony Orchestra
Roles
Basilio from Le nozze di Figaro - UNLV Opera
Brighella from Ariadne auf Naxos - UNLV Opera
Governor/Vanderdendur from Candide by Leonard Bernstein - Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra, Henderson Symphony Orchestra
Training Programs
Certificate Candidate, Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Training Center, Carnegie Mellon, 2016 (in progress)
BM Vocal Performance/Music Education, UNLV, 2016
BA Music: Recital Concentration, UNLV, 2016
Conducting Fellow, Fairbainks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra, 2015
American Institute for Musical Studies (AIMS), Graz, Austria, 2014
Druid City Opera Workshop, University of Alabama, 2014
Summer Choral Conducting Institute, Eastman School of Music, 2013
New York State Summer School for the Arts, School of Choral Studies, SUNY Fredonia, 2008 to 2010
Notable Ensemble Collaborations
Battle Born Chorale
Buffalo Choral Arts Society
Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Greenville Choral Society
Hamiltunes Las Vegas: An American Sing-a-long
Henderson Symphony Orchestra
Las Vegas Master Singers
Opera Las Vegas
Sin City Opera (now Vegas City Opera)
Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society
UNLV Choral Ensembles
UNLV Dance
UNLV Opera
UNLV Symphony Orchestra
Voices (Eastman School of Music)