At the time of our interview, Fabian was Senior Manager of Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, also known as YOLA, the LA Philharmonic’s music education program. He now serves as YOLA’s Gift Planning Officer. He studied clarinet performance, getting his undergraduate degree at Florida State University and his masters at The University of Texas at Austin, and then went to Philadelphia to study with Ricardo Morales at Temple University. He held jobs in music administration working for The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Aspen Music Festival, and Oberlin College before moving to Los Angeles to work with YOLA.

CONNECT WITH FABIAN AND YOLA

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabian-fuertes-2552951b5

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fabzfuertes/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fabian.fuertes.7

Work email: [email protected]

YOLA's Website: https://www.laphil.com/learn/yola/youth-orchestra-los-angeles

FABIAN’S EPISODE RESOURCES

Current Fav Composer: Mozart

Current Fav Piece of Classical Music: Mozart's Gran Partita

Fav Movie Soundtrack: anything by John Williams

Go-to Resource for Music Educators: Dr. Robert Duke

Book Rec: The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey

Musician You Admire: Ricardo Morales

Audible Free Trial: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3VXwMWf

Amazon Music Free Trial: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3W1Ttsr

ORCHESTRATING YOUR CAREER 

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaCPf5xynqMHcFuQhCWrNCQ⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/orchestratingyourcareer

Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/orchestratingyourcareer

ABOUT THE HOST

Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training. 

CONNECT WITH REBEKAH

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/bitesbybekah 

Websites: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bitesbybekah.com⁠⁠⁠

TIMECODES

00:00 Start of Video

0:57 Podcast Intro

01:40 Episode Intro

3:04 Start of Interview

3:36 Fabian’s Musical Background

7:51 Considering Music as a Career

11:57 Undergrad Experience at Florida State University

12:55 Music, Athletics, and Performance Anxiety

14:10 Career Aspirations in Undergrad

15:13 After Undergrad

16:14 Masters at University of Texas 

19:11 After Masters

20:15 Studying with Ricardo Morales

25:28 Career Change: Moving from Performance to Music Admin

28:46 Working for Philadelphia Orchestra

31:40 Working for Aspen Music Festival

36:02 Working for Oberlin

38:46 Interviewing and Working for YOLA

43:32 Working for YOLA/Parallels between music training and working in music admin

48:41 Investing in Self

51:10 Board of Directors for Arts for LA

52:36 Impact of Mentors

53:58 Advice for Young Musicians

1:00:13 Rapid Fire Q&A

1:03:31 Connect with Fabian

1:05:07 Episode Outro

1:06:23 “What is YOLA?”

MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE

Theme Music composed by Ben Roundtree: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0z6dZJL6GM⁠ 

What is YOLA? | An Overview of our Young Symphony of Change: https://youtu.be/0uPfSipoE9c?si=HxVDyQu7Mu9XIRhj

PHOTO CREDIT

FSU

UT Austin

Ricardo Morales

Philadelphia Orchestra

Aspen

Oberlin

Mozart

John Williams

Ricardo Morales

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