Begin your conducting education or hone your conducting skills with a one-hour private conducting lesson offered by Manny Laureano.  Location and date of the lesson is at the discretion of the instructor.

Manny Laureano, principal trumpet of the Minnesota Orchestra, has served as Co-Artistic Director of the Minnesota Youth Symphonies since 1988, and conducts the MYS Symphony Orchestra, and is the brass and woodwind coach for the MYS Repertory Orchestra.

Manny began his musical studies in the New York City public school system and received his Bachelor of Music Degree from the Juilliard School in 1977. He was appointed principal trumpet of the Seattle Symphony, a post he held for four years before serving in his current position as principal trumpet with the Minnesota Orchestra. As a conductor, he has worked with a variety of ensembles, ranging from having been Music Director of the Calhoun-Isles Community Band, Music Director of the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, to several guest conducting appearances with the Minnesota Orchestra, including serving as Assistant Conductor during the 2005-06 season. Manny was invited to serve as a guest conductor at the Eastern Music Festival in North Carolina during the summer of 2012. Manny has guest conducted the St. Olaf Orchestra, and was recently acclaimed as a guest conductor at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. He has conducted the Viva City Orchestra through the Minneapolis School District for several years, was selected to conduct the 2009 Minnesota All-State Orchestra, and is in demand as a clinician for young orchestras throughout the state. Manny and Claudette were invited to guest-conduct the National Suzuki Youth Orchestra Festival Orchestra and were invited to serve again in 2004. Manny has served as Co-Artistic Director of MYS since 1988, conducts the MYS Symphony Orchestra, is the brass and woodwind coach for the MYS Repertory Orchestra, and was recently appointed to the position of Artistic Director and Conductor of The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra (MN).