Orchestra Faculty
Dan Italiano
Orchestra Conductor
While this is Dan’s 16th year as TPAS Mainstage Musical Orchestra Conductor, it is the 41st production he has conducted. During the school year, he teaches orchestra at Fargo North High School, a program recognized as one of the finest in the Midwest. Dan’s major instrument is violin, which he plays in the FM Symphony and the FM Silver Strings; he is also a percussionist. Dan has performed with many Midwest groups, including the Waukesha Symphony, Grand Forks Symphony, Milwaukee Civic Orchestra, and the FM Civic Opera Company. Dan has continued his education in conducting studies with such musicians as Hugo Jan Huss, former conductor of the Rumanian Radio Orchestra, and the late John Paynter of Northwestern University. He is a past president of the ND Music Educators Association and the ND Chapter of the American String Teachers Association. In 1996 Dan was named NDMEA Music Educator of the Year.