With 31 years of experience in the performing arts sector, Todd R. Schultz has split that time evenly between marketing and development, including as Vice President of Institutional Advancement for the San Diego Symphony, Director of Development for The Old Globe, and Senior Vice President of Development for the McCallum Theatre. Prior to that he served as Director of Sales and Marketing at LA Opera and Director of Marketing and Public Relations at both San Diego Opera and The Atlanta Opera. An amateur pianist and French horn player, Schultz sang and recorded for six years with Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus.

Leah Rosenthal, Artistic Director, has held positions with some of the most prestigious nonprofit organizations in the country, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Ravinia Festival, The Recording Academy, and PBS. Rosenthal completed undergraduate studies in voice performance and went on to receive her master’s degree in Arts Management at Columbia College of Chicago.

Mr. Paredes earned his Bachelor of Music from San Diego State University in Music Education in 1998. After graduating from SDSU, he attended National University, where he earned his Master of Education in Cross-Cultural Teaching and his B-CLAD Teaching Credential. Mr. Paredes has been a music educator in the San Diego Unified School District since 1999 when started his teaching career teaching band, orchestra, and guitar at an elementary school. Aside from being an elementary music teacher, he also started teaching string instruments at La Jolla Music Society’s Community Music Center, where he has been the director for the past eighteen years. Since 2012, Mr. Paredes has been the mariachi director at the University of San Diego. Currently, he is working at developing the music program at Logan Memorial Educational Campus.

Aimee Alvarado

Director of Development

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