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JAMES DEMSTER (Conductor and Music Director) James Demster graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor of Arts double degree in oboe and piano performance and received a Master of Music degree in piano performance at the University of Michigan. With extensive experience in orchestras, he became oboe soloist with the Central Florida Chamber Ensemble, appearing in the Central Florida Bach Festival and several international tours. He studied conducting with Gustav Meier at the Tanglewood Institute. Having specialized in the art of vocal coaching, he now resides in Mexico City and is Professor of Vocal Repertoire and Choral Ensembles at the Escuela Superior de Musica of the National Institute of Fine Arts and has been conductor of the Chorus of the National Opera Company of the Palace of Bellas Arts and of the 24-Voice Solistas Ensemble, also of the National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico.. He is frequent demand as a conductor and Lieder coach at the Festival Mitte Europa in Bavaria/Saxony/Bohemia and has appeared as pianist with Sherrill Milnes, Gilda Cruz Romo, Lucine Amara, Olivia Gorra, Ramón Vargas, Yuriko Kuronuma, Emiko Iinuma, Thomas Thormaschke, Luis Girón May, and Encarnación Vázquez, among others. Since 1983, he has been Music Director and Conductor of the Harmonia Opera Company in New York City, specializing in Japanese opera. Mr. Demster recently shared conducting honors with maestro Plácido Domingo for the christening of the new Mexican Zarzuela Company and the inauguration of the Festival del Centro Histórico at the Teatro de la Ciudad in Mexco City. His recording of opera arias with the Latin pop star Tania Libertad had great poplar success and has received both gold and platinum albums. He is Artistic Director of the prize-winning chamber choir Coro de Madrigalistas de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.
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