Chelsea Gallo is The Florida Orchestra’s resident conductor. She spoke with WSMR’s Susan Giles Wantuck as part of Classical WSMR’s online series, “Meet your musical neighbor.”
You just had a contract renewal last November covering the next two years with The Florida Orchestra. How long have you been with The Florida Orchestra now?
So, just last season, [I] completed, my third season with them, and every year has just been amazing. I was just talking to our music director, Michael Francis, the other day, just saying how coveted these positions are, for one, how few conducting positions are actually for top orchestras in the country, and then to end up at an orchestra that just, first of all, is in a beautiful place with incredible musicians, a thriving trajectory. It’s just such a gift…