Joseph Vranas
About this Artist
Joseph Vranas is a conductor, composer, and music educator in Los Angeles, California. He is the Artistic Director of the Gay Freedom Band of Los Angeles (GFBLA), conductor of the GFBLA Concert Band, and a conductor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s YOLA Program. Vranas’ passion for community and education has been central to his career, and he has held conducting positions with the Saturday Conservatory of Music and Harmony Project and assisted with music and arts programming at high schools and universities around Los Angeles.
Vranas’ diverse conducting career has brought him across the United States and internationally, leading orchestras, wind ensembles, and chamber groups. He has conducted the Moravská filharmonie Olomouc in the Czech Republic, the Sofia Philharmonic in Bulgaria, for the Pride Bands Alliance National Conference in Denver, with the Pacific Artists Collective in Oregon, and the Newfound Chamber Winds in Virginia. As a composer, his works for concert hall, ballet, film, and theater have been performed in Bolivia, France, Germany, and across the US, earning recognition from the Cannes Film Festival, the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, the Bolivian Music Festival, and the Houston 48 Hour Film Competition. He has also conducted and lectured for music education organizations nationwide.
Vranas holds Master's degrees in Composition and Trumpet Performance from the University of Oregon and studied Composition and Music Education at Sam Houston State University. He has been recognized by the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) and the City of Bell for excellence in music education.