Artistic Director: Scott MacInnes

Scott is most widely known for his trombone playing and teaching. He is a member of iTromboni, one of Canada’s most entertaining and versatile chamber music ensembles. He has been the trombone instructor at the University of Victoria and the Principal Bass Trombonist with the Vancouver Island Symphony since 2006. When Scott puts the trombone down, he can be found directing the BC Brass Collective as well as the UVic Vikes Band. He is tremendously honoured to be able to work with the fantastic musicians that constitute the Meridiem Wind Orchestra.

conductor: Steven Capaldo

Dr. Steven Capaldo has distinguished himself as one of the most respected music educators, wind conductors and conductor educators in Australia, earning academic and musical recognition internationally.

Dr. Capaldo is currently an Associate Professor of Music Education & Conducting and Wind Symphony Conductor at the University of Victoria, Canada. He has previously held positions in Music Education at the University of Wollongong (Australia) and the University of Victoria, and was the Conductor of the Sydney University Wind Orchestra and the UNSW Wind Symphony.

An active writer, Dr. Capaldo composes, arranges and transcribes music for wind orchestras, symphony orchestras, festivals and concerts and his works have been performed by groups in Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States, and recorded on Klavier records (US). He has been listed as a composer in the book The Band Down Under, a finalist in several international composition competitions and published with Brolga Music Australia.

An Assistant Producer for eight Klavier Records CD, Dr. Capaldo became a full voting member for the US Grammy Awards in 2010 and was Chair of the Australian Jury Panel for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest.

Dr. Capaldo is highly-active and in-demand as a conductor, clinician and adjudicator having worked at local, state/provincial, national and international levels including MusicFest and Chief Conductor of the British Columbia Honor Wind Ensemble. Committed to providing professional learning opportunities for music educators and conductors, Dr. Capaldo has been a conducting clinician at the 2017 Australian National Band and Orchestra Conference, the Chief Conducting Clinician for the 2017 Qld ABODA Conducting Camp and an Associate Instructor for the 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW ABODA Conducting Camps. In 2018, Dr. Capaldo conducted a Qld State Honours Ensemble and presented at the Australian National Band and Orchestra Conference.