Frank Fetta
Biography

Frank Fetta received his musical training in New York and Los Angeles and fulfills conducting engagements throughout the United States. In addition to his post as Music Director and Conductor of the Torrance Symphony, he is also Music Director and Conductor of the Redlands Bowl Music Festival and the Culver City Symphony Orchestra, the Marina Del Rey Summer Symphony, and principal conductor of the Nevada Opera Theatre and the Loren Zachary International Vocal Competition.

Frank Fetta’s musical talents have been glowingly praised and warmly appreciated.

"Frank Fetta achieved magnificent definition and articulation of epic proportions.  Urbane confidence and compelling authority marked Fetta’s command of both music and ensemble from start to finish.  Grand and sweeping on one hand, finely pointed on the other, dynamic shading and contrasts of tempo were tautly controlled with a Toscanini-like tension.  This was a (Beethoven) Fifth that had a staggering impact on both heart and intellect." 
--The Sun, San Bernardino, California

 “Frank Fetta conducted with passion, wit, admirable theatrical sensitivity and an interpretative individuality often extraordinarily mesmerizing.”  
--Los Angeles Times

Much in demand as a guest conductor, Maestro Fetta has led, among others, the Honolulu Symphony, the Utah Opera, the Irvine Symphony, the Los Angeles Opera Theatre, the Monday Evening Concerts, the Flagstaff Symphony, the Toledo Opera, the Los Angeles Chamber Ensemble, the San Bernardino Symphony, Opera a La Carte, the State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara, the Fresno Philharmonic, the Fresno Ballet, the Inland Dance Theatre, the San Diego Symphony, and the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra.
Individuals with whom Maestro Fetta has collaborated include Donald Adams, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Jeannine Altmeyer, Martina Arroyo, Kathryn Grayson, Ruby Hinds, Louis Lebherz, Eduardo Villa, Aprile Millo, Richard Sheldon, Cybill Shepherd, Beverly Sills, Giogio Tozzi, Peter Ustinov, Michael J. Fox, Lori Stinson, John Walz, Mona Golabek, Rita Hunter, Judy Collins, Cathy Rigby, Suzanna Guzman, Jerome Hines, Robert Chen, Linda Wang, John Novacek, Dudley Moore, Amy Irving, Leila Josefowicz, Ralph Cato, Tamaki Kawakubo, Xue Wei, Armen Guzelimian, Eugene Fodor, Julian Lloyd Webber, Roberto Cani, Diane Schuur, and Daniel Rodriguez.
Maestro Fetta was the 2004 recipient of the Excellence in Arts Award for Music from the City of Torrance Cultural Arts Commission and was also recognized by the State of New Jersey with a Joint Resolution of the Legislature for his achievement in music.
In addition, Maestro Fetta teaches conducting and is an active opera coach and accompanist.  He lives in Los Angeles with his artist/inventor wife Susan Henninger.  They have one son, Raphael who is an actor/singer in New York City.