He is a music director/conductor born in Wales who was the former conductor-in-residence at the Birmingham Conservatory in England.
He has been very involved with dance companies throughout his career, conducting the San Francisco Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre, the English National Ballet and the Dutch National Ballet amongst others.
Aside from dance he has recorded orchestral works with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Symphony orchestras and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is currently music director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music orchestra.
Giselle (Adolphe Charles Adam)
Naxos 8.550755 (2 CD set – Giselle)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia
Giselle (Charles Adolphe Adam)
Naxos 8.554062 (CD – French Ballet Favourites)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia
La Jolie Fille de Gand (The Fair Maiden of Gand) (Adolphe Charles Adam)
Marco Polo 8.223772-73 (2CD set – La Jolie Fille de Gand (complete ballet))
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia
Here he is in an excerpt conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for a recording of Jenoe Hubay’s Violin Concertos…
Sources:
- http://www.sfcm.edu/faculty/mogrelia.aspx
- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/05/28/DD270987.DTL&type=performance