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Manuel Aybar (1978)'' is a prominent musician and renowned conductor who resides in Southern California.

Early life
Originally trained for the priesthood where he completed studies in philosophy and sacred music, Manuel studied orchestral conducting at the Royal College of Music in London with Neil Thomson and John Farrer, at the California Conducting Institute with Daniel Lewis and Don Thulean, and with Jon Robertson at UCLA. He was accepted to the Aspen Music Festival as a seminar conductor and was an orchestral conducting fellow at the University of Arizona.

Musical Career
Manuel is the Principal Conductor of The Sound Collective, Artistic & General Director of Red Door Opera, Principal Guest Conductor of the Hunan Symphony Orchestra in China and the Ensenada Chamber Orchestra in Mexico and Director and Co-Founder of the Riverside Opera Institute.

He was the resident conductor for the Camerata Bach as well as concurrently serving as Music Director for the San Antonio School for the Performing Arts and San Fernando Cathedral, the oldest Cathedral Sanctuary in the United States where he led and supervised internationally broadcasted secular and sacred events and performances. He also served as the Music Director of the Mount San Jacinto College Symphony Orchestra, The Inland Chamber Orchestra and sinfonica moderna. Manuel has also worked for the Los Angeles Opera and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.