Dr. Fagner Magrinelli Rocha serves as the Music Director for the Big Spring Symphony Orchestra. Under his leadership, the orchestra has a series of successful concerts and launched a new Educational Concerts series, reaching more than 1,500 local students through a dedicated concert each season. Dr. Rocha also serves as Associate Professor of Violin/Viola and Director of Orchestral Activities at Angelo State University, Music Director for the Concho Valley Youth Orchestra and concertmaster for both the San Angelo Symphony and Ballet San Angelo Orchestras. Previously, Dr. Rocha served as Assistant Professor of Violin at the Universidade Federal de Alagoas in Brazil.

An active conductor, violinist, and clinician, Dr. Rocha has appeared in concerts and festivals throughout North and South America and Europe. As a violinist, he performs extensively as a soloist and chamber musician, while his conducting work spans professional, university, and youth ensembles. Deeply committed to music education, he is a frequent guest conductor for Honors, All-Region, and Youth Orchestras and maintains a strong presence in Texas public schools.

Dr. Rocha’s creative output includes original compositions, arrangements, and commercial music projects. Recent highlights include composing and recording original music for Angelo State University’s Centennial Capital Campaign, Leading the Charge, and his work on the feature film Texas Rhapsody, in which he appears as conductor with the Big Spring Symphony Orchestra. The film is available on Amazon Prime Video.

Dr. Rocha holds a Bachelor of Music in Violin performance from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Violin Performance from Texas Tech University. He studied conducting with Dr. David Becker at Texas Tech University.

During the summer, he teaches at the Angelo State Music Camp, Fredericksburg Summer Music Institute and the InterHarmony Music Festival in Italy. He resides in San Angelo, Texas, with his wife, Emilee, and their daughters, Olivia and Emma. Outside of music, he enjoys reading, home projects, and spending time with his family.