A word about our
Director
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Raffaele Faraco is the Musical Director of the Baltimore Philharmonia Orchestra. Mr. Faraco, a graduate of the Julliard School of Music, is a longtime member of the Baltimore musical community. He toured the world as a violinist in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for 37 years. He spent 27 of those years as the Concertmaster of the Gettysburg Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Faraco became the Musical Director of the Gettysburg Symphony in 1990; he retired from the GSO in 1993 to pursue personal interests. When he was approached with this orchestras organizational concept, he came out of retirement with the enthusiasm of a 200-piece orchestra!