Rachael Worby: The Pasadena POPS Orchestra.

The gifted Music Director and Conductor of The Pasadena POPS Orchestra, Rachael Worby is a pioneering visionary, acclaimed internationally as one of the world's few women conductors. At the same time, she is a business executive who has successfully grown the orchestra's audiences and secured vital corporate partners to support the non-profit organization's concerts and programs. Maestra Worby, acclaimed as a skilled communicator, also performs worldwide as a guest conductor.

Perhaps just as impressive as her musical and conducting talents is Worby's spirited and unstinting dedication to introducing the magic of music to under privileged youth as a supplement to their traditional education. Her energy is responsible for the thriving "Let Music Ring" program at John Adams Middle School in South Los Angeles and at Blair Magnet High School in Pasadena.