Geoffrey Gallegos is a San Francisco native, resident, and sixth generation Californian. He is currently Music Director and Conductor of the Kensington Symphony Orchestra in West Contra Costa County following his appointment in 2004, and Music Director of the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra since 2021. From 2003 to 2020, he was Music Director and Principal Conductor of Golden Gate Opera in Marin, and from 2003 to 2008, Maestro Gallegos also served as Assistant Conductor of the Peninsula Symphony Orchestra of Northern California.

Maestro Gallegos has a deep commitment to music education. In 2001, he was appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Golden Gate Philharmonic, an all-city youth string orchestra program, founded in 1995, based in San Francisco. From 2001 to 2010 he participated in the Artist in Residence program at the School of the Arts in San Francisco, where he has guest conducted the orchestra and wind ensembles. During the 2000-01 academic year, Maestro Gallegos served as Conductor of the San Francisco State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble. He has been a Guest Conductor of Orchestras at Cazadero Music Camp during both the 2002 and 2004 summer sessions and from 2007-2010, he served as Coordinator of Instrumental Music at The Nueva School in Hillsborough where he oversaw the prestigious Menuhin/Dowling program and Young Musicians Competition. Maestro Gallegos has served as an adjudicator for a number of youth competitions, master-classes, and workshops throughout the Bay Area and was invited to participate as a jury member for the 2014 annual Parade of Orchestras Festival held in Honolulu.

Maestro Gallegos holds a Bachelor of Music degree, with honors, in Instrumental Education and Conducting from San Francisco State University and a Master of Arts degree in orchestral and opera conducting, with High Distinction, from the University of Iowa School of Music. Since 2005, he has served on the Board of Directors of the
San Francisco Community Music Center where he began his music studies with the trumpet at the age of nine.

Sue Crum, born and raised in the midwest and moved to California in 2004.  Sue joined West County Winds as an oboist in 2005 and became the group’s assistant conductor in her second season.  In 2010, Sue stepped up to the podium to complete the season as the group’s Music Director - successfully closing the 25th Anniversary Season.

Sue attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan earning her Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education.   After her graduation, Sue worked at the Interlochen Arts Academy and performed with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra. Her teaching career began in Cleveland, Ohio where Sue taught for one year.  The next year she moved to Boise, Idaho for a teaching position in the Boise Schools. While in Boise, Sue freelanced with the Boise Philharmonic and the Boise Ballet Orchestra and completed her Master’s degree in Education Administration from the University of Idaho. 

After moving to California, Sue taught for two years in the Albany Schools.  Through all her school teaching appointments, she has maintained an active private teaching studio.

In addition to playing and conducting with West County Winds, Sue is the Music Director for the Oakland Community Orchestra and performs regularly with the San Francisco Wind Symphony.