JOSEHERNANDEZ Piano
JoseHernandezbeganhismusicstudies duringhighschoolatCasadelaCultura deReynosa(Mexico)withRoberto MartinezandlatercontinuedwithDaniel CatheratSouthTexasCollege.Heisa pianoperformancemajorinhissenior yearatTheUniversityofTexasRio GrandeValleywherehestudiesunder thetutelageofprofessorDr.Brendan Kinsella.Josehasparticipatedinthe UTRGVYoungArtistSoloCompetition andhasalsoperformedwiththeUTRGV SymphonyOrchestra.Heismostly knownforhissoloperformancesoflate romanticandimpressionisticworksby composerssuchasClaudeDebussyand JohannesBrahms.Josewillbe continuinghisgraduatelevelstudiesin pianoatUTRGVinthefall2023.
Dr.NORMANGAMBOA Conductor
NormanGamboaistheDirectorof OrchestralActivitiesatTheUniversityof TexasRioGrandeValley,MusicDirectorof theSonomaCountyPhilharmonicin California,andconductorandfounderof theRioGrandeYouthOrchestra.Oneof themostprominentCentralAmerican conductors,hehasappearedthroughout Colorado,Nebraska,Kansas,Missouri, Texas,Louisiana,Oklahoma,Minnesota, Wyoming,California,Idaho,Nevadaand Pennsylvania.Worldwideengagements includeorchestrasintheCzechRepublic, Romania,Colombia,Brazil,Guatemala, Venezuela,CostaRica,Panama,Nicaragua, HondurasandEcuador.Dr.Gamboahas ledseveralballetandoperaproductions withBalletMidwest,AuroraDanceArts, SantaRosaDanceTheater,FiestaColorado DanceCompany,RioGrandeValleyBallet Company,TopekaOperaSociety,and OperaonTapColorado.Hehasalso participatedinvariousinternationalmusic festivalsthroughoutEurope,Centraland SouthAmerica,theCaribbean,theU.S. andCanada.Previously,heservedas MusicDirectoroftheAuroraSymphonyin
ColoradoandthePowderRiverSymphony inWyoming,DirectorofOrchestralStudies atWashburnUniversity,CoverConductor oftheTopekaSymphonyOrchestra, AssociateConductoroftheLasVegas MusicFestival,AssistantConductorofthe WacoSymphonyandMusicDirectorofthe WacoSymphonyYouthOrchestra.
VIOLIN
DiegoAguilar, McAllen
FaridAounallah, Harlingen
LianneDeVera, Edinburg
KatelynnFerreira, McAllen
GabrielleHernandez, SanBenito
MatteoHouston* , Weslaco
ElisaMartinez, McAllen
CarissaPadilla, Pharr
FrancesPepito, Edinburg
EliavaTaw, Harlingen
ElizabethTaw#, Harlingen
EthanTaw, Harlingen
EliotTaw, Harlingen
VIOLA
ValeriadelosSantos-Llanas, Pharr
AlejandraBernardoPiñon, Edinburg
ArianaGalindo, Weslaco
ChennahKim, Harlingen
ChevinKim, Harlingen
RacielJuarez, McAllen
LucianLopez* , Harlingen
HarleyMassey, Harlingen
CELLO
AdairCorpuz, Edinburg
EmmaEscobar, RioGrande
AbigailGutierrez, McAllen
AshlynnGuzman, SanBenito
NathanMowers* , Harlingen
MarcoVazquez, McAllen
