Curriculum Vitae

Founder and Artistic Director
Orquesta Latino Mexicana, Guadalajara, Mexico

Board of Directors
New Music USA

Orchestral Performances

United States
Auburn Symphony
Awesöme Orchestra
Baylor Symphony Orchestra
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
California Symphony
Chicago Sinfonietta
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Culver City Symphony Orchestra
Downey Symphony Orchestra
Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra
Houston Symphony
Las Vegas Philharmonic
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
National Youth Orchestra USA
Phoenix Symphony
Portland Symphony Orchestra
Richmond Symphony
ROCO Chamber Orchestra
San Antonio Philharmonic
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra
Waco Symphony Orchestra
Youth Orchestras of Fresno

Mexico
Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra
Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra
Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
Michoacán Symphony Orchestra
Minería Symphony Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
Oaxaca Symphony Orchestra
Querétaro Philharmonic Orchestra
Sinaloa de las Artes Symphony
State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra
UNAM Philharmonic Orchestra
Yucatán Symphony Orchestra

Argentina
Córdoba Symphony Orchestra
Salta Symphony Orchestra

Venezuela
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra

Colombia
Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
Nueva Filarmonía

Europe
Bratislava Symphony (Slovakia)
Extremadura Symphony (Spain)
Styriarte Youth Orchestra (Austria)

Orchestral Commissions

California Symphony
Fresno Philharmonic
Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra
Las Vegas Philharmonic
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Mexican Endowment for the Arts (FONCA)
Monterrey Club Hípico La Silla
Richmond Symphony
ROCO Chamber Orchestra
Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Wind Ensemble Performances

Ball State University
Butler University Symphonic Winds
Bowling Green State University
Brooklyn Wind Symphony
California State University, Fullerton
Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble
Frost Wind Ensemble, Miami
Houston University Wind Ensemble
Murray State University
Nazareth College Wind Symphony
New Jersey Wind Symphony
Nicholls State University
San José State University
Texas Woman’s University
University of West Georgia
The Valley Winds
UC Berkeley Wind Ensemble
University of Texas at El Paso
USC Thornton Winds
Valdosta State University
Yale Concert Band

Wind Ensemble Commissions

Ball State University
Butler University Symphonic Winds
Bowling Green State University
Brooklyn Wind Symphony
California State University, Fullerton
Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble
Frost Wind Ensemble, Miami
Houston University Wind Ensemble
Murray State University
Nazareth College Wind Symphony
New Jersey Wind Symphony
Nicholls State University
San José State University
Texas Woman’s University
University of West Georgia
The Valley Winds
UC Berkeley Wind Ensemble
University of Texas at El Paso
USC Thornton Winds
Valdosta State University
Yale Concert Band

Performance Venues

Carnegie Hall, New York, United States
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, United States
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden
National Sawdust, Brooklyn, United States
Mexican Cultural Institute, Paris, France
Bolivar Hall, London, United Kingdom
Royal Academy of Music of Krakow, Poland
American Hall, Belgrade, Serbia
Teatro Libertador, Cordoba, Argentina
Simón Bolívar Hall, Caracas, Venezuela

Awards

2024 Latin GRAMMY® Nomination, Best Classical Composition, La Minerva – III. Himno a la Mujer 
2023 Latin GRAMMY® Nomination, Best Classical Composition, Lucha Libre!
2023 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise, Vilcek Foundation
2021 Amplifying Voices, New Music USA, Sphinx Organization
2020 PECDA Jalisco grant, Mexican Endowment for the Arts
2019 Latin GRAMMY® Nomination, Best Arrangement, Mariachitlán
2017 Nuestra América String Quartet Competition, Honorable Mention
2017 Presser Music Award, University of Southern California
2017 ASACP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, Honorable Mention
2016 Jalisco Orchestral Composition Prize
2015 Pedro Sarquis Merrewe National Arts Award, Mexico
2014 Arturo Márquez Composition Contest
2014 Dutch Harp Composition Contest, Netherlands
2013 BMI William Schuman Prize
2013 Brian M. Israel Prize
2013 Mexican Endowment for the Arts Young Artist Fellowship
2012 Nicolas Flagello Award, Manhattan School of Music

Composer Residencies

2019-2020 Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Sound Investment Composer, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Cactus Pear Music Festival, Composer-in-residence, San Antonio, TX
2017 Bennington Chamber Music Conference, Composer-Fellow, Bennington, VT
2014-2015 Turtle Bay Music School, EtM Con Edison Composers’ Residency, New York, NY
2013-2014 Concerts on the Slope, Chamber Music Series, Brooklyn, NY

Music Festivals, Featured Composer

2020-2021 Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Close Quarters Series, Los Angeles, United States
2019 Manuel Enriquez International New Music Forum, Mexico City, Mexico
2018 SoundON Festival of Modern Music, San Diego, United States
2018 Cactus Pear Music Festival, San Antonio, United States
2017 Victoria Bach Festival, Texas, United States
2015 SONiC Festival, American Composers Orchestra, New York, United States
2014 Argentine Mozarteum, Salta, Argentina
2013 Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
2013 International Contemporary Music Festival, Morelia, Mexico
2012 Black and White International Piano Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
2012 International ClarinetFest, Nebraska, United States
2012 Latino Music Festival, Chicago, United States

Record Deals

2019-present Universal Music Mexico, Recording Artist

Discography

2024 Lucha Libre!, Universal Music Mexico, Orquesta Latino Mexicana
2023 Without Borders, Klavier, UTEP Wind Symphony
2022 #what2020soundslike, HOCKET
2021 Nuestra América, Cuarteto de Cuerdas José White
2019 Mariachitlán, Universal Music Mexico, Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra
2016 Furia y Silencio, Urtext Digital Classics, Onix Ensamble
2015 Silencio en Juárez, Albany Records, Claremont Avenue Chamber Orchestra
2014 Latino, Epsa Music, Córdoba Symphony Orchestra
2010 Opus I, Formalist Quartet, CalArts Orchestra

Education

University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Doctor of Musical Arts: Composition

Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
2012 Master of Music: Classical Composition

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Music Composition

Principal Teachers: Richard Danielpour, Daniel Catán, Andrew Norman, and Donald Crockett

Teaching Experience

University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, CA
2017-present Lecturer, Composition, Theory & Analysis

Guest Teacher and Masterclasses

2022 Manhattan School of Music, New Yok, NY
2022, 2015, California State University of Fresno, Fresno, CA
2022 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
2021 LA Phil Composer Fellowship Program, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Saint Mary’s College of California, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
2021 Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA
2019 University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
2018 Portland State University, Portland, OR
2018 Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
2018 University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
2016 Baylor University School of Music, Waco, TX
2015 Western Institute of Technology (ITESO), Jalisco, Mexico