Musicians

Guest Conductor

DR. J. ARTURO GONZALEZ has directed choirs since age 17 and has conducted choirs, orchestras, opera, and musicals in Mexico, Central America, the US, and Spain. His initial musical training as a participant of El Sistema – Mexico; he was part of the orchestras and a conducting fellow of the Conducting program of El Sistema. After getting a bachelor’s degree in Piano performance and Orchestral Conducting from the Conservatorio Nacional de Musica in Mexico City, he moved to the United States to pursue a Master’s degree in Sacred Music/Choral Conducting from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas where he was awarded a full international scholarship.

Dr. Gonzalez received his doctoral degree from the University of Colorado in Boulder. During his time at the University of Colorado he was assistant conductor of the CU opera and also became one of the eight semi-finalist of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conducting competition, the only student in the history of the University of Colorado to achieve this recognition.

He has been the music director of El Paso association for the Performing Arts, Ballet/Theater of the Border, East Central Summer Productions, Midwest Lyric Opera, the Colorado Light Opera, and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. He has also been guest conductor of the Symphony orchestra of the National Conservatory of music in Mexico City, the state chamber orchestra and Choir of the state of Queretaro, the Symphony orchestra of the University of Guanajuato, Mexico, and the Carlos Chavez Symphony orchestra, the top orchestra of El Sistema in Mexico City. Additionally, his choral arrangements and editions have been published by Choristers Guild and Asbury Press.