Jorge Gonzalez

Bio

Dr. Gonzalez is Professor of Music (Violin and Viola) at William Carey University. He serves as Coordinator of String Activities and conductor of the university orchestra. Among his achievements as a violin player, Dr. González was a finalist at the Canadian Music Competition; winner of the MS Collegiate Artist Strings State Competition; winner of the USM “William T. Gower Concerto” competition; and “New Young Artist” of the Victoria Bach Festival. With the Austin, TX based Conspirare Ensemble, Gonzalez toured and recorded a CD, “Threshold of Night”, nominated for two GRAMMY Awards.

Dr. Gonzalez has given solo and chamber music performances in Mexico, Colombia, Canada, Ecuador, Switzerland, Austria, and in the U.S. and has had the opportunity to work with great artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Sir James Galway, Placido Domingo, Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Midori, and Leonard Slatkin. As a conductor, Jorge I. Gonzalez is the artistic director and conductor of the William Carey University Orchestra and founder and artistic director of the Hattiesburg Youth Orchestras and Orchestral Academy. He has guest conducted the Meridian Symphony, the Mobile Symphony, the Southern Mississippi Symphony, the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, the FestivalSouth Chamber Orchestra, the Mississippi All-State Orchestra numerous times, and the Camerata Nuevo Mundo in South America. He is also a regular faculty member at international music festivals in the U.S. and abroad and currently serves as concertmaster of the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra.