Norman Gamboa-Barquero Conductor

Norman Gamboa-Barquero is Music Director/Conductor of the Washburn Symphony Orchestra in  Kansas, U.S.A. He has served as Music Director with the Waco Symphony Youth Orchestra en Texas, U.S.A., as well as Associate Conductor with the Las Vegas Music Festival. In addition, he maintains professional  associations with several orchestras and keeps a busy schedule with frequent guest conducting appearances. Recently he was designated Associate Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Collegium Musicum of Santiago, Chile.

Born in Costa Rica, Central America, Norman studied at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Montclair State University, Baylor University in Texas, Conservatorio de Castella for the Arts of Costa Rica, and the National Music Institute of Costa Rica. His major conducting teachers are  George Stelluto, Stephen Heyde, Michael Gilbert, Gerard Schwarz, and Miguel Harth-Bedoya.

Gamboa  has been in front of numerous renowned orchestras such as the Costa Rica National Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Nicaragua,  the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Honduras, the Mérida State Symphony Orchestra and the Los Llanos Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela, the Las Vegas Youth Philharmonic, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Medellín in Colombia, the UNLV Symphony Orchestra, the Las Vegas Academy Chamber Orchestra, the Baylor Symphony Orchestra and the Baylor Summer Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo in Brazil, the Západoceský Symfonický Orchestr in the Czech Republic, the SCKMEA and NCKMEA Festival Orchestras in Kansas, the Salina Symphony Orchestra, the Topeka Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Western Kansas Festival Orchestra. Furthermore, he served as Artistic Director of the Unión Brass Ensemble of Costa Rica with which he successfully toured throughout the United States, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.

Also, Gamboa has been guest artist in well-known music festivals such as the Casals Festival  in Puerto Rico, Central American Festival of Chamber Music, International Music Festival of Medellín in Colombia, the Villarrica Music Festival in Chile, the International Festival of Arts of Costa Rica, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Baylor University Summer Music Programs, Bregenzer Festispiele in Austria, the Las Vegas Music Festival, the OSESP International Orchestra Conductors Competition of Brazil, the Regina Music Festival in Canada, as well as the New York Brass Conference.

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