1960, San Antonio, TX
American composer
Works for Brass Ensemble
- Salsa Metalica for brass quintet
- Hydra for brass quintet
- Jazz it! for brass quintet
- El Huapango Guango for brass quintet
- Fanfare for the Forgotten Empire for brass ensemble
- Reincarnation and Dance for brass ensemble
Biography
Alice Gomez has served as Composer-In‐Residence with the award winning San Antonio Symphony, the Midland‐Odessa Symphony, the Performing Arts Center of Gallup, New Mexico, and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, a renowned Chicano music and arts center in Texas. Gomez has received numerous composer awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Internationally recognized for her concert music, compositions, musical talent and creativity, Gomez’s contributions to a multitude of musical genres is widely acclaimed.
Currently, Gomez’s compositions are used at many institutions of higher learning, elite universities, and schools of musical study around the world. Her current work is in symphony, ballet, opera and underscoring for film and drama. Gomez also continues to compose chamber music instrumental and choral collections that are unique in the cultural aspect that only Gomez can provide.