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Meet the Phil > Reno Phil Staff > Jose Flores Bio
Jose FloresYouth Concert Orchestra conductor Mr. Flores has been teaching in the Washoe County School District for 12 years. He has been in charge of the Instrumental Music Department at E. Otis Vaughn Middle School for the past 10 years. He has also taught at Traner Middle School, and Wooster High School. Mr. Flores is a strong advocate of music education and places emphasis on American music and composers in most of his programs. He is active in providing no-cost extracurricular music educational opportunities for the community. In 2002, he started an after school Mariachi program. In addition, he has run a month-long band and strings summer music camp since 2001 at Vaughn Middle School. These programs include students from most middle and high schools in Washoe County. The Mariachi program is continually sought after by community organizations throughout the year. He received his Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music Education Degrees from the University of Nevada, Reno. He has been guest conductor of various honor bands and serves as an adjudicator in solo and ensemble festivals throughout Northern Nevada. Mr. Flores also teaches private saxophone lessons to students in the area. Mr. Flores was selected as the “Teacher Fellow” for 2006 by the National Symphony Orchestra/Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He spent two weeks in Washington DC attending workshops, seminars, and concerts at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and throughout Washington DC. In addition, Mr. Flores worked with conductor Elizabeth Schulze (Music Director and Conductor of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra and prior Associate Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra) and the Kennedy Center’s Summer Music Institute Orchestra. Mr. Flores was the recipient of the Excellence in Education 2002 Teacher of the Year Award through KRNV News Channel 4, Northern Nevada Medical Center and Sierra Schools Credit Union. In addition, he has been awarded the United States Senate Certificate of Commendation, Teacher of the Year 2002, Honorable Senator Harry Reid; and the United States Senatorial Recognition Award, Teacher of the Year 2002, Honorable Senator John Ensign. He was also a nominee for 2002 Outstanding K-12 Teacher, University of Nevada, Reno-College of Education. In 2001 Mr. Flores received the Distinguished Performance Award from the Washoe County Teachers Association. Mr. Flores lives in Reno with his wife Dawnn, and their three children, Cameo, Ian and Haven.
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