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The sixth and current conductor for Symphony North is Dr. Reynaldo "Ron" Ochoa. Ron holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Houston and a Doctorate in Composition from Rice University. He has performed with the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera and Mexico City Symphony Orchestras. In addition, he has worked as a session player, composer, and producer for various commercials, jingles, recordings, and motion pictures.
Other capacities include performer, conductor, producer, and orchestrator for the label Discos MM, a division of Capitol Records, Fono Vista Records and for radio and TV. He has also done sound design for Stages Repertory Theater in Houston. Several of Ron’s works have received both American and European premiers. Notable commissions include a trumpet sonata for David Bilger, principal trumpet with the Philadelphia Orchestra, a brass quintet for the Paragon Brass Ensemble, and an orchestral for the Houston Symphony’s Sounds Like Fun concerts for young audiences which received sixteen performances and was broadcast on KUHF radio.
Currently Dr. Ochoa is Professor of New Music at the University of Houston, and he holds teaching positions at Houston Community College, the Art Institute of Houston, the University of St. Thomas, and Rice University. He has served as chair for the classical Music Panel of the Cultural Arts Council of Houston.
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