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Jon Gomez (Chandler, AZ) Jon Gomez serves as a national educational clinician providing services as a music educator, conductor, consultant, public speaker, and adjudicator. He serves as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Arizona Wind Symphony in Tempe, Arizona. Mr. Gomez is the former Director of Bands and Department Chair for the Performing Arts at Dobson High School in Mesa, Arizona (2000–2016). In prior years, he served as Director of Bands at Coronado High School and as the District Team Leader for Bands in the Scottsdale Unified School District.
Bands under Gomez’s leadership earned numerous accolades and have presented distinguished performances, including four invitations to the Music for All National Concert Band Festival, five performances at the Arizona Music Educators Conference, Carnegie Hall, and tours internationally throughout Europe and China.
Gomez is associated with The Midwest Clinic Advisory Board, Arizona Music Educators Association, and several other state music organizations. He is a charter member of the Kappa Zeta chapter of Phi Beta Mu. Jon is also the Recipient of the Arizona State University School of Music Alumni Award and the AMEA O.M. Hartsell Excellence in Teaching Music Award.
Gomez has also been associated with Grand Canyon University as Conductor of the GCU Wind Ensemble, Northern Arizona University as Associate Director of Bands, NAU Curry Summer Music Camp, East Valley Youth Symphony, and the Tempe Winds. He has served as the President of the Arizona Band and Orchestra Directors Association and as the co-founder of the Summer Marching Academy.