Guzmán, Juan Tony
- Title
- Associate Professor of Music and Education
- Office:
- Jenson-Noble 163
- Phone:
- +1.563.387.1354
- Email:
- guzmanto@luther.edu
- Degree:
- Ph.D., Florida State University
- Interests:
- Music education, ethnomusicology, Jazz Band I, Jazz Band II
Juan Tony Guzmán is a conductor, composer, arranger, and music educator from the Dominican Republic. Guzmán, is currently director of the jazz program and assistant professor of music education at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He has conducted the Florida State University New Music Ensemble, the Dominican Philharmonic Orchestra, The Conservatory of Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, the Dominican Republic National Youth Symphony Orchestra, recording studio ensembles, shows, and summer camps orchestras, among other instrumental groups. He has written many choral arrangements of Caribbean and Latin American music, some of which are published by Boosey & Hawkes. During the past twenty-four years he has conducted choirs, bands, and orchestras in North America, Europe, Central and South America. He served as consultant for the design and implementation of the nationwide music education curriculum in the Dominican Republic.
Guzmán holds a Ph.D. in Music Education from the Florida State University and a degree in Electromechanical Engineering from the Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Guzmán received a bachelor’s degree from Luther College, and a master’s degree from Florida State University in music education. While attending Florida State, he also received an associate degree in pedagogy of music theory. He frequently serves as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator.