Dr. Juan Tony Guzman

Conductor, composer, arranger, and music educator from the Dominican Republic. Guzmán is currently director of the jazz program and associate professor of music education at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He has conducted festival, recording studio, shows, and summer camps orchestras, among other instrumental ensembles. He has written many arrangements of Caribbean and Latin American music, some of which are published by Boosey & Hawkes and Oxford University Press. He has conducted choirs, concert bands, jazz bands, and orchestras in several countries during the past twenty-nine years.
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 in national and international festivals.