King Ranch Celebration
Featured Guest Artist Dr. Jose Flores, Violin
José Flores is an accomplished violin soloist and chamber musician who has performed at prestigious venues across the United States—including New York, Texas, Arizona, and Pennsylvania—as well as internationally in South Korea, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Mexico, and Venezuela. He holds degrees from the Aaron Copland School of Music in New York and earned his Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Arizona. From 2006 to 2024, Dr. Flores served as Professor of Violin and Viola at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, where he also contributed significantly to the university’s orchestral program.
In addition to his academic career, Flores has contributed to several orchestras, serving as Concertmaster of the Kingsville Symphony and Principal Second Violin of both the Corpus Christi Symphony and the Victoria Symphony. More recently, he has performed with the Central Texas Philharmonic and the Mid-Texas Symphony. He currently serves as Director of Instrumental Studies for the String Area at Austin Community College.