Mr. Gabriel Perez's Bio
The director of Choral Music at
Northbrook is Mr. Gabriel Perez. His teaching duties include Advanced
Mixed Choir (auditioned), Intermediate Treble Choir (auditioned), and
Mixed Choir for beginning singers.
Before coming to Northbrook in
1996, Mr. Perez taught middle school choir in Spring Branch at Spring
Woods Middle School. He also taught the Kantorei of the Spring Branch
Boys Choir for 5 years.
Mr. Perez has been involved in
performing as a chorister with various organizations including Bay Area
Chorus, Bach Choral Society and most recently with Houston Grand Opera.
Mr. Perez also sang with the Houston Grand Opera for seven seasons prior
to moving to New York City 2001. While in Manhattan Mr. Perez sang with
Connecticut Opera Alliance as a soloist in Die Fledermaus.
He also performed the role of Alfredo in Die Fledermaus with the
Danbury Symphony. Mr. Perez alslo sang as a soloist at St. Mary’s
Episcopal Church in Manhattan and various New York Music venues.
Locally, Mr. Perez is very
involved in T.M.E.A. Region XXVII activities and has served Region IX as
the Mixed Choir Tenor section leader, and judge for District, Region,
Pre-Area, and State choir auditions in various regions. Mr. Perez is a
member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Choral Directors
Association and American Choral Directors Association. He has been
selected three times to be in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers,
Who’s Who Among International Musicians.
Mr. Perez was born in Houston,
Texas, and attended schools in the Pasadena Independent School District.
He attended South Houston High School under the direction of Sally
Schott, Marsha Carlisle and Rob Seible. He performed throughout Texas
and performed in the Texas All-State Choir for two consecutive years.
Mr. Perez has lived in Huntsville, Texas, and New York, New York. Mr.
Perez holds certification in New York as well as Texas. He holds a
Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance as well as State Certification to
teach K – 12 Music in Texas from Sam Houston State University in
Huntsville, Texas; where he studied with Dr. B.R. Henson, Kent
Hatteburg and Walter Foster.
Mr. Perez is available for Private Voice
Lessons, Adjudication, and Group Vocal Lessons.
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