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Composer, pianist, conductor, and educator Harold Gutiérrez began his musical studies at Bogotá's National Conservatory of Colombia and the Superior Academy of Arts. Mr. Gutiérrez holds a BM and a Master’s in Composition from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in New York City. Mr. Gutiérrez has served as Music Director at the Society of Educational Arts and as a piano teacher, band leader, and certified music classroom educator in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester, NY. Some awards include: first place in the Long Island League of Composers Competition, the ACE Award as MD of Rhythms of Latin America, the Leo Kraft Award for Theory and Composition granted by City University of New York, and first place in the National Symphonic Composition Competition hosted by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Colombia. Credits in musical theater as Music Director include: Seussical, Into The Woods, The Addams Family, and Mamma Mia. Mr. Gutiérrez's piano book Sonorous has been included in the New York State Music School Music Association (NYSSMA) since 2018, contributing to young people’s piano education repertoire in the state of New York. haroldguti.com