Armando Castellano, french horn
Armando Castellano is a chamber musician, bilingual teaching artist, and arts advocate from the San Francisco Bay Area. As a French horn player he performs professionally in orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the region. In addition, he manages and performs in his chamber ensemble Quinteto Latino, an organization that advocates for classical music by Latin American and Latino composers through performance and education. Audience interaction and development is the cornerstone to Quinteto Latino’s success in reaching diverse audiences and communities. Armando graduated with honors from San José City College and the University of California at Los Angeles where he studied with Bob Watt, before moving on to receive a Masters degree at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City where he studied with Erik Ralske and Jerome Ashby. He has taught throughout the Bay Area in both English and Spanish from pre-school to college and has performed in many of the Bay Area’s regional orchestras. He has spent much of the last 15 years organizing and performing chamber music, culminating in his current work as founder and director of the wind quintet, Quinteto Latino.