Biography

Spanish-American composer Jorge Muñiz has been recognized on two continents for his highly expressive style and refined artistry. Muñiz has found his distinctive voice through the balanced blending of his Spanish roots and Western and Non-Western musical traditions. The South Bend Tribune called his hour-length Requiem for the Innocent “a creation that is profound, mature and well-proportioned.” The work was commissioned and premiered by the South Bend Symphony Orchestra in October 2010, featuring baritone soloist Ivan Griffin and five choruses.

In addition to winning the First Grand Prize of the European Young Composers Competition, Muñiz has won international awards including the City of Alcobendas Composition Prize, the Flora Prieto Composition Prize, the Guerrero Foundation Music Prize, the Joaquin Turina Music Prize, and the Spanish Society of Authors Young Composers Competition. At Carnegie Mellon University, Muñiz won the String Quartet Competition and the H. G. Archer Prize for Symphonic Composition. Muñiz is the recipient of grants and fellowships from Fulbright, Rotary International, the John Duffy Composers Institute, among others.

Jorge Muñiz received his masters in music composition from Carnegie Mellon University where he studied with Leonardo Balada and his doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music with Richard Danielpour. Dr. Muñiz is currently Assistant Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music at the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts at Indiana University South Bend.