International Clarinet Association's The Clarinet Magazine - Vol 52 - No.1 - December 2024
Gloria Orozco Dorado was awarded First Place in the Research Competition and Second Place in the Orchestral Audition Competition at ClarinetFest® 2024 in Dublin, Ireland.
Read more in the ClarinetFest® 2024 Competition Reports (pages 54–56).
Selected Competitions
2024
First Prize – International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest® Research Competition
Dublin, Ireland
Second Prize – International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest® Orchestral Audition Competition
Dublin, Ireland
First Prize – International Clarinet Association’s Clareidoscope 2024 Performance Competition (Adult Category)
Online International Competition
Nominee – Best Woodwind Player, Virtuoso International Music Awards
London, England (Online International Competition)
2022–2023
First Prize – University of Arizona President’s Concerto Competition
Tucson, AZ
2018
First Prize – Elyse J. Mach Concerto Competition
Chicago, IL
Alternate Clarinet – Colombian Youth Orchestra
National Selection, Colombia
2015
National Winners – Youth Artists Competition “Luis Ángel Arango”
ClarINÉS Clarinet Quartet, Colombian Republican Bank, Colombia
International Selection – WASBE Youth Wind Orchestra (WYWO)
San Jose, CA
2012–2014
National Winners – Cycle of Concerts “Wednesdays Beethoven 7:30”
ClarINÉS Clarinet Quartet, Cali, Colombia
Selected Honors & Awards
2025
Outstanding Graduate
The University of Arizona School of Music – Tucson, AZ
2023
Tinker Field Research Grant – Researcher Fund Recipient
The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ
2022–2023
Distinguished Doctoral Student Award
The University of Arizona School of Music – Tucson, AZ
2021–2025
University Fellows Program Recipient
The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ
Awarded the university’s most competitive fellowship for top-ranked incoming doctoral students.
2019–2021
Calvin and Nancy Gillespie Memorial Scholarship (Strings or Guitar)
Southern Illinois University Carbondale – Carbondale, IL
2018
Max Graves Moody Spirit of Innovation Scholarship
Northeastern Illinois University – Chicago, IL
2017–2019
McGowan Scholarship Award in Music
Northeastern Illinois University – Chicago, IL
2015
Colombian Youth Talented Artists
Colombian Institute of Educational Credit and Technical Studies Abroad – ICETEX – Colombia
Recipient of research and performance funding.