Biography

Gloria Inés Orozco Dorado is a Colombian clarinetist based in Tucson, Arizona. She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Colombia, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Ireland.

In 2024, she was awarded First Prize in the International Clarinet Association’s Research Competition and Second Prize in the Orchestral Audition Competition at ClarinetFest® in Dublin, Ireland.

She has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Arizona Symphony Orchestra, the Northeastern Illinois University Orchestra, and the Chicago Clarinet Ensemble. Her orchestral and chamber music experience includes performances with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the Arizona Wind Quintet, and the World Youth Wind Orchestra Project.

Gloria is a founding member of Q’iru Duet and Ensemble, an ensemble dedicated to the performance and dissemination of Latin American music. With Q’iru, she has performed at ClarinetFest® conferences in Ireland (2024), Denver (2023), and Reno (2022). She also co-founded ClarINÉS Cuarteto de Clarinetes, winners of the 2015 Luis Ángel Arango National Competition hosted by the Colombian Republican Bank.

Since 2016, she has led Soplan Vientos de Paz (Winds of Peace are Blowing), a long-term project offering private and group clarinet instruction and coordinating the donation of musical equipment to communities in Cauca, Colombia, and remote areas of the Colombian and Brazilian Amazon affected by armed conflict and limited access to music education.

She holds degrees from The University of Arizona (DMA), Southern Illinois University Carbondale (MM), Northeastern Illinois University (MA), and Universidad del Cauca (BM). Her principal teachers include Jackie Glazier, Eric Mandat, Rose Sperrazza, and Andrés Ramírez Villarraga.

Gloria’s work integrates performance, education, and community engagement with a strong focus on access to music and intercultural collaboration.