Jorge Orozco is the co founder of the Strings Avenue Studio, along with his wife, Maria Montano. Mr. Orozco is also the conductor of two orchestras at the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras of Strathmore and the conductor of the Georgetown Visitation School orchestra in Washington, DC. Mr. Orozco is also a former faculty member of the Levine School of Music in Washington and the Valencia Conservatory in Venezuela.

Mr. Orozco’s students have been awarded prizes in several local, national, and international competitions. His violin students have been accepted to such schools as Juilliard, Paris Conservatory, Indiana University, and University of Maryland.

Mr. Orozco has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Cuba, Venezuela, Germany, Austria, Italy, Portugal and the U.S. Mr. Orozco is a member of the National Chamber Ensemble and the concertmaster of the Masterworks Music Festival Orchestra during the summer.

Mr. Orozco holds a Master’s Degree in Music Performance from the University of Southern Mississippi, where he studied with Stephen Redfield and a Bachelor Degree in Music Performance and pedagogy from the Instituto Superior de Artes, Havana, Cuba, where he studied with Roberto Valdés. He has participated in numerous Festivals and workshops including the Texas Music Festival, Victoria Bach Festival, Havana Contemporary Music Festival, Vicksburg Chamber Music Festival, the Sterling-Delay Seminar, and the Juilliard Conducting Workshop.