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Raymond Torres-Santos, born 1958 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, is a composer and conductor, and pianist, arranger, and producer of both classical and popular music. He was described as the most versatile Puerto Rican composer active in the 21st century by Malena Kuss in her book, ''Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: an Encyclopedic History''. ==Overview== Raymond Torres-Santos, was named Dean of the College of the Arts (Music, Film, Theater, Design, Dance, Art) at California State University, Long Beach (Los Angeles County) and was previously Dean of the College of Arts and Communication at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico and the University of Puerto Rico. Later he completed graduate studies at UCLA earning M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in music composition, music theory and literature. He carriedout post-doctoral studies at the Ferienkurse fur Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany, and later at the Uhiversity of Padua, Italy. Further post-doctoral studies include those at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University, Eastman School of Music and Harvard University. Torres-Santos started performing professionally while in elementary school. While at college, he started his musical career as a pianist and arranger for the Puerto Rico Orchestra, Los Hispanos and the Mario Ortiz Orchestra at the Caribe Hilton Hotel, where he accompanied performers including Chita Rivera, Robert Goulet, Dianne Carroll and The Stylistics. As an arranger, he has worked alongside many artists, including Julio Iglesias, Danny Rivera, Ednita Nazario, Elvis Crespo, Plácido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli, Deborah Voigt, Angela Gheorghiu, Ana Maria Martinez, Anita Rachvilishvili, Rafael Dávila and Juan Luis Guerra. He was the first Puerto Rican to receive the Frank Sinatra Award in jazz composing and arranging and also the Henry Mancini Award in film scoring in Los Angeles. Torres-Santos received other awards from organizations including ASCAP, BMI, Meet the Composer, American Composers Forum, the American Music Center in New York. After completing his doctoral studies, Torres-Santos became a music professor at various colleges including California State University, San Bernardino, University of Puerto Rico and was appointed Chancellor of the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. Since the beginning of the 21st century, Torres-Santos has lived in the New York City area. He was a professor at City University of New York (CUNY) for 6 years. In June 2008 Torres-Santos was appointed Dean of the College of the Arts and Communication of William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, and in 2011 appointed Dean of the College of the Arts at California State University, Long Beach. He has traveled both to perform as a musician and conductor and as a guest speaker at international events, such as the 28th, 29th and 30th International Conferences of the International Society for Music Education held in Bologna, Italy (July 2008), Beijing, China (July 2010), and Thessaloniki, Greece (July 2012). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Raymond Torres-Santos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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