About Luis Corpus
Mr. Luis Corpus is currently the Director of Bands at Lamar Middle School Fine Arts Academy in Austin, Texas. In addition to teaching band, marching band, private woodwind lessons, and sectional work in the greater Austin area, Mr. Corpus, a solo clarinetist, performs with university wind symphonies, choral ensembles, chamber ensembles, and musicals. He has served as principal clarinetist with the Victoria Symphony, Texas State Wind Symphony, and Texas State Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Mid-Texas Symphony. He was selected to perform at the Juilliard 7th annual collaboration artist performance while at Texas State University performing as the solo clarinetist in w Rhapsody in Blue composed by George Gershwin. Additional music ensembles include the Texas State Opera, Texas State Clarinet Choir, the Texas State Bobcat Marching Band. He frequently is invited to perform for premier music compositions by central Texas and nationally acclaimed composers.
Corpus, an All-State clarinetist, is a native of Harlingen, Texas. His formal music education and studies include a Bachelor’s of Music Studies at Texas State University where he studied with internationally acclaimed clarinet professor, Dr. Vanguel Tangarov. Corpus recently completed his Master’s Degree in Clarinet Performance under Professor Jonathan Gunn at The University of Texas Butler School of Music at Austin. In 2018, Mr. Corpus took the stage in performance as a member in The University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Professor Jerry Junkin, conductor, in an epic performance in The San Antonio’s Lila Cockrell Theatre at the annual Texas Music Educators Association special concert.
Luis Corpus has participated in numerous masterclasses with world-renowned artists of major music organizations and music schools. These incredible artists are musicians/professors of the London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Conservatory, Julliard School of Music, Montreal Symphony, National Opera House in Paris, Texas Christian University, Austin Symphony Orchestra and many more. Luis Corpus also studied cello and violin in his undergraduate work at Texas State University. Under the mentorship of Dr. Rebecca Tast, Corpus has studied orchestral pedagogy and teaching techniques. In the summer of 2016, Corpus was accepted into the “Balabanov’s House Music Days International Festival” in Plovdiv, Bulgaria where he worked closely with major international artists such as Philippe Cuper, Vanguel Tangarov, Petkko Radev, and Llian Iliev. He is very honored to continue his teachings at Ensemble Schools.
