Gabriel Balderrama is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio with a bachelor’s degree in music education. He began teaching middle school orchestra at Lonestar Middle School in San Angelo, Texas in 2015. Currently, he is the Director of Orchestras at San Marcos High School in San Marcos, Texas. (2019 - Present). In his free time, Gabriel loves to compose and arrange music for his high school students to perform either in concerts or for sight-reading purposes.