Joseph Julian Gonzalez and Monique Gonzalez

By Joseph Julian Gonzalez and Monique Gonzalez

Joseph Julián González is a composer for award-winning films, TV shows, stage productions, and concerts. His music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Vatican, and other prestigious venues. This thirty-year Hollywood veteran’s composing credits include the Academy Award–nominated feature documentary Colors Straight Up, the Emmy Award–winning Made in LA, and the Peabody Award–winning six-part miniseries Latino Americans. González conducted the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra for his score for the Imagen Award–winning PBS landmark documentary Children of Giant. He also co-composed the score to Quentin Tarantino’s Curdled with rock ‘n’ roll legend Slash from Guns N’ Roses. Monique González has studied classical voice with various notable vocal instructors, including Alfred Binod. She has been a professional cantor at several prominent churches in Los Angeles, New York City, and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Monique has worked in marketing and promotions for various Catholic apostolates, including YOU! magazine, Legatus, Defenders of the Catholic Faith, and Ave Maria Radio. She has racked up a sizable credit list as music editor and score production coordinator for several movies and feature documentaries. She has produced internationally recorded full-orchestral scores, including the awardwinning PBS documentary Children of Giant, and was a singer on the Peabody Award–winning miniseries Latino Americans. She authored the libretto for the three-act opera Sueños de Béjar (Dreams of Béjar).