Salvador Alan Jacobo
Born June 6, 1997 (Portales, New Mexico) is an award-winning composer who has composed music for an array of musical settings from wind ensembles to brass ensembles to marching bands and everything in between. His compositions have acquired attention from notable composers such as John Mackey. He accredits his mentors: Benjamin Fairfield, John Mackey, and Mark Dal Porto as being pivotal to his progressive success as a composer, conductor, and performer.
Salvador has also been the guest conductor for various public school bands such as the Portales Junior High Band, the Portales High School Band, and the 30th Biennial Eastern New Mexico University Alumni Band.
When leisure outweighs his typical obligations of composition, Salvador invests his time chronically online watching TikTok or playing Mortal Kombat.
Salvador is also a brother of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity (Theta-Zeta Chapter).
AWARDS
Winner, Dallas Winds Fanfare Competition (2019) for “Fanfare for Earthrealm”
Winner, Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps (LGBAC) Composition Competition (2021) for “The Hourglass”
Finalist, ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award (2022) for “The Hourglass”