BIO

         Jaxon Jordan Castro is a 22-year-old composer, orchestrator, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Queen Creek, Arizona. He holds a BMUS in Music Composition and has participated as a hornist and as the Composer-in-Residence in the Arizona State University Wind Symphony. His music has been performed at the Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium and at events such as the CBDNA Western/Northwestern Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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         After graduating from Queen Creek High School in 2020, from which he earned a Director’s Award and the Arizona State Seal of Arts Proficiency, he applied and was accepted into the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. In 2024, he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BMUS in Music Composition. He now continues to write music filled with imagery and he aims to provide unique and enjoyable experiences for both audiences and performers.

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         Much of Castro’s time goes into writing music for wind band and orchestra. However, he also has several other types of works attributed to him, including a percussion ensemble, a brass quintet, a cello duet, and solo piano pieces. He composes for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles, which he attributes to having a similar wide variety of musical experience. He has been an active member of wind bands for over a decade, and also has experience in orchestra, jazz, marching band, theatre pit, and various chamber groups, to name a few.

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         Castro’s music focuses on bringing sonic experiences to audiences by evoking stories, images, or emotions. With heavy influence from electronic dance music (EDM), he brings together the composition of EDM with the orchestration of classical music to create his unique, contemporary style. He composes music about science, technology, video games, psychology, nature, and natural phenomena like weather, time, and outer space.