Genaro gonzalez biography

Born in McAllen, Texas, Genaro González is the son of migrant farmworkers of Texas Mexican descent. His father discovered he had been living as an undocumented alien only upon enlisting for World War II, while all of his mother's family were originally from Texas. From his childhood, González remembers the difficult relationship with his maternal grandfather with whom he and his mother lived after his parents divorced. When González was nine years old his mother remarried and the family moved again. Many problems arose in the new family and both young González and his mother were forced to work in packing sheds because of financial hardships. When she was diagnosed as tubercular and sent to a state hospital, González refused to move in with his father.

After a difficult beginning due to the serious family problems, Gonzá...

Genaro Gonzalez is currently Professor of Music and Coordinator of Percussion at Texas State University.  Under his direction, Texas State University percussion groups have appeared at various music conventions and international festivals including the Texas Music Educators Association Convention, the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention, the Montreux Jazz and World Music Festival, the Berklee World Percussion Festival, and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention.

In addition to his teaching duties at Texas State University, Mr. Gonzalez currently serves as Principal Percussionist with the Austin Symphony Orchestra and Austin Opera. He has years of performance experience with the San Antonio Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Richardson Symphony, Mid-Texas Symphony, Corpus Christi Symphony, and Victoria Bach Orchestra.   He has also performed with Lena Horne, Robert Goulet, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Ray Charles, Liberace, Tommy Tune, Mickey Rooney, Carol Channing, Carol Lawrence, Debbie Boone, Barbara Eden, Juliet Prowse, Rich Little, Joan Rivers, and Jerry Lewis.

Mr. Gonzalez is very active in the Percussive Arts Society. He has served PAS at the state and national levels including hosting the Texas Day of Percussion and serving as Secretary/Treasurer of the Texas Chapter from 1985 to the present.  He served as Host for the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in San Antonio in 1988, and has served on the PAS Board of Directors since1989.  He was elected to serve as the Society’s Secretary from 1991-92, Vice-President from 1993-96, and President from 1997-98.  Mr. Gonzalez currently serves on the PAS Council of Past Presidents.  

GenaroGonzález Quispe

Son of Emeterio González Salsavilca and Florentina Quispe Narciso

Brother of Julia González Quispe and Emilio M González Narciso[half]

Husband of Nicolasa Salsavilca Chumbiraico — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Videlmina Flavia González Salsavilca

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

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Biography

Genaro was born about 1890. He was the son of Emeterio González Salsavilca. He passed away about 1950.

Sources

• Dato proporcionado por Max Salsavilca

Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org) "Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6ZFS-X6RD : Sun Jul 31 22:35:00 UTC 2022), Entry for Emeterio Gonzales and Genara Gonzales Quispe, 16 Oct 1910.

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"A large wall mirror faces him. He tries to look at the mirror wth detached inspection, but his gaze immediately locks him into the mirror," Genaro Gonz alez writes in his short story "Un hijo del sol." "Ad n stared . . . Two pairs of eyes-- those of himself and of his reflection--mesmerized each other and met at some distance between the mirror and Ad n. He felt himself as being some place outside his body. Where am I? he thought. Space. Spaced out. Estoy afuera. Yo soy . . . nAda nadA . . . ."

Just as his character Ad n struggles to find himself and understand his heritage in "Un hijo del sol," Gonz alez grapples with "the existential angst felt by many young Chicanos," according to Manuel M. Mart¡n-Rodr¡guez in the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Besides entertaning readers, however, Gonza lez's fictional explorations...