In 1999, Muñoz attended the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts and was given the opportunity to conduct several ensembles, as well as a fully staged Broadway musical production. He later returned to the Festival in 2001 and 2003 as faculty, where he taught violin and served as staff conductor.
Muñoz began undergraduate studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, as a violin student of Orion String Quartet member Daniel Phillips. As a conductor, he organized many student performances, conducted the school's orchestras on several occasions, and collaborated with faculty in concerto performances.[3]
Muñoz made his European debut with the Orchestre Lyrique de Région Avignon-Provence in December 2007. He made his operatic debut in January 2009 with the Opéra national de Lorraine in a production of Manuel Caballero's Los Sobrinos del Capitan Grant. He also made his debut with the Opera's orchestra, l'Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy, that same month. In December 2010, Muñoz was appointed music director of both institutions.[16] In March 2013, Muñoz announced his resignation effective September 2013.[17]
In November 2012, (Le) Poisson Rouge announced the formation of an in-house orchestra named Ensemble LPR and appointed Muñoz as its music director.[18][19] As of fall 2013, Muñoz is no longer director there.
In February 2014, the Phoenix Symphony appointed Muñoz as its music director.[20] Muñoz is scheduled to conclude his tenure as music director of the Phoenix Symphony at the close of the 2023-2024 season, and subsequently to take the title of artistic partner for two seasons.
References
^Mary Ellen Hutton (8 Feb 2007). "Meet Tito Munoz". Cincinnati Post. Retrieved 2007-09-10.