Maestro Armando Ortega

Maestro Armando Manuel Aurelio Ortega Carrillo was Director of Coro de la Escuela Secundaria y de Bachilleres de Orizaba . His maternal great grandfather was the philanthropist Don Manuel Carrillo Tablas, who served as mayor of Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico many times. His maternal grandfather was also a member of the Mexican Legislature at the turn of the 20th century. His paternal grandfather was the illustrious Professor Don Aurelio Ortega y Placeres, considered one of the most brilliant educators of public instruction the state of Veracuz, Mexico produced. His father was the renowned poet and educator, Professor Don Aurelio Ortega Castaeda, who baptized the city of Orizaba with the title of Nuestra Seora de los Puentes.

Maestro Armando Manuel Aurelio Ortega Carrillo was born into one of the great families of Spain and the New World. He was a brilliant, very cultured and educated man. From a young age he exhibited enormous artistic and musical talent At the age ofhe was already known for his music ability and compositions. As his talents became known, he went to study with the Jesuit Fathers in nearby Puebla and then at a boarding school in San Luis Potos, and then in Mexico City with the Marist Fathers. Part of his formation also included studying under the Maestros Ramn Noble and Uberto Zanolli. He wrote some of the most beautiful poems in the valley of Orizaba and was often sought out to compose some for important events and ceremonies.

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