¨Every single one of the works was performed with virtuosity and passion.¨ … CONARTE, Mexico

Job Salazar-Fonseca is a violinist, gambist, educator, historical performance specialist, and conductor whose career bridges orchestral, chamber, and pedagogical spheres across North and Latin America. He leads the Potentiae Collegium Youth Early Music Ensemble at Powers Music School, which was showcased as part of the Boston Early Music Festival Youth Ensemble 2025 (BEMF Youth Ensemble) during the BEMF International Festival at Jordan Hall in the summer of 2025. At The Powers Music School, he also maintains a private violin studio and coaches chamber music, working with students of all ages. In addition, he serves as Artistic Director of the Side by Side Program at The Longy School of Music of Bard College and teaches at the Mario Umana Academy.

Since 2017, Salazar-Fonseca has been a dedicated public school music educator in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with a focus on orchestra conducting and inclusive music education. He has pioneered music classes for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), championing accessibility and creativity in the classroom.

  During his tenure in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, Salazar-Fonseca served as a violinist with the Monterrey Symphony Orchestra (OSUANL) and Opera Nuevo León, Associate Violin Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Music Department, and string section coach for the Nuevo León Youth Orchestra (Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil de Nuevo León). He was featured in the Chamber Music Festival of Nuevo León, Festival Internacional de Música Mexicana, CONARTE, and Radio Nuevo León. His performance credits include Crescendo, American Baroque Orchestra, Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Portland Bach Experience, The Boston Camerata, KBYU Radio, Vista Philharmonic Orchestra, The Oriana Consort, The Halfmoon, Unitas Ensemble, Plymouth Philharmonic, and a yearlong appointment as guest artist in the Music Department at Tufts University, working with the Early Music Ensemble.

  In 2022, Salazar-Fonseca toured Bolivia with his Duo Ensemble BaroqFolk, alongside violist and charanguista Carlos Boltes-Palma, presenting concerts and master classes across the country. The tour highlighted their commitment to cultural exchange and the fusion of early music with Latin American folk traditions.

  He holds a B.M. from Brigham Young University–Idaho, where he studied violin with Emma Rubinstein; an M.M. and G.P.D. from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, studying violin under Markus Placci; and a G.P.D. in Historical Performance from The Longy School of Music of Bard College, where he worked with Dana Maiben (Baroque Violin) and Jane Hershey (Viola da Gamba). He has also studied Baroque Violin with Marc Destrubé and Rachel Podger. At Longy, he was honored as both a Lindsay and Garth Greimann Scholar and a Cambridge Holmes Music Practitioner Scholar.

  Salazar-Fonseca is a Certified Music Practitioner (C.M.P.) and a member of the Viola da Gamba Society of America (VDGSA) and the American Federation of Musicians. He has served on both the Emerging Professional Artist Council (EPLC) and the IDEA Task Force at Early Music America. His work reflects a commitment to inclusive artistry, historically informed performance, and the transformative power of music education.