The Texan Laredo Philharmonic has announced the appointment of Hector Agüero as Artistic Director and Conductor. A native of Laredo, Maestro Héctor Agüero is Assistant Professor of Music at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he conducts the University Chamber Orchestra and all Dramatic Vocal Arts productions. Before joining the music faculty at Willamette, Agüero was the Music Director of the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra, a staff conductor with the Houston Youth Symphony, and Director of Orchestras as well as instrumental department chair at the High School for the Performing & Visual Arts in Houston, Texas.