Orlando Morales

Seattle-based Musician, Educator, and Songwriter

He currently serves as Artistic Director for Tacoma Refugee Choir and holds a Masters in Teaching from the University of Washington. He has over eighteen years of experience teaching music and theater and over thirteen years of experience as an arts administrator working to empower young people and build stronger communities (Seattle Children’s Theatre, 2013-2015; The 5th Avenue Theatre, 2010-2013, 2015-2023).  
 
He is a Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project alum, a Jonathan Larson Grant finalist (2019, 2020, 2022), and recently received a 2024-25 National Fellowship from the Dramatist Guild Foundation. 

Orlando also coordinates Rondalya sa Seattle, a Filipino American folkloric music ensemble and is a member of the Shades of Praise Gospel Choir at St. Therese Parish.