Ace Gangoso, tenor, enjoys a varied musical career in Chicago as a singer, pianist, and liturgical musician.
This is Ace’s thirteenth season singing with Chicago a cappella, where he has also enjoyed being a part of the organization’s various Educational and Community Outreach offerings. His other ensemble work has included Fourth Coast Ensemble, Schola Antiqua, Waveform, and Líriko (Filipino Tenors). Ace sings with the choruses of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Grant Park Music Festival, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago where he also sang the title role in Jason and the Argonauts in the 2023 production through Opera in the Neighborhoods. Recent concert solo engagements include Liszt’s Missa Solemnis (Symphony OPRF), Mozart’s Requiem, Schubert’s Mass in G Major (DuPage Chorale), Bach’s Weihnachts-Oratorium (Chicago Choral Artists), and recurring appearances in the Bach Cantata Vespers series (Grace Lutheran, River Forest). An active church musician, Ace is the Director of Liturgy and Music at Old St. Mary’s Catholic Church in the South Loop; additionally, he is a pianist for the Chicago Black Catholics Choir and a supplementary musician for several parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Ace moved to the Chicago area in 2010 and currently resides in the River North neighborhood. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in Music Education and Voice Performance from the University of Central Arkansas, and a Master’s degree in Voice Performance from Northwestern University; he continues voice study with NU Professor W. Stephen Smith. He is an alumni member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the world’s oldest and largest fraternal society in music.