Born in Honduras, began his musical studies at the Victoriano Lopez Music School. He holds double bass performance degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and Rice University, and a degree in orchestral conducting from the University of Maryland.
In Honduras, Peña held the positions of Artistic/Technical Director of the Victoriano López Music School, Music Director of the San Pedro Sula Orchestra and the Youth Chamber Orchestra of Tegucigalpa. In Cali, Colombia he was director of the Chamber Orchestra of the Antonio Valencia Conservatory, and in La Coruña, Spain he was Music Director of the Madrigalia Chamber Choir.
Peña served as Principal Bass with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional in Honduras, and with the Orquesta Sinfónica del Valle in Colombia. He also served as Co-Principal Double Bass with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia in Spain.
An active educator in the area, Peña teaches at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, he is
a String Consultant at Dreyfoos High School of the Arts and Bak Middle School of the Arts in
Palm Beach. He also teaches a double bass orchestra repertoire class at Lynn University in Boca
Raton.
Since 2010 he spends part of his summers in Honduras, collaborating as a conductor, recitalist, and clinician with that country’s most important musical institutions.
Peña is Principal Bass with the Florida Grand Opera Orchestra and the Palm Beach Symphony and performs regularly in the bass section of the Naples Philharmonic.
