First generation California-born Mexican-American composer, vocalist, guitarist, and pianist Carlos Jaquez Gonzalez left his job as a chef to begin his musical training as a composer and vocalist at San Francisco State University, where he received his Bachelor's degree. As a composition student of Richard Festinger and voice student of Nikolas Nackley, he founded the RGB Arts Festival, programming, securing funding, and coordinating multiple university departments in programs featuring music, dance, film, art song, and poetry. He also helped establish a new curriculum for SFSU's music department during his time there. Now based in Chicago, where in Spring 2021, he received/earned his Master’s degree at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, studying composition with Daron Hagen and voice privately with Alexandra LoBianco.

He has composed multiple works for chorus, soloists, percussion, chamber ensembles, electro-acoustic soundscape and orchestra. Most recently gaining recognition by the Chicago Tribune for premiering his “Immigrant Mass,” in collaboration with the Chicago Composers Orchestra, Roosevelt University – Chicago College of Performing Arts, and documentary photographer Greg Constantine. He is also most known as the primary writer, singer and guitarist of the band "The Silhouette Era."